Potential Free agent/trade/sign tracker

[The_Jamal]

I wonder if we opened a can of worms either the starting of Monk. If he continued to play well and we have any success he is going to expect to continue as starter. That last presser was the most firm he had been on that stance. I too see Carter as the eventual starter due to the defense. I’m not saying Monk will demand a trade but it could be an issue moving forward

I mean, I think that's at least a year and a half away from being a problem. Consider this season mostly a lost year and then next year his "true" rookie season. And if Carter is who we think he is, there's your elite 3 man guard rotation that all can play with each other.

 

[iowamcnabb]

I mean, I think that's at least a year and a half away from being a problem. Consider this season mostly a lost year and then next year his "true" rookie season. And if Carter is who we think he is, there's your elite 3 man guard rotation that all can play with each other.

Yeh it could be, I guess I don’t love the idea of having only 2 good defenders in the starting unit and basically all high usage. Sure we can stagger but that could get interesting. Having Deebo man the second unit like a much more efficient Westbrook would be interesting to me if we could replace him with a stud wing defender. Don’t know if that would fly given the production. Probably just have to live with the results of this group

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I wonder if we opened a can of worms either the starting of Monk. If he continued to play well and we have any success he is going to expect to continue as starter. That last presser was the most firm he had been on that stance. I too see Carter as the eventual starter due to the defense. I’m not saying Monk will demand a trade but it could be an issue moving forward

Brown had been seemingly so against the idea of starting Monk, which made sense with the roster and fit, that it makes me wonder if it was a mandate from those above him to force a change with the losing record

 

[The_Jamal]

Yeh it could be, I guess I don’t love the idea of having only 2 good defenders in the starting unit and basically all high usage. Sure we can stagger but that could get interesting. Having Deebo man the second unit like a much more efficient Westbrook would be interesting to me if we could replace him with a stud wing defender. Don’t know if that would fly given the production. Probably just have to live with the results of this group

Yeah, I think we're thinking "in an ideal world" of where we'd like these guys roles to be, but this team is playing so far below that expectation right now. Keon is the guy you'd want as the cherry on top to compliment everyone else; if they were doing their job. Monk is someone who doesn't need others to make things happen. And as we're scrambling, it does make sense to get the guy who can just go be the spark plug by himself and carry the offense, if needed.

 

[SacTownKid]

I wonder if we opened a can of worms either the starting of Monk. If he continued to play well and we have any success he is going to expect to continue as starter. That last presser was the most firm he had been on that stance. I too see Carter as the eventual starter due to the defense. I’m not saying Monk will demand a trade but it could be an issue moving forward

At this point if Carter can take the challenge then many minutes should be shared by Fox, Monk, and Carter regardless of who starts. In the end it might be transitioning from Monk being better off not starting and then finishing the game to better off starting and not finishing if you need defense. We'll see. So far the Kings have at the end of games more than not.