Kings do not pick up Giles and Caleb team options for next year!
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Honestly, the Kings are the only franchise that can turn a good, feel good story (last season) into a fiasco (this season), litterally overnight.
I have never seen such incompetence and lack of direction in the Front Office for a franchise before. It's like a chicken running around with it's head cut off.
It's time for Vlade to be a man of his word and quit. He said that if the franchise was not in a better place in 2 years, he would quit.... well, were waiting Vlade!!!!
I have never seen such incompetence and lack of direction in the Front Office for a franchise before. It's like a chicken running around with it's head cut off.
It's time for Vlade to be a man of his word and quit. He said that if the franchise was not in a better place in 2 years, he would quit.... well, were waiting Vlade!!!!
Actually, he becomes Unrestricted FA this summer. Bye Bye Harry! 
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/kings/kings-pass-fourth-year-contract-option-big-man-harry-giles
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/kings/kings-pass-fourth-year-contract-option-big-man-harry-giles
That means that if Giles shows he's worth $4M, he's gone and we can't do a thing about it.
Declining the fourth-year option is pretty much a death knell for a player's tenure with a franchise. It's hard to see him finishing the season with the Kings, and very very hard to see him with the Kings next year. But on the other hand, if there were literally any other team trying to deal for him, we would have picked that $4M up, because it sinks his trade value to not have it. So that suggests his trade value is nil.
I think there must be something we just don't know. Between the weird "bruise" at the end of last year and now the sudden preseason injury that Giles seemed to think didn't exist, now passing on the 4th-year option...something is up.
This sucks. Yet another piece of terrible news in a miserable stretch, and the season is barely a week old.
so this basically means Giles won't be a King after this year ? As long as someone is willing to pay more than 4 mill ? So if he does well for whatever reason he's gone ?
Does the reason for the Kings doing this mean that they have 0 faith in him ? Because otherwise this doesn't really make much sense to me.
Does the reason for the Kings doing this mean that they have 0 faith in him ? Because otherwise this doesn't really make much sense to me.
The literal only way this makes sense is if Giles won't physically be able to play again. Any other reason, there's no justification for it. You gave up all your flexibility to keep him long-term because you want to save $4mil? Yet you spend $60 mil this off-season on vets doing pretty much nothing right now? There goes another blown 1st round pick on Vlades record (Papa, Skal, Malachi, WCS, Giles, JJ) while passing on Zach Collins who's well on his way to being a damn good starter in this league (as many of us predicted during that draft).
Said it last night, said it again. Only good thing that comes from this season is we oust Vlade and get a real professional to the right the ship.
Said it last night, said it again. Only good thing that comes from this season is we oust Vlade and get a real professional to the right the ship.
Yeah don't think he plays anymore either. My guess is this is a play to potentially get him on the cheap after having him rehab the year again. Especially in a lost season, why would we run him out there when he's not apart of our future?
As someone said, wtf would be the point of getting him out there 18-20 MPG, him ball out, then we can't retain him?
As someone said, wtf would be the point of getting him out there 18-20 MPG, him ball out, then we can't retain him?
