Kings outlook for 2008/2009 season

[KingsInBrazil]

If we are really trading Ron Artest to Denver for Kleiza, Najera and their 1st round pick we'll have a very solid young group next year and really set for the near future...Beno Udrih should be resigned to a new contract and all the expirings we're getting now hopefully will be gone by the end of the season...
I'm accepting the fact Douby will never make it to the Point cuz he likes to shoot and thats what he supposedly does better we should use our 1st round pick on a playmaker, a pass-first and oriented point guard to develop behind Beno Udrih. Salmons has proven he can start and that will surely make Garcia/Kleiza our sparks off-the bench next season and we could use Hawks 2nd round pick on some very young talent to develop overseas. Our weak spot continues to be our starting PF and I don't know if Shelden will live to our expectations so we should use Denvers pick to draft a good player to compliment Hawes.. We should keep Brad til last year of his contract cuz hes really playing at a star level and has one of the best work ethics I've seen on a NBA player. Hawes is only 19 and should have plenty of time to learn til Brad's contract is up and Hawes can take over. Reef and Kenny F. Thomas should continue to warm our bench til the final year of their contract aswell.

Kings 08/09 Roster
Beno Udrih / Kings 1st round pick
Kevin Martin / Francisco Garcia / Quincy Douby
John Salmons / Linas Kleiza / Hawks 2nd round pick
Shelden Williams / Mikki Moore / Nuggets 1st round pick
Brad Miller / Spencer Hawes

Bench warming:
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Kenny Thomas

So, what do you guys think?

 

[PurpleHaze]

Sounds good to me. But so many things can change between now and then. Contract buy-outs, Artest stays however remote or a trade not involving him, trades swapping or moving recently acquired draft picks as well, etc. On a side note, I wonder when the new arena talk is going to heat up for better or worse.

 

[piksi]

I think that we are looking too far in the future at this point

 

[nebs]

We should keep Brad til last year of his contract cuz hes really playing at a star level and has one of the best work ethics I've seen on a NBA player.

What the?

 

[Rockmeister]

Why are you creating a threading in "assuming" trading Ron Artest to Denver for Kleiza, Najera and their 1st round pick will happen? Why not wait until it does. Who knows, maybe Ron isn't being traded or maybe Ron is being traded to another team.

 

[VF21]

I've moved this to the Personnel Moves forum as it's pretty speculative at this point.

 

[Smills91]

The roster we can look at TODAY going forward is:

C: Brad Miller, Spencer Hawes
PF: Mikki Moore, Shelden Williams, SAR, Kenny
SF: Ron Artest, Francisco Garcia(2nd round pick)
SG: Kevin Martin, John Salmons, Quincy Douby
PG: Beno Udrih(re-signed), 1st round draft pick, (2nd round pick)

That's our line-up going forward most likely, until/if Ron gets traded.

 

[Lafayette]

The word on the RADIO is that Brad Miller and Artest will be gone and the stupid notion that any player is available, even K-Mart.

 

[Smills91]

The word on the RADIO is that Brad Miller and Artest will be gone and the stupid notion that any player is available, even K-Mart.

Who's word and where on the radio....

 

[fnordius]

The roster we can look at TODAY going forward is:

C: Brad Miller, Spencer Hawes
PF: Mikki Moore, Shelden Williams, SAR, Kenny
SF: Ron Artest, Francisco Garcia(2nd round pick)
SG: Kevin Martin, John Salmons, Quincy Douby
PG: Beno Udrih(re-signed), 1st round draft pick, (2nd round pick)

That's our line-up going forward most likely, until/if Ron gets traded.

I'd pare that back a little, since we have no idea what will happen with those draft picks, and Beno might not re-sign.

I kinda hate to speculate on any of this before Friday, something tells me that the next fire sale is just waiting for the official closing of the last trade.