I think the Buddy/Bagley for Beal trade is good food for thought. The biggest issues i see with the kings are:
1) boneheaded plays on the perimeter offensively and defensively (usually by Buddy)
2) no ability to stabilize the offense when things get shaky (inless you give the ball to fox)
3) difficulty rebounding the ball in critical moments.
Beal addresses 2/3 of those issues. He will be a profoundly stabilizing force on the offense. He doesnt make boneheaded plays and can actually dribble the ball and isnt leaving you scratching your head with equal frequency as you raising your fist in celebration.
While i would love to see what bagley turns into, i doubt he can remain healthy enough to be reliable or get significantly better. If he does, thats great for him, but can the kings waste opportunity with Fox to wait and see? I'd rather run with beal and fox backed bogie and joseph.
I think to make the numbers work, wiz may need to put in Rui Hachimura or Jerome Robinson (preferred Hachimura who would be redundant with Bagley). With Hachimura you wont lose too much in rebounding and he seems more steady (though definitely not the upside) than bagley.
It is risky move for Washington so im not sure they do that without a draft pick but they get 2 young players with huge upside and eliminate the tensions between Wall and Beal and dont run the risk of turmoil in their lockerroom with a guy they are paying $40M and cant move.
Im sure Kings can bring back Bazemore on a significant discount for what they were paying him (probably around $10-12M/yr) which lets you throw $15M at Bogie. Bring back Len for $4M (what he is getting now) and that puts you still with $4M below the cap and the MLE ($9.7M). Id try to throw that to pull Montrezl Harrell or Marcus Morris from LAC (preferably Morris as he fits with any of the kings remaining big men on the court and can stretch the court as well as Bjelli). Then bring back yogi as your deep bench PG.
Fox/Joseph/Yogi
Beal/Bogi/James
Barnes/Bazemore/Bogi/James
Morris/Bjelica/Hachimura/Parker
Holmes/Len/Parker
Strong offensively and reasonable defensively (certainly better than they were this year). They have better shooting from the perimeter (Morris>>than Bagley and Beal>Buddy) and they have higher basketball IQ at all positions. They are also far tougher with Morris and Beal than buddy and Bagley. I feel Morris (who has had a chip aince he ca and his brother came into the league) brings intensity that Bagley just lacks and Buddy doesn't seem to care about winning as much as he cares about getting his. Fox and Beal only care about winning as does Morris and i think they would make an excellent Big "2.5/3". Also you have flexibility with trading Bjelli, Parker or Hachimura at the break without significant loss.
Imagine what running a lineup with Fox/Beal/Barnes/Bjelli/Morris could do for spacing and shooting. All with no repeatedly bonehead plays. Fox could run wild and the ball movement for shooters like beal and Bjellinwould be awesome.
1) boneheaded plays on the perimeter offensively and defensively (usually by Buddy)
2) no ability to stabilize the offense when things get shaky (inless you give the ball to fox)
3) difficulty rebounding the ball in critical moments.
Beal addresses 2/3 of those issues. He will be a profoundly stabilizing force on the offense. He doesnt make boneheaded plays and can actually dribble the ball and isnt leaving you scratching your head with equal frequency as you raising your fist in celebration.
While i would love to see what bagley turns into, i doubt he can remain healthy enough to be reliable or get significantly better. If he does, thats great for him, but can the kings waste opportunity with Fox to wait and see? I'd rather run with beal and fox backed bogie and joseph.
I think to make the numbers work, wiz may need to put in Rui Hachimura or Jerome Robinson (preferred Hachimura who would be redundant with Bagley). With Hachimura you wont lose too much in rebounding and he seems more steady (though definitely not the upside) than bagley.
It is risky move for Washington so im not sure they do that without a draft pick but they get 2 young players with huge upside and eliminate the tensions between Wall and Beal and dont run the risk of turmoil in their lockerroom with a guy they are paying $40M and cant move.
Im sure Kings can bring back Bazemore on a significant discount for what they were paying him (probably around $10-12M/yr) which lets you throw $15M at Bogie. Bring back Len for $4M (what he is getting now) and that puts you still with $4M below the cap and the MLE ($9.7M). Id try to throw that to pull Montrezl Harrell or Marcus Morris from LAC (preferably Morris as he fits with any of the kings remaining big men on the court and can stretch the court as well as Bjelli). Then bring back yogi as your deep bench PG.
Fox/Joseph/Yogi
Beal/Bogi/James
Barnes/Bazemore/Bogi/James
Morris/Bjelica/Hachimura/Parker
Holmes/Len/Parker
Strong offensively and reasonable defensively (certainly better than they were this year). They have better shooting from the perimeter (Morris>>than Bagley and Beal>Buddy) and they have higher basketball IQ at all positions. They are also far tougher with Morris and Beal than buddy and Bagley. I feel Morris (who has had a chip aince he ca and his brother came into the league) brings intensity that Bagley just lacks and Buddy doesn't seem to care about winning as much as he cares about getting his. Fox and Beal only care about winning as does Morris and i think they would make an excellent Big "2.5/3". Also you have flexibility with trading Bjelli, Parker or Hachimura at the break without significant loss.
Imagine what running a lineup with Fox/Beal/Barnes/Bjelli/Morris could do for spacing and shooting. All with no repeatedly bonehead plays. Fox could run wild and the ball movement for shooters like beal and Bjellinwould be awesome.
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