Kings acquire Tristan Thompson for Delon Wright

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Iced Espresso said:
I hope that's the case Dave, but I'd of thought you could of got something positive for Wright.
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Well, this wasn't a "salary dump" because we actually added money. It's possible that Thompson ends up being a piece in another deal, but it's not like we're going to cut him. Either he plays (which is something positive given the roster imbalance prior to the trade), or he's the piece another team wanted in a different deal.
 
Tetsujin said:
For all our kvetching about Monte having too many guards, the Hawks now have Trae, Delon, and Sharife Cooper at PG and Bogi, Kevin Huerter, DeAndre Hunter at SG all "clogging" up their rotation.
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The way I see it is we'll have 3 guards 2 years from now if all goes well. ATL was just in the ECF, has major money issues, and is stockpiling guard depth while now shipping one big and they have major decisions to make with another.
 
Delon Wright was one of the better advanced metric players on the team and the best perimeter defender.

Wasn't Thompson one of the worst rim protectors in the game last year? All he does is rebound and that's it.

Just got rid of an above average player for a below average player that "fits" after spending a lottery pick on a player that doesn't fit. If he's not flipped for something better or equal to Wright, then this is a massive blow to McNair's cred.
 
As it stands, the Kings depth chart is:
Bagley/Tristan/Jones/Queta
Barnes/Metu
James/Woodard/King
Hield/Haliburton/Davis (QO extended)/Ramsey
Fox/Mitchell

Still lacking known wing depth right now but re-signing Moe Harkless probably becoming likely the way things are going.

Of course, there are still probably trades to come.
 
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Tetsujin said:
As it stands, the Kings depth chart is:
Tristan/Jones/Queta
Barnes/Metu
James/Woodard/King
Hield/Haliburton/Davis (QO extended)/Ramsey
Fox/Mitchell

Still lacking known wing depth right now but re-signing Moe Harkless probably becoming likely the way things are going.

Of course, there are still probably trades to come.
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Well you left off one name there. :D
 
pdxKingsFan said:
Well you left off one name there. :D
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Who? I was going off of guys we currently have the rights to/have officially extended offers to. Holmes is, foe all intents and purposes, a FA. I guess I should have technically left Kyle Guy on since he's still technically a two-way guy but he's not in our plans apparently.
 
Tetsujin said:
For all our kvetching about Monte having too many guards, the Hawks now have Trae, Delon, and Sharife Cooper at PG and Bogi, Kevin Huerter, DeAndre Hunter at SG all "clogging" up their rotation.
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Hunter can play that SF/PF though. Bogdan spilled the beans, they know their window is tight because when you depth, especially with lottery picks, it's hard to keep it together.
 
Tetsujin said:
Who? I was going off of guys we currently have the rights to/have officially extended offers to. Holmes is, foe all intents and purposes, a FA. I guess I should have technically left Kyle Guy on since he's still technically a two-way guy but he's not in our plans apparently.
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Marvin is still on the team according to google?
Did I miss something?
 
SacTownKid said:
Hunter can play that SF/PF though. Bogdan spilled the beans, they know their window is tight because when you depth, especially with lottery picks, it's hard to keep it together.
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Yeah, I really liked what the Hawks did with the draft last night but all their young guys are becoming eligible for big extensions at the same time and all their vets are on expensive multi-year contracts so I have no idea what they should do going forward.
 
Tetsujin said:
As it stands, the Kings depth chart is:
Tristan/Jones/Queta
Barnes/Metu
James/Woodard/King
Hield/Haliburton/Davis (QO extended)/Ramsey
Fox/Mitchell

Still lacking known wing depth right now but re-signing Moe Harkless probably becoming likely the way things are going.

Of course, there are still probably trades to come.
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I think you accidently forgot Bagley in there
 
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Don’t like this deal. We traded the best player in whole deal and we got a guy who doesn’t adequately replace Holmes in the event he leaves..and is unlikely to get consistent minutes like Whiteside who was a more impactful defensive player.
why are the picks going to Boston? Lol
 
Kingz19 said:
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Don’t like this deal. We traded the best player in whole deal and we got a guy who doesn’t adequately replace Holmes in the event he leaves..and is unlikely to get consistent minutes like Whiteside who was a more impactful defensive player.

why are the picks going to Boston? Lol
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I love Hassan but Thompson is exponentially more playable than Hassan at this point in their careers.
 
Tetsujin said:
Who? I was going off of guys we currently have the rights to/have officially extended offers to. Holmes is, foe all intents and purposes, a FA. I guess I should have technically left Kyle Guy on since he's still technically a two-way guy but he's not in our plans apparently.
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Bagley!
 
ESP47 said:
Delon Wright was one of the better advanced metric players on the team and the best perimeter defender.

Wasn't Thompson one of the worst rim protectors in the game last year? All he does is rebound and that's it.

Just got rid of an above average player for a below average player that "fits" after spending a lottery pick on a player that doesn't fit. If he's not flipped for something better or equal to Wright, then this is a massive blow to McNair's cred.
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yeah as a semi Boston fan and Atlanta fan I love this for both of them. Atlanta needs a back up point who can shoot 3’s and play good defense. Wright does that. Boston hated Thompson and wanted to get off his salary and this trade does that.

For the Kings they gave up 2 seconds and took on salary to get Wright and now took on more salary to get a player Boston wanted to dump.
 
NewArena said:
Monte will catch hell until this team starts winning, I’m guessing. Gonna take a lot more than draft night to fix Vlade’s mess
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Vlades biggest mess was probably hiring Luke Walton. Still here? Check. Vlade made mistakes in some drafts, over signed in FA which created issues but he cleared up some of his own messes pretty efficiently I'd say. And he brought the team De'Aaron Fox. Thank you big fella!
 
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