[KINGS] Comments that don't warrant their own thread (Redux)
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steelevt
All-Star
Honestly I’d still take him if they decide to trade holmes while he has value and if monte knows we can’t afford him next year. Getting white side and cousins for less than $5 million combined? Sign me up if we are gonna tank anyways.
Lakers considering Hassan Whiteside in case of buyout from Kings
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uh, what?
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uh, what?
I guess it's the same for most teams - but that is a lot of games packed into April and May. While I don't doubt the upside of a high draft pick this year, it would be great if the team can stay healthy and put together enough of a run to make the playoffs.
Joe Mullinax @sbnGrizzlies
David Stockton with the triple all the way from Memphis! He is absolutely feeling it this afternoon. Up to 33 points on 13-17 shooting.
David Stockton with the triple all the way from Memphis! He is absolutely feeling it this afternoon. Up to 33 points on 13-17 shooting.
The Kings win more games than they lose after being mathematically eliminated form the playoffs for the 10 millionth year in a row? And then we spend the off-season talking about carrying that momentum over into the 2021-2022 season? Just a wild guess.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
the percentages are insane this year. Harris is shooting 50 percent on nearly 7 attempts a game. Insane.
King Baller
All-Star
I saw where he was unsure about wanting to go. Then he sprained his ankle.
Link--> https://hoopshype.com/rumor/buddy-hield-mulling-nba-3-point-shootout-contest-invite/
Sluggah
All-Star
Thanks. Makes more sense. Apologies for the laziness.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
He obviously doesn’t want to face the juggernaut that is the 1 for their last 11 Sacramento Kings
steelevt
All-Star
Fixed it for you
Dime Dropper
All-Star
Cassius Stanley has to be favourite, he can seriously get up. Not sure if he's creative though.
Kings’ Harrison Barnes, Nemanja Bjelica drawing strong trade interest. “No way he’s there after the deadline,” one prominent agent tells @FortyEightMins of Barnes. fortyeightminutes.com/kings-harrison… pic.twitter.com/CqbjdKMQiR
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Please let it happen... It’s for the best.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
I gotta stay I still feel for these guys. They will be going to better situations on the court but they have to uproot their families and I’m sure they have formed some strong bonds with their teammates. A few million in the bank makes things a little easier I suppose
Hope Barnes brings us some Promising pieces
I'm really not in favor of trading Barnes. He's one of the best players on the team (starting SF on a playoff team caliber guy), appears to be a great locker room guy and mentor to our young players, seems to enjoy being in Sac, and we have him locked up for two more years on a declining contract that is in his market range anyways. He is, so to speak, a core piece. If we trade him to Boston, what are we going to get back? An unproven young piece like Nesmith or a really unproven young piece like Langford (both SGs, BTW, a position we're not really hurting at) and a late pick or two? We probably get quite a bit more value by just keeping him.
Hoovtrain
All-Star
I tend to agree. Would you do it for a mid 1st? I might be more inclined to do that due to this draft bring pretty deep with wings. And it would free up a sizable chunk of change. But then you’d be banking on the pick being as good as Barnes and being able to bring in FAs, so I dunno
Well, it might be worth looking at what recent trades have actually brought in. Jrue Holiday went to the Bucks, and brought back two unprotected 1sts, two unprotected 1st swaps, Steven Adams and Eric Bledsoe. I think we'd all admit that Holiday is a better player than Barnes (for instance, Holiday has been worth 19.0 WS over the last 3.5 seasons, while Barnes has been worth 14.6 WS in that time), and yes, those picks are (hopefully for Milwaukee) late picks, but that's a pretty good haul. Also keep in mind that Holiday is two years older than Barnes and only locked up for one year, not three.
So I'd say that in the current market, a single mid-first rounder doesn't feel like equal value for Barnes. And the worst thing we can possibly do, especially if we think that we're going to be putting Buddy on the block sooner or later, is to show a willingness to give up players for less than market value. It's hard enough for a team like Sacramento to acquire assets. We can't throw away whatever leverage we have to turn those assets into other assets, or we'll just waste away our assets.
I am not in favor of trading Barnes at all unless we get something significant back. He's one of our best players and a solid vet leader. He can start on a playoff team or be 6th man at worst. He's not the kind of more powder for the keg player that Bjelica or even frankly Hield are right now.
IIRC he's actually slightly younger than Buddy? either way its by a few months.
