[News] Scott Perry is the new GM of Sacramento Kings

[sactowndog]

In a redraft you take Sengun but we don't have that luxury. A lot of busts between them. My issue is more about how he was managed once we made the pick - and we ultimately paid Toronto to take him and Sasha with 2nd round picks. But he winds up re-signing with Miami. Clearly we could have better managed and got return on that investment.

I worry about this now with a lot of our young guys - Carter, Keon, Nique - as we talk about signing a vet PG and also "how hard it is going to be to move" Monk, DDR, Zach etc. If we bring in a vet PG we have to get rid of Monk or those guys will never see the floor. And Deebo is also eating up space.

I just don't see the point of putting a bunch of stopgaps in between developing guys you draft. If you won't play your picks trade them. Not that I agree with that approach but what are we doing here?

Maybe. I think even with hindsight we take Jalen Johnson or Trey Murphy.

 

[sactowndog]

I thought that it was pretty obvious (since I quoted the tweet) that I was referring to GM Perry's tendency to tweet out treacly motivational quotes, which leads me to believe that he's really nothing more than a handshake and a smile. Maybe a handshake and a smile is the most important thing in the NBA, but that doesn't make me feel good about it.

Yeah seemed so out of character for you I thought I must be missing something.

I agree you.need a good analytics staff to go along with an ability to make deals.

 

[iowamcnabb]

I thought that it was pretty obvious (since I quoted the tweet) that I was referring to GM Perry's tendency to tweet out treacly motivational quotes, which leads me to believe that he's really nothing more than a handshake and a smile. Maybe a handshake and a smile is the most important thing in the NBA, but that doesn't make me feel good about it.

I’m ok with Scott being a Schmoozer as long as he trusts and listens to his people (cap specialists, scouts, analytics)

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Maybe. I think even with hindsight we take Jalen Johnson or Trey Murphy.

Is that assuming we still trade Haliburton for Domas if we draft Sengun? How much hindsight will we allow ourselves?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I’m ok with Scott being a Schmoozer as long as he trusts and listens to his people (cap specialists, scouts, analytics)

Feels to me Monte could have easily made the picks Perry did and they'd have been criticized as "typical Monte moves" so I am guessing that we have most of the same people here still and they are being listened to.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Feels to me Monte could have easily made the picks Perry did and they'd have been criticized as "typical Monte moves" so I am guessing that we have most of the same people here still and they are being listened to.

Yeh Monte always gave a lot of credit it to Phil Jabour and he is still in his same position.

 

[gunks]

Feels to me Monte could have easily made the picks Perry did and they'd have been criticized as "typical Monte moves" so I am guessing that we have most of the same people here still and they are being listened to.

Totally agree, and I liked the typical Monte moves in the draft haha. A few misses but generally he did well.

Not a bad thing if we have some holdovers in the scouting department or whatever.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Yeh Monte always gave a lot of credit it to Phil Jabour and he is still in his same position.

Nice to have the name for whatever reason I was checked out on him. I am sure there's a whole team beneath him.

 

[Tetsujin]

Yeh Monte always gave a lot of credit it to Phil Jabour and he is still in his same position.

Paul Johnson still there too. Same with Alvin Gentry. For all intents and purposes it would appear all the Kings did was replace Monte and Wilcox with Scott and BJ Armstrong.

 

[sactowndog]

Is that assuming we still trade Haliburton for Domas if we draft Sengun? How much hindsight will we allow ourselves?

Good point. I had forgotten it was pre Hali getting traded.

 

[NewArena]

In a redraft you take Sengun but we don't have that luxury. A lot of busts between them. My issue is more about how he was managed once we made the pick - and we ultimately paid Toronto to take him and Sasha with 2nd round picks. But he winds up re-signing with Miami. Clearly we could have better managed and got return on that investment.

I worry about this now with a lot of our young guys - Carter, Keon, Nique - as we talk about signing a vet PG and also "how hard it is going to be to move" Monk, DDR, Zach etc. If we bring in a vet PG we have to get rid of Monk or those guys will never see the floor. And Deebo is also eating up space.

I just don't see the point of putting a bunch of stopgaps in between developing guys you draft. If you won't play your picks trade them. Not that I agree with that approach but what are we doing here?

That's the thing - I don't see a world where Monk, DDR and LaVine all come back. I think one or even two will be gone by the time we get to mid July of the off-season and things will begin to make more sense