Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
The Pacers are including a 2027 second-round pick in the deal to the Kings, sources tell ESPN.
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Oh, it's okay now![]()
Its a 2023.20-when?
People like to talk about how bad Sabonis is at defense or whatever but he’s honestly better than most of the bigs we already have on the roster on that end.
The last couple of weeks has given us the blueprint to competent defense though. Davion on the point of attack and Harkless pressuring off the backside, have the big play adjusted drop. Don’t know why it took us half a season to realize that our defense would improve if we started using our best defenders but it’s finally happening.
I think the FO knows that part of Fox's regression was due to Haliburton's great play. It's not like they could tell the coach to put the ball in Haliburton's hands less, and Fox is not an off-guard. I still have a hard time believing that Fox can't play as well as he did last year. I think they ultimately saw Haliburton's level of play this year as an opportunity to swap for a high-level player at a position that will still allow Fox to have the ball in his hands at a high rate. I think it will work out. More minutes for Davion as well.
yeah I watched enough highlights to see that he’s a capable and willing defender. I’m more interested in how Holiday and Lamb fit in the rotation as they actually have some size and length
Jeremy Lamb - 6’11 wingspan
Justin Holiday- 6’11.5 wingspan
FINALLY
because at least - ON PAPER - we actually got the best player .
Not in the long term, they didn’t.
I don’t even remotely believe Sabonis is the better basketball player in the here and now.
I’d be willing to bet that if both players were made available to all teams, Tyrese would be more in demand.
I don't know if he is the replacement, but he sure made Buddy expendable, didn't he?And Terence Davis is the Bahamian's logical replacement (much cheaper contract) to go forward as well.
I'm not sure I don't agree in some ways, but Sabonis is better now.
There's a lot of truth here - taking BPA and then managing assets accordingly can net solid returns.Monte traded potential for an established All-star player. This is one reason why Monte's BPA approach is the right approach because if you have redundant positions, you can trade one of them for an asset. Hali needs the ball in his hands to be effective and so too does Fox. Monte made the decision that Fox is his guy for the time being and I'm okay with that decision. Fox needs to get right mentally and physically and only then will we witness his true potential. In the meantime, I hope they keep the lottery pick and go BPA again and continue to surround Fox and Sabonis with complimentary talent.
Exactly. Announcing every move and letting a bunch of other teams in on certain plans, is exactly how we lost Bogie for nothing. We don't owe these teams anything or any special courtesy when Sabonis was clearly our guy all along. It's not about Haliburton being on the trading block because he clearly wasn't. A deal you may not refuse is different than someone flat out being on the trading block IMO.I mean, we really wanted Sabonis. It was pretty clear reading the tea leaves he was option 2 behind Simmons if that was even really there. Perhaps we have another trade or two lined up that will make it make more sense two. Surely Monte knows what he can get for Holmes or Barnes and factored that in. And please, if "other GMs knew" like they don't call and ask? Maybe they called and low-balled and now they're butt hurt about it? I am guessing suddenly other GMs have their feet to the fire because a promising young player went out nobody thought was gettable?
Oh please. As if they're suddenly going to be worldbeatersFrom the pacers board:
“what are the kings doing?”
“what they have been doing since, like, 2004?”