NewArena
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Monks contract is considered bad?
[News] Scott Perry is the new GM of Sacramento Kings
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Jdbraver137
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Monk imo is the 2nd best scorer and actually has much better defense than Zach or Demar
SacTownKid
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According to reports pretty much every Kings contract that is near the top of the cap sheet is of the undesirable level. Just history repeating anyway. 6th men making more than MLE money is beyond an acquired taste. Almost never fails.
If Domas played for the Lakers he’d be an annual MVP candidate on a bargain deal.
If Monk played for the Knicks there would be a bidding war for his contract.
If DDR played for the Heat everybody would love him.
The Sacramento Drag is real.
, so farYeah, I felt bringing in Jonas was the bright spot around the time of trading Fox.
I too was pleased with Perry’s draft moves but the rest of this offseason is so far a huge disappointment and i’m actually quite fine about Schroder.
coolhandluke
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We lost JV and Lyles, both of whom provided much needed toughness for this squad. We're smaller and softer than last year.
Caccia
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On the plus side, the apparent incompetence in trading of the new front office--and I will be happy to eat my words if they pull off some stunning move or other--means that one of the few good defenders on the team, Devin Carter, remains a King for the time being. I bet Doug Christie will find a way to employ his talents.
Joshyjosh31
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Remains on the team but won’t get any minutes
Last year, Christie played young guys less than Mike Brown did. MB actually implemented IJ a little bit and IIRC, he played Keon Ellis the same amount as DC did until injurie forced DC to play Keon more but I could be wrong on that. But DC went to the veteran well over and over at the expense of young guys.
I believe if he runs it’s the same way as last year, Carter and Nique are not going to play a lot. Maxi even less.
And there it is
GWD
Bench
Perry must have had Mike Brown in mind for that post. It is a decent postulation about why Brown has had such short tenures as a head coach.
Insomniacal Fan
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Thanks for posting this. This was really an in depth look to what the front office and organization is thinking on many different aspects, was amazing to watch as a Kings fan.
NewArena
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Thanks for sharing this!
iowamcnabb
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Just got done with watching it. Some good bits of info in there: they see Keegan as an all NBA defender, Devin can be one of the better perimeter defenders in the league if he gets the conditioning down, they are a defense first front office and believe Dennis is really going to help the kings on that end.
Yeah, real interesting. Doug and Scott talk the talk about being a "defense-first" organization, but I'll be interested how they actually implement the guys who play defense with the current roster build. Will DC/Nique/IJ/Max get a chance to play through mistakes? Hell, will Keon? And as of now, there's no really no way for DC and Nique to get regular playing time, so who's the "11th" man in the rotation?
Caccia
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You yourself put down Nique Clifford as the backup small forward, and that is my expectation, as well. His minutes may be limited at the start of the season only because he's a rookie and needs time to get acclimated.
SacTownKid
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He's the only real backup SF so that's an advantage on paper but 10th man minutes will probably shift around like they always do. Better or worse we know who the top 9 are going to be. LaVine and DeMar rotating at SG/SF and Keegan playing at SF is likely eating up those minutes for the most part. Going with the vets early is the smart call because this whole thing is based on ceiling. If they aren't in the mix of anything after a month or two and the Kings don't start thinking future first then this organization is doomed. Then there is no plan based on results and it's back to them trying to fight the waves carrying them out to sea. Just go with it because nobody actually drowns in this thing, it's a game. Going out to sea eventually brings teams into more stable waters so they can eventually swim back to shore.
The young guys aren't the worry, they're on rookie deals, they are older and more proven, they have time. This isn't too dissimilar to the situation Kevin Martin came into. He didn't just appear and get minutes, he slogged through his rookie year and it was incremental steps until the team started to have to tear down the remaining parts of the great Kings team because age/injury caught up to them and that opened up opportunity. This core is actually pretty close to the age of the Webber years Kings team. Everyone except Keegan is in that 30-36 range. There's only so much window there even if it does work.
gunks
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I feel like you just described every season since Vivek took over aside from the Beam Year. Last few seasons of the Magoof era as well.
Jdbraver137
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This I am hoping we make a play at the trade deadline to free up minutes, but you should have to earn playing time. Maxime while talented is too small (weight wise) to hang with nba bigs at the moment. Clifford is gonna be interesting.
megapoxy
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Kings GM Scott Perry preaches patience while building a ‘sustainable winner’
Perry, in his first season with the Sacramento, is confident things are on the right track despite the team's rough start to the season.
www.nytimes.com
A 30' interview with the "Athletic" of Perry, several tweets have it as source for "Clippers interested in trading for DDR"
Jdbraver137
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Everybody knows we want to unload contracts. All they will offer is garbage back. This should surprise no one. Tamper down expectations. The only ones of value are Keon,Sabonis, Keegan, and Clifford. It’s not a secret. Come on people .
Caccia
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Three takeaways:Kings GM Scott Perry preaches patience while building a ‘sustainable winner’
Perry, in his first season with the Sacramento, is confident things are on the right track despite the team's rough start to the season.
A 30' interview with the "Athletic" of Perry, several tweets have it as source for "Clippers interested in trading for DDR"
1) Clifford, Raynaud, and Murray are the only players off-limits. As another poster put it, the other young players "are not his toys."
2) As one of the commentators on the article points out "It just seemed a lot like GM PR speak without any clarity."
3) Mr. Perry claims to be committed to Doug Christie long-term. In other words, he will have a chance to coach a revamped roster.
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QWERTYLICIOUS
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As much pushback as #3 is going to receive, this is the right thing to do. Doug was brought in to coach a below mediocre at best roster, not even a mediocre one, and had very little to work with, in my honest and humble opinion. The right thing to do here is to have a sit-down, lengthy, conversation (or multiple sit-down, lengthy, conversations) involving Vivek, Scott, and Doug. Scott leads, Doug is #2. Vivek is there just to listen, as he is the owner. Scott needs Doug's input on the type of roster Doug would feel comfortable coaching, and then they need to work together to go out there and acquire the pieces that most accurately fit that mold. Vivek shouldn't be the one telling Scott, "Hey, give Doug these players, and tell him to run with it...". Doug and Scott should be talking it out together, and be working together to bring the right pieces in so that Doug has the best chance to succeed.
Knowing the type of owner Vivek is, the right thing most likely will never even be discussed as being a possibility, so that leaves us, unfortunately, being stuck in some random, unpleasant, and uncomfortable, cycle.
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