Kings Have Signed John Salmons - Bye, Bye Bonzi!!
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bibbinator
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Salmons also turned down a Suns offer.
Who knows. We don't know the length or amount of the deal yet right?
Still, not a very good surprise.
Hope Ron's taking this OK.
Viking
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as much as i hate the move, it's not nice to be derogatory to Salmons.
Farms Block
Prospect
Bonzi gone as Kings sign Salmons
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Published 5:01 pm PDT Monday, July 24, 2006
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]After 12 days of quiet for the Kings in the free agency period, they signed four-year small forward John Salmons on Monday.
The move means free agent shooting guard Bonzi Wells will not return. Wells and his agent, William Phillips, had been in negotiations to return since July 1. The Kings also signed rookies Justin Williams (University of Wyoming forward) and Eugene "Pooh" Jeter (University of Portland point guard), both of whom played well on the Kings summer league team in Las Vegas earlier this month.
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The acquisition of Salmons - the 6-foot-6 talent formerly of the Philadelphia 76ers who has averaged 5.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 18.4 minutes - marks the second straight season in which the Kings swooped in quickly to pick up a player after a deal ended badly with another team.
Salmons reneged on a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto last week, in which he was to get a five-year, $23 million contract. He had also been offered $22 million by the Phoenix Suns in a sign-and-trade. Last season, Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie quickly signed forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim after a deal sending him to New Jersey fell through. Within the past few days, word had spread that the talks between the Kings and Wells' representation were not going well. Wells, who was reportedly offered a five-year $36 million offer by the Kings at the start of negotiations, clearly wants more than the Kings were willing to offer. Phillips did not immediately return a call for comment.
-----------He turned down some hefty contracts from other teams. If what everyone says is true, that he is trash, why are other teams offering 22 and 23 million to get him?? Things that make ya go hmmmm.......
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Published 5:01 pm PDT Monday, July 24, 2006
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]After 12 days of quiet for the Kings in the free agency period, they signed four-year small forward John Salmons on Monday.
The move means free agent shooting guard Bonzi Wells will not return. Wells and his agent, William Phillips, had been in negotiations to return since July 1. The Kings also signed rookies Justin Williams (University of Wyoming forward) and Eugene "Pooh" Jeter (University of Portland point guard), both of whom played well on the Kings summer league team in Las Vegas earlier this month.
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The acquisition of Salmons - the 6-foot-6 talent formerly of the Philadelphia 76ers who has averaged 5.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 18.4 minutes - marks the second straight season in which the Kings swooped in quickly to pick up a player after a deal ended badly with another team.
Salmons reneged on a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto last week, in which he was to get a five-year, $23 million contract. He had also been offered $22 million by the Phoenix Suns in a sign-and-trade. Last season, Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie quickly signed forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim after a deal sending him to New Jersey fell through. Within the past few days, word had spread that the talks between the Kings and Wells' representation were not going well. Wells, who was reportedly offered a five-year $36 million offer by the Kings at the start of negotiations, clearly wants more than the Kings were willing to offer. Phillips did not immediately return a call for comment.
-----------He turned down some hefty contracts from other teams. If what everyone says is true, that he is trash, why are other teams offering 22 and 23 million to get him?? Things that make ya go hmmmm.......
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AleksandarN
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Yes the Maloofs lied yet again
CruzDude
Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
My sentiments as well. A clear head rises out of the swamp.
John Galt
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You have Ronnie Price at 7 and 15, so we're only one over...
Like nbrans said, three of the best front offices in the league were after Salmons. I think that Petrie is shifting towards a Suns-like system, with Artest as our Marion. Clearly we do not have a Stoudemire, or even a Diaw, but I think he would acquire those players if he could. Of course, the Suns system was pretty similar to our team led by Divac/Webber, only with more PG penetration.
Anyway, I have to think that if he could get defensive specialists at the 4/5 like the Mavs, he would. Or, if he could garner the kind of rebounding versatility of a Diaw, Petrie would do that as well. I still do not think that Miller will be in a Kings jersey next year.
Anyway, I have to think that if he could get defensive specialists at the 4/5 like the Mavs, he would. Or, if he could garner the kind of rebounding versatility of a Diaw, Petrie would do that as well. I still do not think that Miller will be in a Kings jersey next year.
Yoda
Bench
Dont get me wrong....this signing sucks
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jdbraver
Guest
Perhaps we have...
Entered the Greg Oden sweepstakes!
Entered the Greg Oden sweepstakes!
Viking
Starter
exactly, he'll probably be traded for a no-name tweener forward or an undersized guard. Both with no defensive ability, naturally.
bibbinator
Bench
LOL!
