[KINGS] Comments that don't warrant their own thread (2025-26)

Capt. Factorial said:
Yes. And Sydney Sweeney could call me tonight and breathlessly tell me that she's been trying to get my number for years.
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I can easier picture a scenario where Zach LaVine sees this as the natural direction of his career as he’s enjoyed playing alongside Deebo and Russ, wants to stay to mentor the younger guys, and he and GM Perry get together and restructuring (renewing) his deal with Sacramento on terms that are more financially favorable for the Kings than to picture your particular scenario.
 
KainLear said:
I can easier picture a scenario where Zach LaVine sees this as the natural direction of his career as he’s enjoyed playing alongside Deebo and Russ, wants to stay to mentor the younger guys, and he and GM Perry get together and restructuring (renewing) his deal with Sacramento on terms that are more financially favorable for the Kings than to picture your particular scenario.
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😂🤣
 
QWERTYLICIOUS said:
Copied from Kings.com: Kings General Manager Scott Perry and Head Coach Doug Christie will speak with local media following the conclusion of 2025-26 NBA season. Tune in Wednesday, April 15 at 10:00 a.m. PT.

Copy and paste the following link to watch: https://www.nba.com/kings/live
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I do enjoy how well-versed Perry is in PR. Some these local media folks (won't name names, you know who they are) try to put words in his mouth, but he handles it with ease and poise, regardless of how you feel about his performance as a GM.
 
dude12 said:
The only hope is for Lavine and his agent to find another team who would want him at a negotiated contract that is worth it for him and then he opts out knowing he already has his landing spot set. I think that is a real possibility
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Is there a way we could waive Levine and spread the payment out over five years?
 
Capt. Factorial said:
It would be three years, but yes, that option is on the table this summer. LaVine still has to pick up his option, though, and there's a teensy-weensy chance he does us a solid just because he wants out so bad.
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I would be surprised if he did (fingers crossed), but the only reason I can think of is his age. He is nearing the end of his prime. Does he want to waste a season on a team he doesn't want to play for? I'm pretty sure the Kings don't want him either (other than Vivek).
 
Capt. Factorial said:
It would be three years, but yes, that option is on the table this summer. LaVine still has to pick up his option, though, and there's a teensy-weensy chance he does us a solid just because he wants out so bad.
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If he doesn't do us a solid I don't feel like doing him a solid. I don't even care if it sets us back.

I'm also I guess hopeful that a few second tier players from this class might decide to stay another year in college for that sweet NIL and make next year's class a little more interesting. Horrible new draft rules be damned I assume we will have a top 10 pick right now.
 
pdxKingsFan said:
If he doesn't do us a solid I don't feel like doing him a solid. I don't even care if it sets us back.

I'm also I guess hopeful that a few second tier players from this class might decide to stay another year in college for that sweet NIL and make next year's class a little more interesting. Horrible new draft rules be damned I assume we will have a top 10 pick right now.
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That's an avenue I haven't really thought of. So many of the kids in this draft would be #1 picks any other year. Would the #8 pick in this draft go back to school to be the consensus #1 while making a cool 2 mil to do it?

We're obviously not bad enough to be #1 NEXT year, but another shot at a top pick might be possible. (I don't think we're a bottom 10 team when healthy, unfortunately/fortunately)
 
Spike said:
That's an avenue I haven't really thought of. So many of the kids in this draft would be #1 picks any other year. Would the #8 pick in this draft go back to school to be the consensus #1 while making a cool 2 mil to do it?

We're obviously not bad enough to be #1 NEXT year, but another shot at a top pick might be possible. (I don't think we're a bottom 10 team when healthy, unfortunately/fortunately)
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I don't know if returning to Arizona is 100% in Koa Peat's best interest (though he seems to bleed Wildcat from what I'm told) but his stock has taken a tumble into the 20s. I feel confident he'd be a top 10 talent if he gets through next year healthy, if he can show a 3 that stock goes way up. I am pretty sure the difference in salary between a top 10 pick and a 20 pick is significant enough even before factoring he'd be getting 2.5-4 million to stay which is more than one year of NBA salary for a late first rounder.
 
KainLear said:
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This interview was more interesting than I anticipated. I could be projecting my own worldview onto Doug’s interview, but these were my takeaways:
  • Doug generally sounded sombre and unlike Doug. Which is good. He can grow.
  • He was more satisfied with the stylistic approach of the kids.
  • When asked about maintaining that stylistic approach when the vets come back, Doug mentioned Hunter, Keegan, and Domas by name.
  • Coaching Russ was difficult, but Doug benefited from ‘watching’ his leadership.
  • Doug tried not to answer a question about why a talented team (according to Zach) wasn’t successful, but he said talent isn’t enough and players need to be willing to sacrifice and need to fit together. Nice that he sees it, reckon he just doesn’t yet have the coaching gravitas to handle the vets we had.
  • Biggest need for the team moving forward is a point guard.
 
