Telemachus
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I came across this story from Shumpert, and it made me laugh.
https://youtube.com/shorts/wmJVSgfzRPc?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/wmJVSgfzRPc?feature=share
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Tetsujin
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This deal is a bargain compared to Bogi's though
Tetsujin
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Right, he was pretty much the perfect third cog in the Suns CP3/Booker wheel as essentially an upgraded version of New Orleans/Dallas Tyson Chandler with outside shooting potential and proved himself to be one of the few bigs capable of fully switching on defense in the playoffs to the point that the Suns were absolutely elite with him on the floor and terrible with him off of it (one-legged Demarcus Cousins absolutely laying waste to their backup bigs in the playoffs comes to mind).
Maybe they've seen something from Jalen Smith in practice that makes them confident that they could survive without DA in a worst-case scenario but there is absolutely no reason for them to do what they just did.
If that relationship becomes completely untenable and the Kings don't make a different big move in the intervening months, I might try to swing a Holmes/Buddy/protected first sign-and-trade for Ayton or something like that if I were Monte.
kingsboi
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top 20? Anthony Davis please step up to the podium. While not top 20, Brandon Ingram fits this to a tee
Tetsujin
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The thing about Shamet is that he keeps winding up on contenders as a good bench depth guy but those same teams will trade him at a moment's notice because there's always someone better than a 6'4" guard who can't handle the ball. He's not bad, for sure, but ten million dollars a year for a 8th/9th man is a tough pill to swallow.
kingsboi
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like I said, the agents deserve half of the salaries on these type of players. What did Doug McDermott get?
Tetsujin
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I'm guessing Kyrie... Klay... and James Harden.
kingsboi
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Klay has missed the last two seasons, he is no longer a top 20 player in my opinion. He needs to prove himself all over again
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
McBuckets got a 3-yr 41 million dollar contract from the Spurs lol
Some of these GMs are dumb but you'd think that Pop knows better
kingsboi
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Pop is so used to winning for two decades that he doesn't know when and how to properly rebuild. That team needs a complete overhaul
macadocious
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Durant is in there for sure.
uhh what.
He was good last year in a really limited sample, but you're basically saying he's a top 20 or so starting C with this salary as a big who's not a scorer/shooter or playmaker and is basically a finisher on O.
I swear Holmes signed the best value contract this summer and it's not all that close. Remains one of the better value contracts in the NBA.
Better for whom, though? Was it better for Holmes?
Tetsujin
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Holmes did fire his agent after the Kings re-signed him sooo
upinsmoke
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Beware "advisors' you never know who they are in bed with.
macadocious
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really? Lol
SLAB
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Glad it worked out like it did. I wasn’t huge on the resign Holmes at all costs wagon, still feel he’s a bit overrated but it couldn’t have worked out any better especially for a team like us.
SLAB
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Morey, “So you’re saying there’s a chance!”
I missed that newsbit. I am guessing his agent didn't tweet that with his name every other sentence though.
There's a fresh October thread, I closed this one.
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