Oh, I know we're a long way away from having anything near a balanced roster; that'll take weeks and months of dealing. But it is a trade in which we gave nothing and recieved a starting caliber player who fits with the roster we hope to achieve. In my book, that's a good step in the right direction.
Because getting a feel for your Depth chart / Rotations helps us with looking at trades that will help and what assets we can realisticly move
On my deep bench only Jimmer may have some value
Thorton and Patterson have some value, but then you need a quality player in return
Ray has not even made the roster and Nobody is taking Hayes/Outlaw (dead weight two yrs)
Kind of interesting that Napear said on radio and Tweeted that Reke is far superior to Ellis. I don't know if I would say "far" but agree Ellis is weaker defensively and more one-dimensional. Peaches also said Salmons is likely still the starter at SF for Kings (if still here) because he's far better overall than Mhah A Moute. He further said (somewhat contradictory) that he won't criticize Kings new FO as they should have fresh opportunity to put together their plan first before ripping it.
no, you don't have to fill every need in a single offseason. however, you do have to make a compelling case to demarcus cousins that this team can win in the near future, and you have exactly one offseason in order to make that case, because the deadline to extend is upcoming. failing to re-sign tyreke evans just to bring in the notoriously selfish monta ellis doesn't seem like the kind of good faith move that demarcus cousins is likely to appreciate, particularly when evans was willing to accept a lesser role alongside cousins. monta ellis, on the other hand, is out for monta ellis. he's also an absolute knucklehead, and isn't exactly the kind of player a team targets when they're hoping to move away from a culture of toxicity. now, none of this really matters if you're one of those let's-just-start-from-scratch [again] types, and won't be displeased to see demarcus cousins traded, in which case we'll simply never see eye to eye...
Everything we've done this off-season is to enhance Boogie's game.Surround him with high IQ, high character Bball talent that can be a great influence on him on and off the floor.
Here's my question. How do you know Boogie doesn't want to play with Monta? Maybe Boogie said he'd love to play with Monta when he met with our FO? We really don't know
Here's my deal with Cousins. He's absolutely a guy who's going to get the max. Whether from us, or from someone else, the bigs market is absolutely nuts right now. So he'll get his money. What's key for me, even above improvement in his game, is to see growth in his maturity. No more excuses about being "young" or not liking "coach", or the million other excuses he's had since he's been a pro for his outbursts. It's time for him to prove he's capable (and willing) to be a franchise player in the NBA. And everything that entails.
Here's my question. How do you know Boogie doesn't want to play with Monta? Maybe Boogie said he'd love to play with Monta when he met with our FO? We really don't know
Here's my deal with Cousins. He's absolutely a guy who's going to get the max. Whether from us, or from someone else, the bigs market is absolutely nuts right now. So he'll get his money. What's key for me, even above improvement in his game, is to see growth in his maturity. No more excuses about being "young" or not liking "coach", or the million other excuses he's had since he's been a pro for his outbursts. It's time for him to prove he's capable (and willing) to be a franchise player in the NBA. And everything that entails.
i don't know if boogie has said that he does or doesn't want to play with monta ellis. i'm not interested in arguing about what i can't prove. i do know, however, that monta ellis is an inefficient knucklehead who doesn't "fit" the new direction of this team in the hypothetical any better than tyreke evans "fit" the new direction of this team in the hypothetical...
I'm not saying we can completely ignore shooting/scoring from the SF position, but with Tyreke here we NEEDED a shooting SF because Tyreke couldn't shoot and so teams would just collapse the lane with no worries of anyone hitting an open 3. With Vasquez and McLemore (I refuse to call him B-Mac at this point in time) or Thornton at SG, there is decent shooting there already so it isn't really required. Obviously it would help spread the floor though yes.
I'm able to breathe a sigh of relief with this signing. The only reason you get Mbah a Moute is for his defensive prowess. He's a very good defender, has a great motor and he has legitimate SF size. We damn near sign Ellis and then out of nowhere it's Mbah a Moute. It's like someone is playing a sick joke on me.
