Kings and free agency - part 2

[hrdboild]

He's also a very good defender. You forgot the other side of the ball.

What this is going to do is uncover for all to see just how poor of a defender Blake is.

I did sortof glaze over that. Dallas thinks they're replacing Chandler with an even better defensive anchor. They might be right, but there's also a faction of analysts who think his effectiveness on the defensive end is often overstated.

Rim Protection Ratings don't like him at all.

His push for DPOY also generated a lot of backlash.

Maybe 20M a year is the new going rate now for a rebounding/shotblocking big with mediocre offensive skills. If that's the case, having Cauley-Stein on a four year rookie deal could end up being one of the best bargains in the league if he can live up to high expectations and become a defensive anchor in the NBA.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

We should be fine on this one. Not every team got a 15 foot pole like we do.

We have a 15 foot Pole? How's his hook shot?

 

[funkykingston]

https://twitter.com/therocketguy/status/617068822432911360

If that's the case at what point do the other owners push Vivek out? PDA is gone, Mullin is gone and it's still nothing but chaos.

 

[Double-K]

https://twitter.com/therocketguy/status/617068822432911360

If that's the case at what point do the other owners push Vivek out. PDA is gone, Mullin is gone and it's still nothing but chaos.

So to make this sound more legit when he posted it 2 minutes after that.

https://twitter.com/TheRocketGuy/status/617069311639752704

 

[Double-K]

We have a 15 foot Pole? How's his hook shot?

Better than Moreland, from sources close to the Kings trainers.

 

[Draft2007]

https://twitter.com/therocketguy/status/617068822432911360

If that's the case at what point do the other owners push Vivek out. PDA is gone, Mullin is gone and it's still nothing but chaos.

If there's truth to all the rumors of internal chaos then that option may be closer to reality than we may think. Vivek seems to have a pretty big ego so all of the national media dumping on him constantly has to be taking a toll. Maybe the other owners can push him away from being CEO. Hey, it happened to his "friend Steve Jobs".

 

[rainmaker]

https://twitter.com/therocketguy/status/617068822432911360

If that's the case at what point do the other owners push Vivek out. PDA is gone, Mullin is gone and it's still nothing but chaos.

Yeah I saw that. It's getting to be ridiculous. It's pretty clear to me despite Vlade being here, we still are battling a fair amount of dysfunction. Karl off doing his own thing is evidence of that, and I do put stock in whatever it is that Dave heard which made him do a complete 180 off being incredibly positive only 24 hours earlier. He won't spill the beans on that though although yesterday he did say Karl vs FO and Karl vs Cuz is still an issue. We've also got Vlade publicly stating he and Karl have problems.

Firing Karl seems to be the easiest and most doable option but it goes back to the owner. Not firing Karl going straight to Vivek's desk. There's just far too much smoke not the believe we still are dealing with a number of issues.

 

[sdballer]

https://twitter.com/therocketguy/status/617068822432911360

If that's the case at what point do the other owners push Vivek out? PDA is gone, Mullin is gone and it's still nothing but chaos.

Extremely vague though. What warring factions? Ownership? Players? Cuz v coach?

 

[Draft2007]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 57s57 seconds ago
Memphis has shown a willingness on sign-and-trades with free agent center Kostas Koufos, an option the Clippers will need to investigate.

Why would Memphis do that? Kings need to steal him away

 

[sdballer]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 57s57 seconds ago
Memphis has shown a willingness on sign-and-trades with free agent center Kostas Koufos, an option the Clippers will need to investigate.

Why would Memphis do that? Kings need to steal him away

But lac can guarantee him major starter minutes

 

[Section 101]

And we'll finally get to see how bad Jordan really is not playing with lob city veterans Paul and Griffin.

Michael Lee ‏@MrMichaelLee 1m1 minute ago
No. 1 option RT @HPbasketball Out of 534 field goals last year, DeAndre made 18 post-up shots. Eighteen.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Better than Moreland, from sources close to the Kings trainers.

Any relation to Gortat?

 

[The_Jamal]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 57s57 seconds ago
Memphis has shown a willingness on sign-and-trades with free agent center Kostas Koufos, an option the Clippers will need to investigate.