Well, I don't expect so badly. The amazing rise on the late season was mainly made by added Artest, huge-developed Martin, developed Garcia, and finally-suited Rahim, not by Wells. I like Wells, but last year he had injuries during the season. He shined at the early season, and the playoff.
I think we're a still playoff team, not sure whether we can go further.
However, I'm quite disappointed at signing with Salmons, especially full MLE.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Don't forget they must be allergic to rebounding!
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Fillmoe
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petrie mentioned kings would be looking at more trades
The Maloofs lied? Because they don't want to pay Bonzi a Peja-like contract?
Good lord, people. This is NOT the end of the bleeping world.
And look! In all the furor, you missed it!
We got POOH!!!
Seriously, lighten up, folks. There was a very good chance, based on Bonzi's playoff performance AND Peja's unbelievable deal, that Bonzi would want more than the Kings or any other team with a modicum of sense would want to pay. It sure seems like Petrie tried to negotiate a deal that Phillips and Bonzi just weren't going to take.
It happens.
We'll survive. And, again, remember - Salmons might well turn out to be just fine. We don't know yet.
Remember last year? The fuss about Wells? How he would destroy the franchise?
We signed Justin Williams and Pooh Jeter. It's still only July. Let's see what else happens before we start jumping off bridges.
Sac.Kings
All-Star
Did he really? Did he hint at it or say it outright?
LA King Fan II
Bench
Wow. I'm a pretty big King fan, watch a lot of NBA games and I can not picture Salmons on a basketball court. No recollection.
Bonzi played well for the Kings last year, and made a tough tandem with Artest. It defies logic that he would let money dictate his career at this point. Sorry, but he could have lived a good life off the Kings offer and played for a competitive team at the very least.
A b.s. move by Bonzi. Loyalty matters to me, and I feel he owed teammates a commitment to go to battle with them. It's not life in 2007 I guess, but it should be. His greed ultimately will ruin the Kings at this point. We have no boards or athleticism up front. It's what we needed when CW was traded (and ignored then, too). It's such an obvious need, but NEVER IS it fixed.
Ouch. I'm pissed at Bonzi. I'm pissed at the Kings for apparently being maroons when it comes to stacking a team. More and more I think they were damn lucky that Vlade was better than they knew and more importantly had a winner's charisma (from his Magic days) that inspired Webber to be great and led to a furious rise of the franchise. It wasn't Petrie's brilliance. It may have simply been luck.
ouch. who is john salmons, again?
Bonzi played well for the Kings last year, and made a tough tandem with Artest. It defies logic that he would let money dictate his career at this point. Sorry, but he could have lived a good life off the Kings offer and played for a competitive team at the very least.
A b.s. move by Bonzi. Loyalty matters to me, and I feel he owed teammates a commitment to go to battle with them. It's not life in 2007 I guess, but it should be. His greed ultimately will ruin the Kings at this point. We have no boards or athleticism up front. It's what we needed when CW was traded (and ignored then, too). It's such an obvious need, but NEVER IS it fixed.
Ouch. I'm pissed at Bonzi. I'm pissed at the Kings for apparently being maroons when it comes to stacking a team. More and more I think they were damn lucky that Vlade was better than they knew and more importantly had a winner's charisma (from his Magic days) that inspired Webber to be great and led to a furious rise of the franchise. It wasn't Petrie's brilliance. It may have simply been luck.
ouch. who is john salmons, again?
kingsfan52miller
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what ever happend to the welcome threads :-\ (not that the players ever read them but its a nice thought)
OptimusRhyme
Jive Turkey
Cut the guy a friggan break, Petrie obviously tried as hard as he could to keep Bonzi, it was Bonzi who wanted more money. This can also save us from our future, you have to remember Bonzi is thirty, in 2 to 3 years hes not going to be pulling down rebounds like he did last season.
Whats with all the Salmons bashing? We haven't even seen him play on this team yet, give the guy a chance, We now have Kevin Martin starting which is a plus.
Whats with all the Salmons bashing? We haven't even seen him play on this team yet, give the guy a chance, We now have Kevin Martin starting which is a plus.
Viking
Starter
He stepped in for AI once when he was hurt and played pretty well for 3 games that I can remember.
Probably led to, as Bricklayer put it, a "Geoff-chubby"
kupman
Starter
No kidding....I have not heard this much outrage since I was living in Dallas and the Mavericks picked-up some second-string, second-rate point guard from the Suns to try and fill the shoes of Jason Kidd.
JJ22L
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lol
Ryle
Starter
I think the outrage has alot to do with the contract. If this is indeed our entire MLE than we just locked up pretty much the same guy we have drafted the past 2 years to a long term deal.
We need help rebounding and on the interior and this doesn't do either....the main question is why???
We need help rebounding and on the interior and this doesn't do either....the main question is why???
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