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

[pdxKingsFan]

It's all good. You asked so I gave my reasons. I have very strong opinions about basketball that probably wouldn't align with most owners. I'm not among those who want Vivek to be gone even if I'm not happy with how he's steered the team so far. He's still heaps better than the Maloofs and we're bound to stumble in to some good fortune sooner or later as long as there's genuine will to win coming from ownership.

Which is fair I just don't think any of the things he's done/said since the stupid cherry pick comment differ too much from what most owners do. He's squarely in "just another owner" category for me despite people ranking him the worst owner in sports. This franchise definitely has its fair share of self inflicted wounds but I think the majority of them come from making poor draft choices and then more recently Monte getting about .75 cents on every dollar in the trades he made. Most of these wounds are death from a thousand papercuts type deals that I just don't see the owner having as much day to day involvement in.

 

[hrdboild]

Which is fair I just don't think any of the things he's done/said since the stupid cherry pick comment differ too much from what most owners do. He's squarely in "just another owner" category for me despite people ranking him the worst owner in sports. This franchise definitely has its fair share of self inflicted wounds but I think the majority of them come from making poor draft choices and then more recently Monte getting about .75 cents on every dollar in the trades he made. Most of these wounds are death from a thousand papercuts type deals that I just don't see the owner having as much day to day involvement in.

Rightly or not, owners are generally held to account by fans for their team's overall record of success and to-date Vivek's Kings have mostly been bad to terrible. His reputation will improve if/when the team goes on a run of sustained success. Two and a half seasons of this franchise being pretty good was starting to shift the narrative in his favor until the complete implosion that was this past season wiped that off the books. And with the memory of how quickly things came apart now in everyone's minds, it'll probably take 5 years of winning to push things back into the positive for him.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Rightly or not, owners are generally held to account by fans for their team's overall record of success and to-date Vivek's Kings have mostly been bad to terrible. His reputation will improve if/when the team goes on a run of sustained success. Two and a half seasons of this franchise being pretty good was starting to shift the narrative in his favor until the complete implosion that was this past season wiped that off the books. And with the memory of how quickly things came apart now in everyone's minds, it'll probably take 5 years of winning to push things back into the positive for him.

I have no problem with holding him to that sort of standard, but that's also why I will judge certain ownership groups as far worse because they have been more consistently awful than the Kings, with just a one or two year reprieve that avoided them from owning the playoff futility streak. Truly absentee handsoff owners that will never build a winner because they don't even try. And then you have the Dolans of the world who destroy all the built in advantages of one of the world's greatest cities and a league that is more than willing to help them succeed.

Then you have the Clay Bennett's who ripped a team away from a devoted fanbase, sold off all his talent, is holding his new city up for a new arena and has been rewarded for it because he might have the best GM in NBA history.

 

[iowamcnabb]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939433443081031739

The tenor of the media sounds very much like they know something that we don’t about Perry’s free agency plans lol

Allen has actually grown on me lately but I’ve still got him in the “don’t know ****” camp until he hits on one of these insider bits.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939452121553723774

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939452121553723774

Tyus vet min, Dennis at MLE. Something not mathing here

 

[jiimbob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939433443081031739

The tenor of the media sounds very much like they know something that we don’t about Perry’s free agency plans lol

Not that I like the idea of trading Keon but I assume he still can be part of a trade package.
I do a really good job of checking out when t comes to contract talks and most basketball ball jargon for that matter.
His defence is impressive but if Keon can’t lead the team, perhaps Scott can see that money better spent elsewhere.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Not that I like the idea of trading Keon but I assume he still can be part of a trade package.
I do a really good job of checking out when t comes to contract talks and most basketball ball jargon for that matter.
His defence is impressive but if Keon can’t lead the team, perhaps Scott can see that money better spent elsewhere.

Y’all will back anything who do you think he’s spending that money on if it’s not Keon? Sorry ass Schroeder or let’s get westbrick

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939513083338322366

HUH

 

[iowamcnabb]

No apron teams right?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

No apron teams right?

Apparently that rule only applies in-season.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939513696935608617

 

[Kingz19]

Watch, Ayton will sign a great value one year with the Lakers. The stars will align once again when the Lakers need to fill a position but don’t have any assets left to make it happen

 

[iowamcnabb]

More fire for the conspiracy haha

 

[MizzouKing]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939513083338322366

HUH

It would be pretty ironic to redeem our decision to select Marvin #2 in the 2018 draft by acquiring the number one...it would also give Raynaud some more time to develop.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Watch, Ayton will sign a great value one year with the Lakers. The stars will align once again when the Lakers need to fill a position but don’t have any assets left to make it happen

I will be shocked if he doesn’t sign there. I don’t like him as a player at all but pairing with Luka is a homerun

 

[The_Jamal]

I will be shocked if he doesn’t sign there. I don’t like him as a player at all but pairing with Luka is a homerun

It's absolutely unreal how the NBA just bends over to give the Lakers whatever they need.

Ayton's like sneakily not very good, but he's still starting caliber and he's going to be damn good with Luka and Bron. So disgusting

 

[Joshyjosh31]

It would be pretty ironic to redeem our decision to select Marvin #2 in the 2018 draft by acquiring the number one...it would also give Raynaud some more time to develop.

Dudes not signing here to be a backup when he could start on multiple teams

It's absolutely unreal how the NBA just bends over to give the Lakers whatever they need.

Ayton's like sneakily not very good, but he's still starting caliber and he's going to be damn good with Luka and Bron. So disgusting

Absolute bull crap… they do lose DFS though which might be as big as getting ayton they’re small ball sufferes without him and teams will run pick and roll at Luka/Ayton to death come playoff time

 

[ockingsfan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939513083338322366

HUH

WTF? The NBA is so rigged. Why would the Blazers cut him for nothing when they are making all these win now moves?

The Blazers will probably get rewarded with the #1 pick next season for their help with the Lakers.

 

[Makaveli]

Let’s just do this and be done with it throw a future fist at Dallas and Cleveland

 

[NewArena]

Let’s just do this and be done with it throw a future fist at Dallas and Cleveland View attachment 13643

Now why would Dallas do that

 

[SacTownKid]

It's absolutely unreal how the NBA just bends over to give the Lakers whatever they need.

Ayton's like sneakily not very good, but he's still starting caliber and he's going to be damn good with Luka and Bron. So disgusting

That defense with Luka and Ayton would be glorious in almost every way possible. haha.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

If Lakers signed Ayton and threw a minimum at Bagles they could have the top 3 picks in the 2018 NBA draft. lol

 

[iowamcnabb]

WTF? The NBA is so rigged. Why would the Blazers cut him for nothing when they are making all these win now moves?

The Blazers will probably get rewarded with the #1 pick next season for their help with the Lakers.

Honestly from the Blazers perspective it makes sense. They have 3 other centers on their roster and they prob couldn’t get anything for him in a trade given his reputation.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Jake Fischer has the Kings likely signing Schroder at a 2 year, $30 million pricetag…. Wow.

 

[Jkbiker]

Wow really did this to Keon to throw 30 M at Dennis Schroeder just wow

If I was Keon I would ask for a trade

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Wow really did this to Keon to throw 30 M at Dennis Schroeder just wow

If I was Keon I would ask for a trade

Who did you think the money was going to? Gotta push for the 11th seed at all costs now we need another washed up vet to take carters minutes and we’re set

 

[TheMobb]

Who did you think the money was going to? Gotta push for the 11th seed at all costs now we need another washed up vet to take carters minutes and we’re set

You have inside info on who the Kings are signing/trading? Shed some light for the rest of us.