State of the Kings Post Deadline Edition
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Just responding to this comment about Buddy being overpaid and replaceable, it's getting harder and harder to make that argument every year. This past off-season alone Bogdan got $18 million/yr, Davis Bertrans got $18.75 million/yr, and Joe Harris got $18 million/yr and none of these guys are shooting the volume that Buddy is or contributing as much as playmakers (though we know that Bogdan could if Atlanta allowed him to handle the ball more). When Duncan Robinson's rookie contract ends he's going to get a similar contract in the $18 million or more per year range.
So is Buddy overpaid at the $20.4 million per year average he has remaining after this season? Not by much. And that assumes he's replaceable. Harris and Bertrans re-signed with their old teams. Robinson almost certainly will as well. Bogdan was a restricted free agent who was available only because we already had Buddy signed to a large contract at the same position. As a rule, teams with elite shooters aren't giving them up right now. And if we're talking about overall volume, Buddy is in a class only matched by a truly elite few (3PM leaderboard for 2021) and that's right where he was the past two seasons as well. (3PM leaderboard for 2020) (3PM leaderboard for 2019)
He can be a frustrating player to watch but I think a lot of good arguments have been made in this thread for why he's not only a valuable contributor to the team but probably even undervalued by most Kings fans. If we divorce ourselves from the way his turnovers may make us feel at times, what he is contributing offensively is darn near impossible to replace at any cost especially for a small market team that isn't a big free agent destination. If an extra $2-3 million a year and at least one dumb turnover per game is the price we have to pay for having one of the league's truly elite shooters on our squad, I have to admit that's a price I'm comfortable paying.
So is Buddy overpaid at the $20.4 million per year average he has remaining after this season? Not by much. And that assumes he's replaceable. Harris and Bertrans re-signed with their old teams. Robinson almost certainly will as well. Bogdan was a restricted free agent who was available only because we already had Buddy signed to a large contract at the same position. As a rule, teams with elite shooters aren't giving them up right now. And if we're talking about overall volume, Buddy is in a class only matched by a truly elite few (3PM leaderboard for 2021) and that's right where he was the past two seasons as well. (3PM leaderboard for 2020) (3PM leaderboard for 2019)
He can be a frustrating player to watch but I think a lot of good arguments have been made in this thread for why he's not only a valuable contributor to the team but probably even undervalued by most Kings fans. If we divorce ourselves from the way his turnovers may make us feel at times, what he is contributing offensively is darn near impossible to replace at any cost especially for a small market team that isn't a big free agent destination. If an extra $2-3 million a year and at least one dumb turnover per game is the price we have to pay for having one of the league's truly elite shooters on our squad, I have to admit that's a price I'm comfortable paying.
OKC starting their tank. Hoping for 2 top 5 picks.
As the Oklahoma City Thunder turn to younger players in the nightly rotation, five-time All-Star center Al Horford will no longer will be active for games this season.
Horford, 34, plans to remain with his Oklahoma City teammates and train at the team facility, but he won't play in the final 28 games for the Thunder.
As the Oklahoma City Thunder turn to younger players in the nightly rotation, five-time All-Star center Al Horford will no longer will be active for games this season.
Horford, 34, plans to remain with his Oklahoma City teammates and train at the team facility, but he won't play in the final 28 games for the Thunder.
In the most recent power rankings, Zach Harper trashes the Kings for not trading their veteran assets
“They decided to be buyers at the deadline instead of looking to shed some veterans for trade assets, and I just don’t think the Sacramento Kings can possibly look at the ceiling for this team any worse than they have.
The Kings are once again on a winning stretch this season, and it just makes me sad because their regression to the mean will be brutal to this fan base when the spiraling happens.”
and then a paragraph or two later heaps praise on the Raptors for not trading their expiring vet
“I love the fact that Masai Ujiri held firm in not trading Kyle Lowry away from the Toronto Raptors because it was a power move for the future in showing teams that if you don’t come correct with a trade offer, you’re not going to get him to break his stance.”
“They decided to be buyers at the deadline instead of looking to shed some veterans for trade assets, and I just don’t think the Sacramento Kings can possibly look at the ceiling for this team any worse than they have.
The Kings are once again on a winning stretch this season, and it just makes me sad because their regression to the mean will be brutal to this fan base when the spiraling happens.”
and then a paragraph or two later heaps praise on the Raptors for not trading their expiring vet
“I love the fact that Masai Ujiri held firm in not trading Kyle Lowry away from the Toronto Raptors because it was a power move for the future in showing teams that if you don’t come correct with a trade offer, you’re not going to get him to break his stance.”