What has to happen to move forward next year

[ockingsfan]

Would the Kings trade for Duncan Robinsons terrible contract if the Kings sent back Holmes and got this year Miami 1st round pick or Jovic (or both) in return?

Unless you think Duncan Robinson can start next to Keegan, that’s a hard contract to swallow.

Miami doesn’t make very many mistakes, but how the heck did Miami give that type of contract to a guy who never averaged more than 13 ppg and can’t play any defense.

 

[Tetsujin]

His production doesn't match his salary at all. That's a ton of of money to pay a guy to just play a Doug McDermott role off the bench.

Plus his 3pt% has been in a free fall for 4 years straight.

In all fairness, Doug McDermott also gets paid a ton of money to just play a Doug McDermott role off the bench so maybe that's just market value on bad defender/great floor spacer wing-forwards?

 

[ESP47]

In all fairness, Doug McDermott also gets paid a ton of money to just play a Doug McDermott role off the bench so maybe that's just market value on bad defender/great floor spacer wing-forwards?

Fair but I think Doug is making about 2/3rd what Duncan is making.

I'd rather just have TD on less than 1/3rd the salary over Duncan. I mean look at what Richaun's contract is doing to roster flexibility at the moment? Picture that even worse with about 4 more years of it to boot. I'd pass.

 

[serbiangoat]

Fair but I think Doug is making about 2/3rd what Duncan is making.

I'd rather just have TD on less than 1/3rd the salary over Duncan. I mean look at what Richaun's contract is doing to roster flexibility at the moment? Picture that even worse with about 4 more years of it to boot. I'd pass.

Yeah off course but it was about getting the Miami pick/young players not saying I would do it just an idea. Robinson has been far more valuable in the playoffs than a lot of our role players were.

 

[SacTownKid]

Yeah, I think this team showed itself to be a better defensive team than the overall regular season numbers indicated in the postseason. They weren’t necessarily the Miami Heat out there but having a couple of strong point of attack defenders in Davion and Fox and an improving help defender in Murray all under the tutelage of one of the better defensive minds in the league makes it hard for the Kings to be terrible on that end of the floor.

Sure, the enduring image of the Kings defense is that Steph game 7 performance but pretty much every single other Warrior was in hell that game and it was the Kings forgetting how to score in the second half that cost them the game more than any defensive miscue in particular.

The only issue could be athletic ability/size as they head on. I saw Ham kind of sounding sketchy of a Huerter/Murray/Sasha/Domas lineup and I agree. Defense is more than mobility but that lineup is a sitting duck when it comes to athletic ability.