Why would Memphis do that? Kings need to steal him away

Of course they would. But they don't have any control over Koufos, nor do the Clippers really have much of value.

We have the ability to give Koufos a big-time deal and minutes.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

So to make this sound more legit when he posted it 2 minutes after that.

https://twitter.com/TheRocketGuy/status/617069311639752704

Or maybe it's because he's from Dallas and would like for the Mavs to acquire Collison (via sign-and-trade for Rondo), so he's making crap up.

 

[KingMilz]

Clippers offered 5/109 and got turned down for 4/80.That's a lot of doh to be leaving on the table, speaks volumes about how the Clippers locker enviroment is.

He wanted to go home and there were a ton of rumors him and Cp3 had a falling out.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Michael Lee ‏@MrMichaelLee 1m1 minute ago
No. 1 option RT @HPbasketball Out of 534 field goals last year, DeAndre made 18 post-up shots. Eighteen.

That statistic is more misleading than a little bit; do we have cause to believe that he took so few post shots for any reason other than because he wasn't asked to?

 

[Double-K]

That statistic is more misleading than a little bit; do we have cause to believe that he took so few post shots for any reason other than because he wasn't asked to?

Could the fact that he wasn't asked to tie with the other fact that he isn't good at it?

 

[KingMilz]

What about Brandon Bass? Really hard worker, good midrange jumper.

Forgot all about Brandon Bass he would be a nice fit next to WCS/Cuz

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Could the fact that he wasn't asked to tie with the other fact that he isn't good at it?

It certainly could be the reason. We don't know that it is the reason. We don't even know for sure that it's actually true.

 

[Double-K]

It certainly could be the reason. We don't know that it is the reason. We don't even know for sure that it's actually true.

So if it is not true, then are you suggesting that the Clips been mishandling Jordan's career as a prolific low post scorer and we will see him blossom into one in Dallas?

 

[Draft2007]

So if it is not true, then are you suggesting that the Clips been mishandling Jordan's career as a prolific low post scorer and we will see him blossom into one in Dallas?

My question would also be, when he has had the time to develop this low post game as well? You would think he would have shown it enough in practice it would be used more than 18 times during the season if there was anything there.

 

[Gary]

My question would also be, when he has had the time to develop this low post game as well? You would think he would have shown it enough in practice it would be used more than 18 times during the season if there was anything there.

How many of those 18 low post buckets was against a mismatch? How many were with the clock under 10 seconds?

 

[swisshh]

Brewer is gone. Resign with Rockets.

 

[Gilles]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
ESPN sources say Corey Brewer and Houston Rockets closing in on a multiyear deal

Houston is about to sign Corey Brewer to what will likely be MLE-type of deal. They are no longer in play for Josh Smith. Not a player for Stuckey as well.

Edit: wow, it probably starts at $7 million at least, so Rockets are down to Room Exception.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Free agent Corey Brewer has agreed to a three-year, $24 million deal to return to the Houston Rockets, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 25s25 seconds ago
ESPN sources say Corey Brewer has spurned richer offer from Sacramento Kings to stay in Houston on a three-year deal in excess of $23 mil

Wow, we offered him more than $8 million? No thanks.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

So if it is not true, then are you suggesting that the Clips been mishandling Jordan's career as a prolific low post scorer and we will see him blossom into one in Dallas?

I don't know what the reason is, and I'm not super interested. I just don't feel like dismissing the possibility out of hand.

 

[Draft2007]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 25s25 seconds ago
ESPN sources say Corey Brewer has spurned richer offer from Sacramento Kings to stay in Houston on a three-year deal in excess of $23 mil

Wow, we offered him more than $8 million? No thanks.

I love how they always have to throw that in there like the Kings offer was exactly identical but with more money. There are so many possible details like team/player options that we never hear about. It's not always apples to apples

 

[lwc]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 25s25 seconds ago
ESPN sources say Corey Brewer has spurned richer offer from Sacramento Kings to stay in Houston on a three-year deal in excess of $23 mil

Wow, we offered him more than $8 million? No thanks.

Too rich for my blood, lol. Glad we didn't get him.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA 3m3 minutes ago Land O' Lakes, FL
Talks between the Sacramento Kings and Patrick Beverley are progressing, according to sources. They may be nearing a deal.