Smart and Geoff on the Draft
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There are several reasons I'm upset with selling the 2nd round pick:
1. It implies that the Kings are going to keep all the dead weight (Outlaw/Salmons/Garcia) on the team when the logical thing is to cut their losses and get rid of them (amesty, buyout, etc). So basically the Kings are saying, "We have no room for a young player because of our past mistakes and we have no intention of fixing said mistakes." You know what I'd do? Buyout Outlaw! There's you open spot right there! Seriously, who'd you rather have on the team: Outlaw or Quincy Miller?
2. They're OK with paying Travis Outlaw $9 millions to do nothing but decide to cheap out and save a few hundred thousands bucks at the expensive of a young exciting player. It's no wonder the owners are such bad businessmen.
3. The Kings apparently hasn't caught on that no FA we'd want is going to come here, unless the thinking is that Rasual Butler, Josh Howard or Damien Wilkins is the answer at SF! Guys like Quincy Miller, even as a rookie, may already be better than any of the SF the Kings have a chance of getting. Now it scares me a little that Kings will have to overpay some mediocre SF to come play in this town.
4. Even if the roster is at 14 now, things can happen during the summer; the roster can be trimmed to 13 or 12 in one single trade.
5. Now, it's possible GP has something up his sleeve and I'll find out next week that Ak47 is coming to Sac. But until then... I'll continue to be pissed.
1. It implies that the Kings are going to keep all the dead weight (Outlaw/Salmons/Garcia) on the team when the logical thing is to cut their losses and get rid of them (amesty, buyout, etc). So basically the Kings are saying, "We have no room for a young player because of our past mistakes and we have no intention of fixing said mistakes." You know what I'd do? Buyout Outlaw! There's you open spot right there! Seriously, who'd you rather have on the team: Outlaw or Quincy Miller?
2. They're OK with paying Travis Outlaw $9 millions to do nothing but decide to cheap out and save a few hundred thousands bucks at the expensive of a young exciting player. It's no wonder the owners are such bad businessmen.
3. The Kings apparently hasn't caught on that no FA we'd want is going to come here, unless the thinking is that Rasual Butler, Josh Howard or Damien Wilkins is the answer at SF! Guys like Quincy Miller, even as a rookie, may already be better than any of the SF the Kings have a chance of getting. Now it scares me a little that Kings will have to overpay some mediocre SF to come play in this town.
4. Even if the roster is at 14 now, things can happen during the summer; the roster can be trimmed to 13 or 12 in one single trade.
5. Now, it's possible GP has something up his sleeve and I'll find out next week that Ak47 is coming to Sac. But until then... I'll continue to be pissed.
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Why don't we hire a real coach? Maloofs. Why don't we sign so and so? Maloofs. We all know what's going on, unfortunately. I don't want to bring the sword of Damocles into every conversation.
Disagree. It's an indefensible move. Picks in the early 2nd round have value. If the FO really wanted to maintain roster and cap flexibility, I am fine not drafting a player (though like you wanted Miller). But at least draft and stash an international player or trade the pick for a future second round pick. Burning an asset so the Maloofs can make some extra money is awful.
If they had been great owners, paying over the cap and it was a late second round pick - then I wouldn't love it, but I would at least understand. But to sell an early second round pick when you are hovering around the salary floor is a sign that you shouldn't be owing a professional basketball team.
If they had been great owners, paying over the cap and it was a late second round pick - then I wouldn't love it, but I would at least understand. But to sell an early second round pick when you are hovering around the salary floor is a sign that you shouldn't be owing a professional basketball team.
i heard the next dwayne wade but either way that's not the point. considering we had 7 players that could play the guard position we didnt need to draft another guard, especially if it was a reach. we needed a sf or another big. if petrie would have passed on a sf that not only fit our need perfectly, but was also projected a top 5 pick, i would have been pissed.
Westbrook was projected at 8-12. But I get your point.
Personally, I had Waiters behind MKG on my draft board, but I had him ahead of Barnes. I would not have been mad if Petrie picked him 5th. Though if he passed on MKG for him, it would have put a lot of pressure on Petrie to be right.
You pass on Hibbert for JT and you get chided for it. But people remember all the question marks and that Hibbert dropped for a reason. You pass on Waiters for MKG and if it turns out similarly you get fired. Or you continue serving as GM of the Pistons for another decade and lock up role players to exorbitantly high contracts. Either one.
Personally, I had Waiters behind MKG on my draft board, but I had him ahead of Barnes. I would not have been mad if Petrie picked him 5th. Though if he passed on MKG for him, it would have put a lot of pressure on Petrie to be right.
You pass on Hibbert for JT and you get chided for it. But people remember all the question marks and that Hibbert dropped for a reason. You pass on Waiters for MKG and if it turns out similarly you get fired. Or you continue serving as GM of the Pistons for another decade and lock up role players to exorbitantly high contracts. Either one.
Well as you know, I'm a Quincy Miller fan, so I was certainly aware of his availablity. Kyle O'Quinn was also there, who I really liked. But at the same time, I don't know what irons they might have in the fire, so I wasn't going to get too worked up over it. Now if Jeffery Taylor had slid all the way to us, then you would have heard some profantities from down in baja.