Turgenev said:
This interview was more interesting than I anticipated. I could be projecting my own worldview onto Doug’s interview, but these were my takeaways:
  • Doug generally sounded sombre and unlike Doug. Which is good. He can grow.
  • He was more satisfied with the stylistic approach of the kids.
  • When asked about maintaining that stylistic approach when the vets come back, Doug mentioned Hunter, Keegan, and Domas by name.
  • Coaching Russ was difficult, but Doug benefited from ‘watching’ his leadership.
  • Doug tried not to answer a question about why a talented team (according to Zach) wasn’t successful, but he said talent isn’t enough and players need to be willing to sacrifice and need to fit together. Nice that he sees it, reckon he just doesn’t yet have the coaching gravitas to handle the vets we had.
  • Biggest need for the team moving forward is a point guard.
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Thanks for the recap.

If Perry is paying attention and is a good GM, he would jettison as many of the vets as possible and do the rebuild the right way. Build around the young core of Keegan, Maxime, Nique, Cardwell and Devin Carter.

The Vets that stops the ball and don’t play defense needs to be let go, ie DeMar, Westbrook and move Lavine at the trade deadline. And don’t replace those guys with other vets. Bring in other younger players with some potential upside (ie take flyers on guys like Cardwell, Hayes and Baldwin). And hopefully draft well this summer and the Kings may be able turn this ship around in a couple of years.
 
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pdxKingsFan said:
I don't know if returning to Arizona is 100% in Koa Peat's best interest (though he seems to bleed Wildcat from what I'm told) but his stock has taken a tumble into the 20s. I feel confident he'd be a top 10 talent if he gets through next year healthy, if he can show a 3 that stock goes way up. I am pretty sure the difference in salary between a top 10 pick and a 20 pick is significant enough even before factoring he'd be getting 2.5-4 million to stay which is more than one year of NBA salary for a late first rounder.
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I think it would be good for Koa Peat to go back to school. If he can establish the ability to shoot 37% or above from 3 on 3+ attempts a game, he would likely be a top 10 pick next year.
 
SacTownKid said:
Again, look at the history of those HUGE expirings. The rules still make it hard to match salaries and not eat **** just to make it work. Like the Knicks did with Amare back in the day, a team in the situation the Kings are in tend to view that as more valuable to themselves then otherwise. Cap space is such a more valuable asset in trade because you can basically work with almost any team to make their deals work and create instant flexibility rather than having to make the money work on all sides. I'm sure Perry will look and see but his offers won't be much different than what he heard at the deadline more than likely. There weren't really any major shifts and maybe only Giannis to come so all the offers he talked about at the deadline are probably the same in the summer for the most part.
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Actually looking around there isn’t that a lot of big contracts that teams need to unload. Maybe you look into Paolo Ban hero whose owed 240 million but is still extremely young with size
 
KainLear said:
I do enjoy how well-versed Perry is in PR. Some these local media folks (won't name names, you know who they are) try to put words in his mouth, but he handles it with ease and poise, regardless of how you feel about his performance as a GM.
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Agreed. What grinds me about the local media are the leading questions like "How special was it to" blah blah blah, "How inspiring is it to play with" blah blah blah, "How frustrating was it when" blah blah blah.

In the team's shoes, I would give those types of questions 1-2 word answers and move on. "Very" (special), "sort of" (inspiring), "Somewhat" (frustrating).
 
Capt. Factorial said:
It would be three years, but yes, that option is on the table this summer. LaVine still has to pick up his option, though, and there's a teensy-weensy chance he does us a solid just because he wants out so bad.
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Hes also in a position to make a decision like that, when you have 250mil+ in career earnings. He'll never touch 49 mil/season again, but he could go latch onto a contender for a year, cheap and then get a decent last contract for the backend of his prime.

If he rots on Sac next year though, he probably doesn't get that chance.
 
midtowner said:
His agent would lock him in a basement if Zach even mentioned walking.
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Could make an interesting reality show. The challenge: to lock Zach LaVine in a basement for a year. If you succeed, you get $5M. If you fail, you go to prison!

But seriously, while his agent would very likely pressure Zach to opt in on the deal, in the end the choice is Zach's and the agent has to abide by that. Jamal's point probably gets to the heart of it.

The_Jamal said:
If he rots on Sac next year though, he probably doesn't get that chance.
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I don't know if I'd go so far as to say this year he probably could and next year he probably can't, but wherever the odds stand now, they definitely go down one year forward.
 
midtowner said:
His agent would lock him in a basement if Zach even mentioned walking.
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I don't know, the agent gets 10% (maybe this has changed), they could see the value of future contracts if he goes to a better location vs. if we decide to just let his career die here. It all depends on how much value he might have on a lesser deal. Unfortunately I suspect very little after last season. So I fully expect him to opt in and then have Rich Paul attempt to make Scott Perry's life miserable until we give him whatever he wants. Buy out, bad trade, waive and eat the full salary. I hope we do not fall prey to further Paul malfeasance.
 
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