[News] Scott Perry is the new GM of Sacramento Kings
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Jdbraver137
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The draft will be his true test
gunks
Hall of Famer
Translation: "Waive the Tankvengers?! I'm trying to get a top pick here."
SLAB
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I hope the arena is EMPTY for the rest of the season. What a joke.
Kingster
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The injury excuse regarding Schroeder is ridiculous. You don't trade your pg because other players get injured.
Perry calls this trade for Hunter was a "tweak." First time I've heard him talk about the Hunter short term contract, implying there could be a flip of him. He mentions Hunter's short contract several times. He says there will be other tweaks with FA and the draft, but in 2027-2028 there is going to be financial flexibility to improve the roster. (We've got a long wait).
"Hopefully, we're going to be in a position to get a high draft pick." I guess he's not concerned about a healthy Sabonis, Murray and Hunter presenting a problem getting those ping pong balls, but he's not sure exactly how Hunter is going fit or not. Hmmm.
Sounds like teams were asking for the Kings picks to take LaVine, DDR and/or Sabonis off their hands. Kings are trying to add to their picks.
I have a hard time with this little Perry snippet: Regarding Sabonis, he says, "We have to see how he fits." Seriously???!! If you don't know how he fits at this point you're an absolute moron. Perry sounds like he's referring to a G-league guy they just signed.
Perry acknowledges that the "middle" isn't the place where you want your team to be.
Perry continues to talk about Christie's energy and passion, but Christie is on a "learning curve" and he's a first-year coach. "I hope he wins as many wins as possible," he says. Sounds like whatever slot the Kings are at in the lottery it's ok by him - "There is luck involved," he says.
On building an identity: "It's not complete." Inconsistent defense and offense. He hopes to be further along in that process by season end.
He want to develop the young guys and give them more playing time, even Devin Carter.
So, to sum it up, Perry wants it all. He wants to win: he wants a high #1 in the draft; he wants to see how Hunter and Sabonis fit; he wants to develop the youth, he wants a team identity, and he wants to be lucky.
1. compete mandate
2. PG they felt was the needed position and didn't have an effective one
3.Paltry FA PG market and we are not really a FA draw, lead to Schroeder (they've been rumored to be after PGs in the offseason trade wise - Garland and Trae, dont know what else is on the trade market)
ockingsfan
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To be fair, small market teams like San Antonio, Cleveland, Minnesota and Dallas have been able to get better quickly because of crazy good draft lottery luck (#1 picks in Franchise player years), which the Kings have NEVER had. The one time we did, Vlade unbelievably blew it taking Bagley over Luka.
So, lets give Perry a little bit of time (at least 2 years of drafts and trades) to right this mess that Monte left behind, before we conclude he is a failure as a GM. Once LaVine and DDR salary comes off the books, we should have a clearer picture if Perry knows what he is doing
QWERTYLICIOUS
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Bagley went 2nd. Ayton went 1st (to Phoenix).
ockingsfan
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I know, but Vlade picked Bagley over Luka, when we had the #2 pick
QWERTYLICIOUS
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Don't remind me.
Padrino
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The way he's choosing to frame this just feels so "job security" to me. The "extreme early stages" were during his first off-season, when he started "laying the foundation" by signing two over-the-hill point guards to get in the way of investing in the younger talent on the roster. We should still be in the "early stages" at his first trade deadline, of course, but Perry is essentially asking to be excused for his own initial moves by shifting the timeline of expectations, as if he hasn't been on the job for the last ten months.
Just not impressed with anything Perry or Christie has done. Not impressed with anything they say because their actions don’t back up their dialogue.
