Well, it's more of trade the piece that doesn't fit, and also trade the piece that is going to bring you the most value in return. Again, I'm not talking about giving Tyreke up in a fire sale scenario. Even if the Kings management agreed with my thinking, they would start off next season giving Tyreke ridiculous minutes, and call tons of plays for him, make sure his numbers are thru the roof, and then start shopping him discretely, just seeing if anybody out there is so in love that we could maybe nab two key starters plus a No.1 draft pick. Something along those lines.
Again, this is certainly a long shot type scenario, but I'm just saying that eventually this 3 guard situation is going to be a problem. It's kinda like a quarterback controversy thing in football. If the 49ers do resign Alex Smith, all year long they are going to deal with quarterback controversy situations, with people in the media constantly talking about when is so and so going to get their chance. While it will be different for basketball, it's going to be one of those things that is constantly boiling under the surface with our team. 3 big time guards (assuming we draft a point this year), with only two starting spots to be occupied. I'm not even talking about Beno. Beno is the best guy we have that we can put at the point right now, and I honestly like the way Thornton meshes with Beno more so than Tyreke and Beno. Tyreke and Beno just seems so awkward when they are both out there. I feel sorry for Beno, cause I know that he should have the ball in his hands more, but he has to defer to the "ROTY" guy with all the publicity.
So, it's kinda crazy, even if we don't draft another PG, because we do already have Beno, and we do already have somewhat of a problem with minutes at the 2 spot to be divvied up. Yet, imagine that we draft one more point guard into the mix. Then what? We'll have two guys Beno and our draft pick, that won't be getting anywhere near the minutes we should, and often it will be Reke and Thornton out there even though they are the least compatible pair. (we'll Reke and Walker would be even more incompatible I guess, lol)
Tyreke is a great talent, and it's unfortunate that he has this particular talent, that while amazing, he's the type of player that we are going to have to fit EVERYTHING else around. It's so much easier when you have a guy that can fit around whatever players surround him, but with Reke, he's a special case. His game has a particular style to it, that is hard to find the right compatible player to put alongside him. No matter how great a talent he is, if we never find the right backcourt mate to pair him up with, then we will continue to have this undercurrent of discontent in the backcourt logjam that is destined to rear it's ugly head.