Kings and free agency - part 2

[Bricklayer]

Rem that Beverley is restricted, so if we drop an offer to him, Houston can hold us up 3 days deciding whether to match or not.

Now given our remaining cap room we could still be doing things with the rest of it, but it depends how big the Beverley deal is, and obviously we would need a Rondo answer one way or the other first.

 

[Sluggah]

whelp. that Beverly situation turned real quick.

 

[The_Jamal]

Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account‏@WojYahooNBA
Patrick Beverley has agreed to a four-year, $25M deal to return to Houston, agent Kevin Bradbury tells Yahoo Sports.


MOTHER FUDGING FUDGE.

That's it? Are u serious?

 

[swisshh]

Kings are just getting used and abused by agents. No respect.

 

[sactownfan]

Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account‏@WojYahooNBA
Patrick Beverley has agreed to a four-year, $25M deal to return to Houston, agent Kevin Bradbury tells Yahoo Sports.


MOTHER FUDGING FUDGE.

That's it? Are u serious?

Well he probably got an offer from us talked to them... (remember he's restricted) and instead of playing games they just said we will match heres your deal

 

[Draft2007]

I hope they're at least considering Corey Joseph "behind the scenes" with no leaks. Picking up two Spurs would be tremendous

C'mon, how can you not love this guy on your team?

The defensive tenacity and intensity of a lineup with some form of Beverley, Casspi, and WCS would be something else. *Edit- Just saw the post above. On to a Rondo decision now

 

[NewArena]

Rondo it is

 

[Jojimbo]

Son of a *****. Do we go after Lin now?

 

[sactownfan]

Kings are just getting used and abused by agents. No respect.

unlike the others ... Bev was restricted... this was just a case of did we offer "THAT MUCH MORE" than what HOU was willing to match... It looks like they probably just matched our offer.. or came pretty close at least.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Well isn't it about our turn to get Luke Riddeour's contract?

 

[SacTownKid]

Sacramento, where players come to get paid! By other teams.

 

[hrdboild]

It certainly appears like none of these players we've offered contracts to seriously considered coming to Sacramento.

 

[The_Jamal]

Beverly at 6.5 mil a year....

That's absolutely absurd. We didn't offer more than that?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Again....Joseph. Fingers crossed

 

[Bricklayer]

Can tell the money is running out now, deals are getting more reasonable.

That said I would have driven that one up if we were really talking. They want him back, make them pay $9 to do it.

 

[VF21]

Son of a *****. Do we go after Lin now?

I do not understand the fascination with Jeremy Lin.

 

[Gilles]

Interestingly Sam Amick was first to report something different than $25 million/4 years:

Sam Amick ‏@sam_amick
Pat Beverley's deal with Houston, I'm told: $ 18 million over 3 with a 5 million non guaranteed year in year 4.

Looks like he got very good source in Houston.

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Rondo signs one-year deal with Kings

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

SO ROndo it is. Let's see how it plays out.

 

[Widowmaker2k]

I've been away from the NBA for a while, but has Rondo become at least an average outside shooter? I mean, at least well enough to keep the lane open for Cousins?

 

[Draft2007]

Boom. Rondo for 1 year!

 

[Blastoff]

Kings are just getting used and abused by agents. No respect.

Actually in the case of a Restricted FA, he did us a solid by taking their offer now instead of holding us up till next week waiting for an answer.

 

[Bricklayer]

Beverly at 6.5 mil a year....

That's absolutely absurd. We didn't offer more than that?

I think we've already found out during this FA period that us merely offering more than that is no guarantee of anything.

 

[swisshh]

Just paid Rondo 10 million with nobody else seriously bidding.

And you still haven't acquired a defensive wing.

 

[206Fan]

Rondo at 9.5

 

[Henkel]

Can tell the money is running out now, deals are getting more reasonable.

That said I would have driven that one up if we were really talking. They want him back, make them pay $9 to do it.

Not worth locking up the cap space for 3 days this late in this game.

 

[KingMilz]

I wonder what Dre is going to sign now since we don't need him at all with Rondo on board, would like to see him go to a semi contender like Houston.

 

[Chubbs]

We got rondo.

 

[The_Jamal]

....

Whatever. Color me a giant skeptic until Rondo proves me wrong. This has so much potential to blow up in our face with very little reward.

 

[kupman]

Just like it is easier to make money when you already have money, it is easier to sign FAs when you already have a good team.

Do these FAs not know about the new arena?

 

[Bricklayer]

I wonder what Dre is going to sign now since we don't need him at all with Rondo on board, would like to see him go to a semi contender like Houston.

He's 39. Still be a very nice guy to have as a 3rd PG.