Temple Traded for Ben McLemore and Deyonte Davis (merged)

[VF21]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1018993951322226688

 

[Section 101]

So he's being traded. That's always what they say before one goes down!

 

[Nokidding]

Best chase down block guy despite being like 6'4 and only a solid athlete we had in a long long time.

 

[jcassio]

Best chase down block guy despite being like 6'4 and only a solid athlete we had in a long long time.

"Being like 6'4"? Well, sure, although he's also like 6'6 with a 7' wingspan.

 

[ppine]

Journeyman NBA guy. Has some great games but plenty of average ones. Sometimes he can't hit a 10 footer with 3 tries at it.

 

[kingsboi]

as long as he doesn't take playing time from the youth, he has value in the locker room at the very least.

 

[pshn80]

Great player. You better hope that young guys are good enough to take minutes away from him. He is a value at a lot more than locker room influence.

 

[swisshh]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1019245696170377219

I'd fire Vlade just for this.

 

[Mass]

Embarrassing. My god what a mess... so now we don’t even have open roster spots, right? Ben is literally the last player I want to see in a kings uniform.

 

[PHXSUNSFAN]

So he's being traded. That's always what they say before one goes down!

Whoa holy crap man. What are the lotto numbers for this week’s Powerball?!!

 

[LoungeLizard]

So he's being traded. That's always what they say before one goes down!

Nailed it

 

[joemama]

So he's being traded. That's always what they say before one goes down!

You called it

 

[joemama]

Hello cash considerations (my old friend)

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send forward Garrett Temple to Memphis for Ben McLemore, Deyonta Davis and cash, league sources tell ESPN.

 

[Dongoodboy]

I doubt even the Vlade apologist here can’t defend for this move

 

[Mass]

Good bye Garrett, you didn’t deserve to be traded for Ben.

 

[Mass]

At least cash consideration is always happy to be traded to Sacramento.

One day we should retire his jersey.

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

Fantastic leader and teammate. Will make a great coach one day.

 

[Joshoua]

ZBo is next cant afford for Joerger to play those guys over the youngings again

 

[luckytkp]

If there isnt something coming on the heels of this latest move then yes, Vlade is now on the hotseat

I am sure Vlade is calling jimmer now

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

So we traded Temple for McLemore.

Anyone know if you can die from cringing?

 

[LA King Fan II]

Ben? Um. This sounds like a trade Dr. Frankenfurter would make at a midnight showing.

Huh!?

 

[CelticsFan]

Has to be a bigger deal coming down with the Kings. Only way to explain this one

 

[chief bromden]

I'd rather have Temple ... please let there be another domino ...

 

[Mass]

Has to be a bigger deal coming down with the Kings. Only way to explain this one

I stopped expecting things to make sense when it comes to the Kings.

 

[jcwkings]

LMFAO, Vlade trades the only player on the team that can conceivably guard wings decently plus a great vet leader for the corpse of Ben McLemore(hilarious in in itself) and yet ANOTHER meh Center. Oh my God this is just too much.

 

[Jkbiker]

Hello cash considerations (my old friend)

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send forward Garrett Temple to Memphis for Ben McLemore, Deyonta Davis and cash, league sources tell ESPN.

We get additional 1 mil cap space, 2021 2nd rd pick

for two players we dont need , Meh

Oh yeah one less roster spot

 

[TaxMan]

LMFAO, Vlade trades the only player on the team that can conceivably guard wings decently plus a great vet leader for the corpse of Ben McLemore(hilarious in in itself) and yet ANOTHER meh Center. Oh my God this is just too much.

This one does feel a little bit like a vlade troll. I'm confused, but we'll see what happens next. I have to believe this must have been done to clear a little more cap space for a big offer. The only one that merits a 20M+ a year deal is Capella and that doesn't make any sense without another series of trades happening. Otherwise, if this was just done to save some cash and get a second round pick, I'm a bit perplexed.

 

[TaxMan]

Maybe trying to clear more space to absorb Carmelo in a trade before cutting him? However, unless there are more teams involved, I'm not sure I see much on the Thunder that they could give us to make Vivek taking on that much dead salary.

 

[Sac.Kings]

Got to wonder if there is a bigger deal in the works... What is our cap space now?

 

[joemama]

Got to wonder if there is a bigger deal in the works... What is our cap space now?

$20.5
Hopefully more if Ben agrees to a buyout (below his salary).