I’m fairly certain other GM’s would have had this team farther along right now. Would have figured out a way. Also, wouldn’t have hired Doug Christie. But maybe these are the only people that Vivek could hire as which qualified person would want this GM job or coaching gig
I’m fairly certain other GM’s would have had this team farther along right now. Would have figured out a way. Also, wouldn’t have hired Doug Christie. But maybe these are the only people that Vivek could hire as which qualified person would want this GM job or coaching gig
Eventually he'll be held to account like everyone else, so this will work itself out one way or another. But if he continues to manage the team's assets poorly we'll be another couple years down the road with nothing to show for it by the time he's let go and during that interim period more Kings fans (and potential future Kings fans) will lose interest and find other ways to spend their free time.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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I imagine that Seattle might be of great help when it comes to this.
I think those were driven by Vivek, and Vivek believing that this team could compete if only it had a PG. I think Perry got him two PGs and it still didn't work, and now Vivek sees that.
This is only my guess.
BuddyBuckets
Bench
Listening to Perry- lets recap his moves
Russ - Bad/Very unnecessary
Schroder - bad
Keon - Bad
Hunter - TBD, if he can get some value for him next year
Maxime - Good
Cardwell - Good
Nique - Good
It sounds like he wants to build this roster from scratch. With that in mind, his rookies have hit considering the picks we had to work with. I'm very curious what it looks like going into next year and how the season ends.
I just hope that Vivek doesn't change his mind when the season tickets aren't selling next year. I also hope that Scott doesn't try and go get his old guys like Barrett, etc..
Build properly. You have Keegan, Cardwell, Maxime, Carter, Nique. You should add a top 5 pick. You have a ton of salary coming off the books after next year. I'd like to see them try and find some gems like Nesmith, Toppin, and other guys who maybe didn't hit out of the gate.
Russ - Bad/Very unnecessary
Schroder - bad
Keon - Bad
Hunter - TBD, if he can get some value for him next year
Maxime - Good
Cardwell - Good
Nique - Good
It sounds like he wants to build this roster from scratch. With that in mind, his rookies have hit considering the picks we had to work with. I'm very curious what it looks like going into next year and how the season ends.
I just hope that Vivek doesn't change his mind when the season tickets aren't selling next year. I also hope that Scott doesn't try and go get his old guys like Barrett, etc..
Build properly. You have Keegan, Cardwell, Maxime, Carter, Nique. You should add a top 5 pick. You have a ton of salary coming off the books after next year. I'd like to see them try and find some gems like Nesmith, Toppin, and other guys who maybe didn't hit out of the gate.
fansinceday1
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Personally I think everything hinges on this. Will Vivek change his mind next season or the following offseason? Will he become obsessed with another player with a horrible contract? Vivek will probably pivot on a whim and nothing can be done about it.
eleventy
G-League
"...he is a failure as a GM."
i agree
i'm going to give him as long as vivek wants to play along, but i've seen enough to conclude that Scott Perry, while he may be a nice guy in an impossible situation, is going to fail as Kings GM. it's just a question of how long it takes for the owner to realize he made yet another "bad hire"
i'll be happy to be proven wrong, but i think i prefer being on the record as saying, "This is not the answer"
I know you were about getting Domas off the books, for anything, but I'm glad Perry didn't cave. Hes made almost no progress launching us forward, but he hasn't *yet* set us years back with a short-sighted move.
The hard season is *almost* over. Heading into game 1 next year, we can have a hopeful top 5 pick, 85 mil in expirings and a commitment to the young guys being key rotation guys from the jump. That can set us up into 27 with tremendous cap flexibility (also Domas and Monk will be expirings this season)
But all it takes us a 4/80 type extension for Hunter, trading for Ja in the offseason sort of move to completely derail this thing.
How do you know the last 3 moves are good? Nique has been extremely bad. Maxime has been bad. Cardwell has looked promising. He also traded next years Spurs first rounder to get Nique.
We really don't have much at all from a roster standpoint. Keegan is slightly above average. Cardwell has a chance to be a solid backup. We don't even know if Maxime, Carter and Nique are even bench level players. I don't know what ins and outs of all the other teams but it's probably somewhat safe to say the Kings are in the worst position in the league right now.
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