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Ha! Brain fart on that one. Still wouldn’t try to out tank Presti, eitherGood news, Hinkie isn’t even working in the league right now!

Ha! Brain fart on that one. Still wouldn’t try to out tank Presti, eitherGood news, Hinkie isn’t even working in the league right now!
Ha! I didn’t say I would make the trade, I just believe they have roughly the same value. My main point is that Fox is a very good, but flawed player. The same can be said of Randle (and like it or not….he was (justifiably) all nba just last year). We are not getting Ingram for fox. Not Simmons for Fox. Not Sabonis for Fox… unless we are giving more draft assets. It’s just not happening.Again bad idea tax man.
After signing Randle to a 3 year extension, they now want to dump him. Come on man. We get Randle, our re-built is delayed another 3 years.
More wasted time, because the Kings need to bite the bullet and re-built upon Fox and Halli-and that is with top 5 selections for the next 2 years, with the TANK.
Tax man you seem like a serious student of the game, but make rookie mistakes.
Let's just assume that Fox and Randal are equal players.
The mere fact that Fox plays the most important and most difficult position to fill (Point Guard) in the NBA would increase his value over an equal level front court player. Much like the Quarterback in football would command a higher trade value than an equally good (for their position) running back. There is a premium for the position that Fox plays and Monte should maximize that value by getting back more than just Randal in any Knicks trade. The NBA is a point guard and wing league, not a power forward league any more
Even trading Fox, are they going to be bad enough to “catch” Orlando, Detroit, Houston, and OKC? Maybe you want to hold off Indiana, and now Portland, I guess. Where I diverge from the “tank at all costs” crowd is whether I’m willing to accept lesser return on one asset (Fox) to increase the value of another asset (the team’s 2022 pick), when a lot of the return on the pick still depends on luck.
SGA and Dort are out, so we'll be playing their G-league team. But, since we tend to play to the level of the competition, it's still a crapshoot.If the Kings lose tonight, they're only one game back of OKC and the top 4 teams in the lotto essentially all have the same odds.
If the Kings lose tonight, they're only one game back of OKC and the top 4 teams in the lotto essentially all have the same odds.
Would be great for us to lose this game so obviously we'll play 8 man rotation with Barnes and others going for 40minutes to scrap up that W
Lol this is exactly what I mean by overvaluing Fox and undervaluing other players. Randle has been an all star, has been playoff tested and is signed long term to a much cheaper deal than Fox. Multiple firsts and Randle for Fox? Give me a break.
If Randle was 3 years younger I make the straight swap trade in a second. I’ll keep my younger flawed player.
Really interesting how straight up player swaps are suddenly "a thing" now after a good ten or so years of straight up player-for-player trades simply not happening.
SGA and Dort are out, so we'll be playing their G-league team. But, since we tend to play to the level of the competition, it's still a crapshoot.
Haven’t even checked to see if the salaries work but two of Rui/Deni/Kispert and a pick for Holmes.
The thing is I dont think they are. They’re in desperate animal mode right now where their locker room is a mess (KCP and Trez got in a fight and Dinwiddie and Beal are unhappy) and now they’re scared they’ll lose Beal is leaving in the offseason but also don’t want to trade him. What they’re going for now is going to be vets and “names”. maybe it won’t be Holmes per se but the Kings have the precise type of vet fluff that they could be looking to acquire to appease Brad.No offense but the Wizards literally have a logjam at center right now with 3 rotation guys - they’re looking to trade Harrell or Bryant, not take on another one.
The thing is I dont think they are. They’re in desperate animal mode right now where their locker room is a mess (KCP and Trez got in a fight and Dinwiddie and Beal are unhappy) and now they’re scared they’ll lose Beal is leaving in the offseason but also don’t want to trade him. What they’re going for now is going to be vets and “names”. maybe it won’t be Holmes per se but the Kings have the precise type of vet fluff that they could be looking to acquire to appease Brad.
Were I the Wizards, I’d be looking to move my vets and maybe make that Simmons for Beal deal but for whatever reason they appear to be veering to the Vivek zone (First round exit or bust!)
You can add Lavine to your Booker/Mitchell list as well. Both Laviner and Booker were considered good players on bad team until their teams brought in the right pieces. I really hope the Kings will bring some proven all-stars like what Bulls/Suns did.
Yeah. Trez is an expiring too. So even if that move ends up as a protected first or something and Holmes’s contract off the books, I wouldn’t be too broken up about it.If the Kings went rebuild I'd not be angry at Holmes straight across for Montrez. See if Montrez and Haliburton look as good as they might together in pick and roll, if not, you just got out of that 35 million still owed on that Holmes deal.
y’all swear fox is this good lol
Yeah. Trez is an expiring too. So even if that move ends up as a protected first or something and Holmes’s contract off the books, I wouldn’t be too broken up about it.
no I’m thinking about Harden for Simmons is a done deal
Let's just assume that Fox and Randal are equal players.
The mere fact that Fox plays the most important and most difficult position to fill (Point Guard) in the NBA would increase his value over an equal level front court player. Much like the Quarterback in football would command a higher trade value than an equally good (for their position) running back. There is a premium for the position that Fox plays and Monte should maximize that value by getting back more than just Randal in any Knicks trade. The NBA is a point guard and wing league, not a power forward league any more
I’ve literally proposed the Jazz as to how we should build around Fox. They won 48 games with friggin George Hill and all those vets before Donovan came aboard.Results matter, but Donovan could not have been blessed with a better team context than he got. DPOY, the best shooting/supporting cast and a top 5 coach in basketball.
Skill/Talent wise, there's not a big a gap as the accolades suggest.
I’ve literally proposed the Jazz as to how we should build around Fox. They won 48 games with friggin George Hill and all those vets before Donovan came aboard.
Buddy's apathy is easily explained by being on the trading block for as long as he's been. It's certainly not that simple for Fox. He isn't just out of shape or disengaged. He's barely a shadow of the firecracker player and personality he was before this season. Whatever's preventing him from being at his best physically/mentally, it's certainly more than a weakness for fast food.