Trade for Rondo??
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jdbraver
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I think Dave was being sarcastic.
Rondo and Smith played high school ball together. Rudy Gay has said that he's good friends with Rondo. Carmichael Dave is in an awkward position of being both a fan and a guy with some connections to current ownership arising from the Here We Stay saga. It's difficult to tell sometimes which side of the line his comments are coming from. I would guess that his tweets on this subject are probably the same kind of wishful thinking most of us have been indulging in the past few days.
Big Cuz 15
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if he's really asking for the 100m extension, kiss that notion good bye. certainly a game changer but he aint worth that much. try to trade for reke back
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TonyTouch21
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The kings could play some entertaining basketball with Tyreke running the point. Better D too.if he's really asking for the 100m extension, kiss that notion good bye. certainly a game changer but he aint worth that much. try to trade for reke back
Sac.Kings
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Bledsoe and Rondo are my top 2 picks.
Mike
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The issue is what we would have to give up for those two players, and do we have enough assets to pull off both deals without having to give up too much?
For instance, I have seen a deal for Rondo that includes McLemore, a signed-and-traded Thomas, and a future pick. Now if Rondo comes here and returns to all star form, then I wouldn't hesitate in doing this deal because Rondo is an upgrade on Thomas, and Stauskas has the ability to start at SG and could do a better job than McLemore. So let's say this is the deal that gets the job done.
At this point we could stick with the line up - Rondo / Stauskas / Gay / Landry or Thompson / Cousins - or we could go in for Josh Smith to 'upgrade' the PF position. If we do that, what package can we realistically offer after giving away our starting PG, young SG and a future pick? I would say we'd have to give up another draft pick, probably a first, and then throw in Landry, Thompson, and/or Williams in some sort of package. But I'm not convinced that package would be enough to tempt them unless they want to dump Smith and get a minimal return in order for freeing up cap space.
I'd love for us to get Rondo, and even to some degree Josh Smith because he is an upgrade on what we have at PF. We'd have big four of sorts in Rondo, Gay, Smith and Cousins. Slot in Stauskas at SG and we should have a competitive line up. Though we will likely be a tax paying team, but the prospect of that line up could help get us back into the play offs. Even acquiring Rondo on his own would give us an upgrade that should help the team become more competitive, and perhaps make a push for that 7th or 8th seed next season.
LPKingsFan
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Completely guessing here, but with the reported pessimism of 'Melo's suitors regarding his willingness to leave NYC, I could see Houston going after Rondo aggressively if that happens.
TonyTouch21
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Rondo is very close to be a King! Pray with me kingsfans brethren!
Dime Dropper
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This is already being discussed in the main forum, although I haven't seen anything reliable about it yet. I'm skeptical of that Spence guy, unless you've seen some new information? In which case, it's customary to link to it.
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