Kings trading pick!
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I does work without Livingston for Salmons or Ilyasova... let's hope it is Ilyasova.
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/5908040
Salmons' monster 4 year- high dollar contract does not seem like the sort of thing the Kings would accept on any level... just doesn't feel like something they would want any part of.
Multiple source have confirmed this, which scares me. But this is ridiculous. Doing nothing and over drafting Jimmer at 7 would have been better than this.
Also, is this forum hosted on an old 386 running Windows 3.1 attached with a 14.4 modem? Why are we crashing? It's not like we have 1000's of people posting at the same time.
Also, is this forum hosted on an old 386 running Windows 3.1 attached with a 14.4 modem? Why are we crashing? It's not like we have 1000's of people posting at the same time.
We didn't have enough guys that like to pound the ball and watch the clock go down? If they wanted Jimmer so bad, just take him at #7. Seems like a contrived move just to avoid picking Jimmer too high.
Then there is this on Twitter: Sacramento not done dealing. Look for them to deal 10 & salmons for tony Parker and Richard Jefferson
Then there is this on Twitter: Sacramento not done dealing. Look for them to deal 10 & salmons for tony Parker and Richard Jefferson
@SHowardCooper Scott Howard-Cooper
Kings acquisitions were NOT to flip them into a deal with the Spurs, I am told.
Thankfully. Hopefully we can flip Salmons off somewhere else.
Kings acquisitions were NOT to flip them into a deal with the Spurs, I am told.
Thankfully. Hopefully we can flip Salmons off somewhere else.
If the deal is as reported it makes no sense. I'd rather have Beno than Salmons on this team in terms of fit and definitely in terms of salary. To make that deal AND move down three spots is head scratching to say the least.
Waiting for actual confirmation, but if it is true the Kings just got worse.
Waiting for actual confirmation, but if it is true the Kings just got worse.
Not sure why all the hate? Salmons is an upgrade over any SF on the roster, both offensively and defensively. Now we grab Jimmer at 10 and you've added a good shooter and a replacement for Beno as well as an upgrade at SF. And from what I've read the final year of Salmons contract is not all guaranteed.
Seems like GP has something bigger planned for this team...get set, we just landed Salmons/#10...next comes picking Jimmer at #10 today...and who the hell ELSE knows what else! Something tells me Mr. Dalembert isnt coming back and we're about to make a trade for a veteran center. I DON'T, however, think we'll be trading for Mr. Tony F. Parker any time soon.
Geoff was mad he had to trade away Salmons before the end of the MLE we signed him too, and so got him back to play out 4 more years of his contract. 
Well, seriously, I do not like John Salmons. A pouty little glum me player. BUT, there is a theory here. Personality aside, which Geoff probably likes since he has none either, when we have talked about what we neded froma SF, we said, defense, three point shooting, and maybe the ability to berign the ball up some to take pressure off of Reke. Well, guess what John Salmons brings? And given that we just got rid of Beno, the other possibility is what have we talked about as a good fit next to Reke as a SG? Well defense, some ability to create, knock down spot up threes -- a new Doug Christie. Skillwise, Salmons is in the mold. Of course its the mentality, and endless contract which are the big questions. He's never happy. Ever. He plays for himself. He has passing skills, and yet is still mostly known as a ball pounding blackhole, which just won't work. If he just came back here with a major attitude transplant the skillset is almost right (although if he's the SF we will now have the worst rebounding SFs in the league, by far). But alas, he's still been John Salmons. Most recently being unable to work consistently with two other top young PGs in Rose and Jennings. Now he gets to give it a try with Reke.
Well, seriously, I do not like John Salmons. A pouty little glum me player. BUT, there is a theory here. Personality aside, which Geoff probably likes since he has none either, when we have talked about what we neded froma SF, we said, defense, three point shooting, and maybe the ability to berign the ball up some to take pressure off of Reke. Well, guess what John Salmons brings? And given that we just got rid of Beno, the other possibility is what have we talked about as a good fit next to Reke as a SG? Well defense, some ability to create, knock down spot up threes -- a new Doug Christie. Skillwise, Salmons is in the mold. Of course its the mentality, and endless contract which are the big questions. He's never happy. Ever. He plays for himself. He has passing skills, and yet is still mostly known as a ball pounding blackhole, which just won't work. If he just came back here with a major attitude transplant the skillset is almost right (although if he's the SF we will now have the worst rebounding SFs in the league, by far). But alas, he's still been John Salmons. Most recently being unable to work consistently with two other top young PGs in Rose and Jennings. Now he gets to give it a try with Reke.
Wow. My initial overreaction? I'm this close to just quitting this team right now. I expected something I didn't like to go down, but this is worse than I expected. Couldn't we at least wait to see if Knight falls to 7 before trading the pick? Have you seen Salmons' contract? So we spent the last 5 years in lottery hell patiently waiting to unload contracts -- and re-upping John Salmons after he bailed out on two other franchises is step one of the master plan? Why don't we just trade Tyreke and Cousins while we're at it? Uggh.
It's the volume of posts and checking of posts. The one word comments, the idiotic comments, and even the constant checking to see what is new eats up bandwidth. Posters can help by being more selective in what they say and putting multiple thoughts into one post. Humor is fun but will add to the problem. Nobody will change their pattern but this would help.