Who has played their last game as a King?

[SacTownKid]

Cousins should be the PF. Antony Davis would be a very nice shoot blocking center; and leaving a better match up for Cousins.

Call it whatever you want but Davis is viewed as more of a PF because he's not a really big guy. He'll get gobbled up by bigger C's and this league has a wealth of those these days. No, this is perfect because there are a lot of great options to stick next to a player like Cuz. I wonder if this team should wait and make a run at Ibaka.

 

[Bricklayer]

I agree but I think with more of a Dwight Howard type maybe as opposed to Demarcus Cousins. A team with glaring holes on the wing paying a premium for a 3rd big after just signing another 3rd big type to a MLE sized deal is dicey at best.

I know you were the premiere Hayes jocker around here this winter, but that's done now. Hayes is clearly a move if you can, ignore if you can't player right now, and Jason is a MUCH more effective pairing up front. Given our league low salary there is no way you lose the one because you screwed up with the other.

 

[SacTownKid]

I know you were the premiere Hayes jocker around here this winter, but that's done now. Hayes is clearly a move if you can, ignore if you can't player right now, and Jason is a MUCH more effective pairing up front. Given our league low salary there is no way you lose the one because you screwed up with the other.

And I know you've done everything to ignore any sort of positive contribution to a team that a player of his height can provide. It all comes down to how a player is used and as it is, both probably aren't going to be used right. What's done is done and the entire point is you can no longer pay for what you can possibly get out of someone, but rather what you can realistically get out of someone.

Still can't say what's better because there were times last year when Smart put Hayes on an Al Jefferson, Lemarcus Aldridge, or Blake Griffin and you saw precisely why Petrie signed Hayes. Just because a coach fails to realize the proper usage of a player doesn't scream to me that you write that player off unless that coach has no intention of following through with what worked. If Smart doesn't realize how to use a player like Hayes then it is imperative he be moved, I like Hayes playing backup C next to Donte Greene about as much as you do, but my gripe is with the guy who thinks that the right lineup to roll with, not the player. Smart started to use his passing ability much more effectively so that's a start.

League low salary with one probable max and a probable close to max player along with another potential top 5 pick waiting in the wings to get paid. That does come back to bite you if you've just tied up 10-12 million in backup bigs.