Kings in mix for Iguodala
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At the combine Tyreke was 6'4" without shoes. Iguodala was 6'5.75" without shoes. Other SFs to measure out at 6'5.75" without shoes include Thaddeus Young, Jared Dudley, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. I wouldn't panic about Iggy being tall enough to play SF especially not until he's actually on our team.
If Dwight goes to Houston, with Paul staying in LA, I don't know if they are so much more attractive then us. They have an aging Nowitzki, and nothing else. They could throw some money to Josh Smith, but we have a young talented core and it looks like we will have better chances to make the playoffs in the next 2/3 seasons. I still think it's a pretty long shot, but I like our chances.
im glad to see hes actually meeting with us...theres really only 2 problems with iggy; his age and his shooting, but he would be reallly good fit giving us another ball handler and obviously his defense. #make it happen pete...and salary wise we would just have to amnesty salmons to stay under the cap this year(signing reke aswell) bt i would like to explore s&t with denver giving them marcus thorton, maybe even marcus thorton and john salmons expiring contract(1m buyout)..not sure about their cap situation though..
I was talking about Denver's side of the issue, not the Kings. How they resolve the cap issue is another story, but if their actively persuing Iggy, then I have to assume that they have a plan on how to accomplish it cap wise. As for JT being the starting PF on a championship team, well I think your putting the cart before the horse a little bit. last time I looked, we weren't even close to being a championship team. So thats a bridge we'll cross when we get close. In short, he's the best we have right now, and until someone comes along thats better, I'm hanging on to him.
Really! Tell me how many times last season the headline was, "Jason Thompson's mistake costs the Kings the Game"? Lets all just beat up on JT now! He'll do until were ready to beat up on the new guys. JT is what he is, and if he were on another team, there would be people on this fourm saying we should trade for him. We all talk about how Tyreke and Cousins have been jerked around since being drafted by the Kings. Do you think JT has been immune to that. He's been here longer than both of them, and has probably been jerked around more than anyone. He's a solid jouneyman PF/Center. He would probably be better served to come off the bench in either capacity, but at the moment, he's the best we have, unless you want to start Patterson.
At this point, I'm much more interested in going after Asik than Iggy.
Be careful what you wish for with Iguodala. He's going to be expensive. Evans is going to be expensive. Cousins is going to be expensive, and down the road McLemore is going to be expensive (hopefully).
We can only spend so much money without addressing the long term issue this team will have - defense inside.
Be careful what you wish for with Iguodala. He's going to be expensive. Evans is going to be expensive. Cousins is going to be expensive, and down the road McLemore is going to be expensive (hopefully).
We can only spend so much money without addressing the long term issue this team will have - defense inside.
i think our perimeter defense and michael malones scheme will help with our defense inside...look at what he did with golden state...and most of our bad defense inside was do to perimeter guys penetrating...with reke/mclemore/iggy we would have potential to be dominant on the perimeter.
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I like JT and that means we are well on our way when the hardest working player, the most consistant player, and the guy willing do whatever is asked of him while shooting a team high fg% is now the whipping boy. I am happy with that. You will never hear me say once bad thing about JT. Great guy, great role player, deserves every penny he got last year and actually picked his game up after the contract.
Golden State wasn't a great defensive team, they were middle of the pack ... which is somewhat impressive because Curry, Barnes, and Thompson are not amazing individual defenders, and David Lee is terrible on that end.
That being said, all year GSW dedicated a spot in their starting lineup to a defender inside. First Ezili who gave them nothing but defense and then Bogut, who after returning from injury was basically just a defender as well.
That being said, all year GSW dedicated a spot in their starting lineup to a defender inside. First Ezili who gave them nothing but defense and then Bogut, who after returning from injury was basically just a defender as well.
Everyone forgets about JT, but you have to respect the guy. He was one of first guys we picked when we entered the down years and has been here the whole time. He sucks it up, doesn't complain, and does his job. He has missed a total of 14 games in his 5 year career. I hope he get a chance to be a part of a winning team soon and hopefully as a King.
Just like with Reke, I'm a bit of a detractor when it comes to the supposed market value of Iggy. He's a good all around player that would go along way to solidifying our 3 spot and changing the culture of the team, but he's not a star and imho should not be making some of the numbers I hear associated with his name. I'll assume our front office know what they are doing on this
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