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If we reportedly did "screw" Houston and Dalembert over, it can still come back to bite us on the backside. Remember Hayes is Houston's free agent. They still have his bird rights and can go over the cap to re-sign him if they want to. Obviously there is a strong interest from their part and they can either make us overpay for Chuck or they can blow us out of water with an offer that we could not match despite having more salary cap space.
I think that there are lots of grounds to complain about the management of the Kings for over the last half decade or more, "screwing" players has never been something Petrie has been known for. Actually, if anything, Petrie has been criticized for being too generous with players. Houston has also been a team that the Kings have had a history of dealing with. I think all of the "screwing" was done by the Kings former starting center.