Kings trade rumor SZN 2023-2024 edition!
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https://ripcityproject.com/posts/po...es-fleece-kings-jerami-grant-trade-proposal/3
Two first round picks is rich but they’ll be mid first at best and we keep Huerter. Also I don’t know how else we get a big wing that’s a plus defender and can shoot.
True! I think most we’ve all agreed it fit the culture and team everyone is iffy on Lavine
Two first round picks is rich but they’ll be mid first at best and we keep Huerter. Also I don’t know how else we get a big wing that’s a plus defender and can shoot.
True! I think most we’ve all agreed it fit the culture and team everyone is iffy on Lavine
Guess I haven’t paid enough attention to Bruce Brown, so don't know if he’s a good trade target.
Sounds like he would be a defensive upgrade to our current guards so if we’re going smaller moves Huerter and Davion maybe. Barnes at least provides size so hesitant to include him.
Sure hope this trade market doesn’t flame out. Too many teams, young and old passing us up.
Sounds like he would be a defensive upgrade to our current guards so if we’re going smaller moves Huerter and Davion maybe. Barnes at least provides size so hesitant to include him.
Sure hope this trade market doesn’t flame out. Too many teams, young and old passing us up.
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Brown would be a good defensive SG trade target to add to our list (Caruso, Thybulle, & O’Neale) but I think the higher priority is addressing PF.
Considering how much Brown makes, it would limit our flexibility when also trying to trade for an upgrade at PF (considering we only have so much filler salary to include to make the money work).
Considering how much Brown makes, it would limit our flexibility when also trying to trade for an upgrade at PF (considering we only have so much filler salary to include to make the money work).
Apparently the Nets will be sellers at the deadline. The one realistic guy I would target from them is DFS. Sorta like a Barnes with better defense. Would be a great fit with us imo as he’s a low usage guy.
Do we think something like DFS for Mitchell/Duarte/2024 2nd would work? They get a young defensive minded PG to add to their rebuilding process, Duarte in there sort of as salary filler but also a flyer on a young guy, and a 2nd rounder to add to their draft capital. Kings get a good role player who helps address a weakness (defense) while also perfectly shooting their two stars (low usage + good shooter).
Do we think something like DFS for Mitchell/Duarte/2024 2nd would work? They get a young defensive minded PG to add to their rebuilding process, Duarte in there sort of as salary filler but also a flyer on a young guy, and a 2nd rounder to add to their draft capital. Kings get a good role player who helps address a weakness (defense) while also perfectly shooting their two stars (low usage + good shooter).
If things in Chicago are so dire that they are going to pay to get off his contract, and we can get assets from them for more movable pieces, I take that deal.
Honestly prefer Grant/Thybulle, some kind of DFS deal, or another guy who can be 4th or 5th starter without everyone complaining that our 4th/5th starter isn't playing at an all-NBA level.
Honestly prefer Grant/Thybulle, some kind of DFS deal, or another guy who can be 4th or 5th starter without everyone complaining that our 4th/5th starter isn't playing at an all-NBA level.
It's an easy no to both for me, even if they only cost $30 million per. These guys represent everything wrong with the "super team" strategy -- just adding up box scores and assuming you've built a winner. If I'm paying decent money for a starting SG or PF to play with Fox/Murray/Sabonis they better be strong culture players who will do all the dirty work (screen setting, crashing the boards, camping in the corner, chasing guards and wings around screens, moving without the ball) without hunting individual stats. I dnn't think we'd be getting that with Siakam or Lavine.
To me a super team is largely made up of 3 stars that all do the same thing and try to make it work. I’m not really making an argument for Lavine but Fox, Sabonis, Keegan and Lavine all get their points and shots in a different way so there isn’t the redundancy. You can still fill that 5th starter with a defensive role player. Historically championship teams have a top 5 player, which we don’t have. How do we overcome that? I don’t know that I have the answer, I’m just unconvinced two defensive role players added to our current team gets it done. Now if Keegan goes 2 levels higher that’s a different conversation.
The typical method has always been 3 stars. Or at least it has been for the last number of years. That's really the only way to make sure that very boxscore isn't the thing that destroys you when putting in role guys where you need them without the talent first. The Kings are unique because the 2 stars are Fox and Domas but Domas really plays more like the PG. He has stretches of dominating offensively but it's up and down. With a Domas you want as much talent next to him IMO because of how he can make it work. Then with Keegan turning moreso into the teams 3 and D guy all you need is one prime talent and another defender to go with Keegan and in theory you're done. And the person looking to improve this team and not sit on his hands is Monte himself. This isn't some young team full of 22 year olds and as of now the team looks to have somewhat peaked in season 2 as the competition has risen around them.
A lot of "big 3s" are also absolute trash. Arguably the teams winning championships were largely built from within, Miami Heat and LAL have particular advantages other teams assembling stars don't have and we certainly don't and never will.
But it really feels like we are reaching for a "third star" and not looking for a guy who can contribute to what we are already doing in many of these scenarios. If we got the right pieces and win 3 out of 4 in say 2026-2029 (ie starting 2.5 seasons from now) I am sure Keegan would be Star 3.
But it really feels like we are reaching for a "third star" and not looking for a guy who can contribute to what we are already doing in many of these scenarios. If we got the right pieces and win 3 out of 4 in say 2026-2029 (ie starting 2.5 seasons from now) I am sure Keegan would be Star 3.
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