Kings trade Tyrese and Buddy for Sabonis and Holiday and Lamb
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Confirmed. Kings have a framework of a deal that sends Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson to the Pacers for Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second round pick. @Adrian Wojnarowski first.
Confirmed. Kings have a framework of a deal that sends Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson to the Pacers for Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second round pick. @Adrian Wojnarowski first.
It's true. While most of us here wanted to just secure a high draft pick then do something, the twitter, including all of Sacramento media apparently, wanted him to do this kind of thing and I wouldn't be surprised if ownership was involved for that reason. Or hell, if not this is actually really good sign about Monte not being wedded to his first ever pick. But I think this is more about that 10 spot and acquiescing the media voices. which I hate.
This. Haliburton was arguably the cornerstone of the trade for Sabonis. In a vacuum, this isn't a bad trade because we unload Hield and Thompson.
That said, we obviously don't live in a vacuum. We need outside shooting and better starters at the 2 and the 5, preferably those who can stretch the floor. If Monte isn't done, he needs to somehow use Bagley to fill one of those issues.
Again, I think it sucks, but I can somewhat see what's happening, depending upon what happens during the next 36 hours.
That said, we obviously don't live in a vacuum. We need outside shooting and better starters at the 2 and the 5, preferably those who can stretch the floor. If Monte isn't done, he needs to somehow use Bagley to fill one of those issues.
Again, I think it sucks, but I can somewhat see what's happening, depending upon what happens during the next 36 hours.
I am much higher on sabonis than most appear to be on this site, but man I don't like this trade. If Monte goes all in with another move or two I may change my mind, but this is disappointing. It's clear that the rest of the league did not believe in Fox as much as we do and so to make a meaningful change we needed to sacrifice our best asset.
To me the best argument for Sabonis was his fit with Haliburton.
And you even got the side benefit of starting Mitchell in the backcourt as he and Tyrese fit well together.
Tyrese was one of the few reasons I was still engaged with this team at all. I'll wait until the trade deadline passes to see if other moves are made, but it's likely that I'm done as a Kings fan until this team gives me a reason to support it.
And you even got the side benefit of starting Mitchell in the backcourt as he and Tyrese fit well together.
Tyrese was one of the few reasons I was still engaged with this team at all. I'll wait until the trade deadline passes to see if other moves are made, but it's likely that I'm done as a Kings fan until this team gives me a reason to support it.