EIM86
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apart is a word though isn’t it?
Trade Deadline Thread
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apart is a word though isn’t it?
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Well, that sucks. Good luck to them in the future. Ramsey will for sure be picked up.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Dude's definitely got potential. I could see us bringing him back to the G-League squad but we'll have to see
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
He certainly upgraded almost every need at the F position while getting more balance to a very oddly constructed roster.
Sluggah
All-Star
Hey don’t ‘loose’ control of yourself.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
Yes, but it's not the word (phrase, technically) that he wanted.
Cool, save this post and come back at me next year. I'll own it if I'm wrong.
I preached patience and said smart moves were coming. I believe these were smart moves.
A GM doesn't turn things around in a single year. It took Petrie about 4 to set up in year 5 what Monte may have set up for year 3. I think we're a legit 6 seed with this core for a full year.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
I'm looking forward to the Kings playing them in early March.
Kept his picks and financial flexibility on top of it. Jackson and Lamb are UFA and Lyles has a really cheap team option. Holiday has one more season at 6.2 mil. Got his guy 2 years later in Donte D who absolutely is going to be a core piece moving forward.
Holmes is a superfluous asset, but he's not a guy you sell-low on. There should be a market for him this off-season and in the meantime, the Kings potentially have the best C rotation in basketball.
Gets a 98% from me. PJ for Holmes would have been a perfect deadline, but I think getting Trez for a lesser deal is a good indication the Hornets weren't interested in that swap.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
That PJ move might still be available come the offseason when Trez is a UFA and they have to give Bridges a max to keep him in Charlotte.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Choosing Fox to build around = smart move to me. The Kings have had exactly 2 talents with that kind of ability since the Ron Ron days. Cuz and Fox. They never built a proper team around Cuz. Then again, they also never stuck with Cuz or maxed him out (sorry, but Vlade saved this franchise by pure luck since Cuz has had major bad luck injury wise). It looks like they are at least trying with Fox. This deadline was a buyers market and thank you Vivek. You let your guy do his thing.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
As Henry Turner said, "The Lakers are trash."
LPKingsFan
All-Star
I’ll be there
sactowndog
All-Star
if the DDV medical sorts out …. He is an
well his medicals are also a question so we shall see……
I would rather be where we are now than 4 months ago but shooting is still an open question.
ridingagain
G-League
Agree. Its been awhile since i've been this excited to watch some games. I also hope this ends the constant negativity and made up narratives from the armchair GMs about McNair being a horrible GM, vivek the source of all evil, no choice but to blow it up and start all over, etc.
24 rick barry
Bench
Monte has been the GM from summer of 20 through today.
Monte McNair's record as GM
20-21
31 wins 41 losses
21-22
21 wins 36 losses
These are facts. This is not wishful thinking, hopes, dreams or intuition.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
All of the above, plus Sabonis is the franchise changer. Guess who is the defacto leader of the Kings? Sabonis!
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
True, but when a GM makes ballsy decisions and clearly recognizes the mess he created and then fixes it? Yeah, that's what you need at the helm.
It's fine. I'll take your heaping of crow when we're in the playoffs next season. I can wait.
itzcoatl
Bench
Hmmmm. It’s almost as though he inherited a really poorly managed team.
Dongoodboy
Bench
Well we still need to see the end product to make a conclusion.
NewArena
All-Star
This is precisely how i feel! I can wait for Summer and at least he doesn't sulk or give any strange vibes on or off the court in the way Bagley and Buddy did over the last couple years.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I want Boogie to back up Domas.
Unless it's Damian Jones, who has definitely earned those backup minutes but probably won't get them unless Sabonis and Holmes get into foul trouble.
Jones, Len, Queta - them's a lotta minutes that deserve/need to be played but won't be barring injury.
AaronPDX
Bench
Because they're DUMB.
NewArena
All-Star
Most certainly something Walton would have done. Yuck! Props to Monte not only for the gutsy trades, but, getting the party started by tossing Walton as well.
You understand he isn't a player on the court and he can't flip a roster overnight? He hasn't even gotten a chance to hire a coach yet.
Section 101
All-Star
It's OK you can rip him apart.
