Lensanity prevails!
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A complete nobrainer at that price. Knows the system, happy with his role, impactful on the defensive end. Can we now just stop looking for another option at backup center, keep him as your one big body center off the bench, and play him a consistent 15 minutes a game (matchups willing) from the start of the year?
From my calculations, Kings are now around 7.5M$ under the 1st apron with 13 players under contract (including Carter) + 3 two-way contracts.
If I understand it correctly, they will be hard-capped at this 1st apron if they use more than 5M$ from the MLE, or if they make a trade with more incoming salaries than they send.
If I understand it correctly, they will be hard-capped at this 1st apron if they use more than 5M$ from the MLE, or if they make a trade with more incoming salaries than they send.
All good moves so far.
Monk and Len are valueable contributors; Sasha and Davion were not.
I don't care if Sasha can shoot, if he can't stay in front of someone or defend at an NBA level then he is a waste of cap space. Davion can defend and stay in front of others, but he is basically what you see is what you get at this point. He filled in great for Fox as a starter, but as a reserve looked terrible more times than not. He's not a reliable shooter, can't run an offense, and literally made me cringe every time he took it to the rack.
Monk and Len are valueable contributors; Sasha and Davion were not.
I don't care if Sasha can shoot, if he can't stay in front of someone or defend at an NBA level then he is a waste of cap space. Davion can defend and stay in front of others, but he is basically what you see is what you get at this point. He filled in great for Fox as a starter, but as a reserve looked terrible more times than not. He's not a reliable shooter, can't run an offense, and literally made me cringe every time he took it to the rack.
Yep he made up for the horrible 1st half of the year. Teams left him open for part of the year and even after an "extremely solid second half" shot 36% from 3 for the season.
He was not an offensive threat. I was fairly surprised drafting two of the best defensively (by stats) really had so little impact.
You could see him lock people up and he took a lot of charges last year, but we have better guards, specifically Ellis who is as good defensively (if not better) and vastly better offensively.
He was not an offensive threat. I was fairly surprised drafting two of the best defensively (by stats) really had so little impact.
You could see him lock people up and he took a lot of charges last year, but we have better guards, specifically Ellis who is as good defensively (if not better) and vastly better offensively.
Davion was over 40% from 3 the 2nd half of the year. I’m not disagreeing that Ellis may be more impactful, but I question him being “vastly” better offensively. Davion is better getting downhill and they are similar shooters. Teams leave both Davion and Ellis open, so we’ll see if Ellis can prove to teams he can shoot it consistently.
