Potential Free Agent/Trade/Sign Tracker, '25-'26 Season

[Caccia]

Where do you guys think Trey Lyles stands at this point? He was the only pure power forward left on the team at the end of the season, unless you include Isaac Jones. But a lot of times, he played "small ball" center.

 

[SacTownKid]

Where do you guys think Trey Lyles stands at this point? He was the only pure power forward left on the team at the end of the season, unless you include Isaac Jones. But a lot of times, he played "small ball" center.

Time to let him go. He's not a difference maker. This is where that development comes in and this summer is going to be the chance for the young guys to earn it. Jones plenty of times at various points already should have been taking Lyles' minutes. Hopefully this is Isaacs time to shine. This is why development is so important and why the good teams put resources and time into it. Petrie was always good at it too. As the older soon to be paid player starts heading towards the door, you have the cheaper understudy ready to go. Overpaying for 10th-12th guys on the back end is what bad teams do and it's time to finally stop doing that if you're the Kings.

 

[kingsboi]

An example of what? The Pacers are C average according to those placements, the Cavs being stacked in the frontcourt defensively weren't much better. It's becoming more clear that the key on defense is at G/F and specifically having guards that can play 2-3 positions on defense mainly at POA. The Cavs are kind of what they are and that's not necessarily the greatest at G. Is Domas the right guy for them? Who knows, but on paper you can't come up with a better combo than Mobley and Domas. On either end. That doesn't mean it would necessarily work but right now it sounds like the Cavs defensive frontcourt and Allen in particular is catching some blame for the loss.

teams on paper don't produce real life results. Turner is their anchor. The point of attack defense has another wall to score over if they get past the POA defense. Let's not forget he's led the league in blocks twice as well. Allen and Mobley is an acceptable frontcourt defensive tandem, it's their guards and forwards that did them in

 

[kingsboi]

That would largely depend on the money. If Kuminga tops out at what he's looked like then the Kings prospects moving forward as far as the cap are concerned don't look too great. The Kings almost can't afford the gamble at this point. Especially not until they move some salary off the books. Overpaying for other teams players when you are in the middle of nowhere is what gets teams into trouble. It could be a major win, or a major L depending on what Kuminga is and if the Kings don't start a rebuild for another season or two the Kings probably won't even truly know. Kuminga's better off going to a team that is starting from the ground up, not with where the Kings are at currently. There are too many ways that Kuminga's potential could be further minimized. Is he Harrison Barnes level? Or something more? One thing is for sure, without plenty of shots, he's closer to Barnes so far.

Kuminga is 22 with room to still grow with the young core the Kings do have, should they not be included in a bigger trade down the road. Kings have to overpay anyway for talent and he's one of those guys with juice left, getting away from Curry and Butler will do his development some good.