Kings and free agency - part 2

[jcwkings]

So we offered Monta 48 while Wes is in town? Doesnt look good, just looks like we are throwing stuff at a wall and hoping one or two of them stick. You pretty much have to sign Wes now....

 

[VF21]

Jason Jones ‏@mr_jasonjones 3m3 minutes ago
Kings will make Wesley Matthews an offer that will be hard to refuse

 

[rhythmless]

That's actually a really good point that I don't think a lot of us have considered. Many players don't want to come here as it is let alone if they have to play with Cousins and now a good chance with Rondo as well, not a good selling point.

I don't know why we think Rondo will be on his best behavior here anyway. He got to play for a playoff team in the Mavericks which by all indications is a good group of guys and going into a contract year and he couldn't even get along with them for half a season. How can he possibly be on good behavior here?

Because next year money rains down from the heavens and he knows this is his last chance.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Mathews for sauce, JT and capspace? Sign me up. Ellis for the same deal? Aww hell naa.

 

[dude12]

So we offered Monta 48 while Wes is in town? Doesnt look good, just looks like we are throwing stuff at a wall and hoping one or two of them stick. You pretty much have to sign Wes now....

Who is Monta's agent?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Jason Jones ‏@mr_jasonjones 3m3 minutes ago
Kings will make Wesley Matthews an offer that will be hard to refuse

That's a nice reconstructed Achilles tendon you got there...shame if something were to happen to it...

 

[VF21]

So we offered Monta 48 while Wes is in town? Doesnt look good, just looks like we are throwing stuff at a wall and hoping one or two of them stick. You pretty much have to sign Wes now....

No, I think our offer to Ellis was made yesterday.

People are really stretching to find reasons to be negative IMHO. I'm just very glad we're not sitting on our hands waiting for the phone to ring. Vlade is out there working his posterior off. I'm very glad he's doing it and I'm not going to second-guess him at this point.

 

[chasen4r1]

Jason Jones ‏@mr_jasonjones 3m3 minutes ago
Kings will make Wesley Matthews an offer that will be hard to refuse

Uh oh.. KingsFans.com meltdown coming in 3...2...1...

 

[VF21]

Who is Monta's agent?

C. Anthony Mulrain

 

[Jerichoholic]

Jason Jones ‏@mr_jasonjones 3m3 minutes ago
Kings will make Wesley Matthews an offer that will be hard to refuse

All in!

 

[N0tmyfault]

In this market, Monta Ellis @ 4/44 is a great deal for the Pacers, imo. I'd take Ellis at 4/48 happily.

 

[chasen4r1]

Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
With Monta Ellis going to the Pacers, expect the Kings to zero in on Wes Matthews with all of the cap room they just created.


Um.. what?

 

[SLAB]

Monta signs with Pacers; and according to Rotoworld turned down more money from the Kings to do so...

Strike 1...

 

[Amit149]

Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
With Monta Ellis going to the Pacers, expect the Kings to zero in on Wes Matthews with all of the cap room they just created.


Um.. what?

So we will give Matthews a 24 million contract???

 

[miltonap]

Do we have room to get Beverly, Bellinelli, and Koufos? These are the players I want

 

[kingjatt]

Jason Jones ‏@mr_jasonjones 3m3 minutes ago
Kings will make Wesley Matthews an offer that will be hard to refuse

My guess is that its going to take around 17 million over 4 years for Wes to sign with us. He wants 15 and might already have an understanding with Dallas for a figure close to that.

Big big risk but after last nights trade you do it and move forward.

 

[SLAB]

We're going to be the team to give Matthews 20 million; aren't we?

 

[Spike]

We're going to be the team to give Matthews 20 million; aren't we?

Man, I hope not. Aside from that being an absurd number to give to Matthews, we still have a few holes to plug.

 

[206Fan]

Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
With Monta Ellis going to the Pacers, expect the Kings to zero in on Wes Matthews with all of the cap room they just created.


Um.. what?

Oh crap why does Jason Jones sound like he thinks that the Kings will give him a near max?

 

[kingjatt]

Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
With Monta Ellis going to the Pacers, expect the Kings to zero in on Wes Matthews with all of the cap room they just created.


Um.. what?

Probably means that the fact that we created a lot of cap room allows us to zero in on Wes aggressively.

 

[DerekJ]

I'm bracing myself for the inevitable 20M/Yr for Wesley Matthews...

 

[Hoovtrain]

Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
With Monta Ellis going to the Pacers, expect the Kings to zero in on Wes Matthews with all of the cap room they just created.


Um.. what?

Lol. Jesus

 

[VF21]

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 4m4 minutes ago
Mavs fear Kings will make huge offer to Wesley Matthews. Hope now is that he will wait to see if DeAndre Jordan chooses Dallas.

 

[Draft2007]

I've been hoping that we use part of the space on one of the FA bigs available (Koufos, Ed Davis, Jordan Hill, Seraphin, etc) but seeing as Aron Baynes just got 3 years and $20 mil those guys may get close to $10 mil a year.

 

[VF21]

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 57s57 seconds ago
Should add that Mavs are optimistic that Wesley Matthews will wait at least a couple of days. He wants to be here with Jordan/Parsons.

 

[DerekJ]

I do find it ironic that we have to give up all our future assets to eliminate previous bad contracts. Now were going to use said CAP space on another outrageous overpay.

 

[Ugolino]

I do find it ironic that we have to give up all our future assets to eliminate previous bad contracts. Now were going to use said CAP space on another outrageous overpay.

We have to overpay, it's called an "incompetence tax '.

 

[TheGOAT1006]

I do find it ironic that we have to give up all our future assets to eliminate previous bad contracts. Now were going to use said CAP space on another outrageous overpay.

How did we give up "all our future assets"? We got rid of deadweight PFs and Stauskas. The 2018 pick is protected and then Sixers can swap spots on 2 others....why are you all saying asset? Lol so confused. It's one pick and its protected. We should be planning to make the playoffs every year and in that case Sixers will be picking 15th and later.

 

[macadocious]

Do we have an MLE to use? If so, how much is it?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

If we still have a top-10 pick in 2018, we have bigger problems than trading away 1st rounders.