Who would you grab off the FA list?

Who would you choose?

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With Bibby out, there aren't a lot of options for veteran PGs. Which of these players would you pick?

PG Earl Boykins MIL (5'5" 133lb Age:31)
PG Randy Livingston SEA (6'4" 209lb Age:32)
PG Mike Wilks SEA (5'10" 180lb Age:28)
PG Darrick Martin TOR (5'11" 170lb Age:36)
PG Jeff McInnis CHA (6'4" 185lb Age:32)
PG Keith McLeod IND (6'2" 190lb Age:27)
PG Shammond Williams LAL (6'1" 201lb Age:32)
PG Junior Harrington MEM (6'4" 190lb Age:26)
PG Gary Payton MIA (6'4" 190lb Age:39)
 
Payton probably just because he has some post-up skill that we sorely lack. At age 39 I'd love to just give him a couple 10 day contracts just to see if he was up to it.
 
I would vote for Earl Boykin since it's the most obvious choice. And I remember Mike Wilks was not too bad with the Rockets a couple years ago.... Also like PurpleHaze said, I wouldn't mind seeing The Gloves with us either.
 
None of the above. I'd burn up the phonelines to Portland and Seattle and try to pry away any one of the young point guards that are filling up their rosters. Buying a Luke Ridnour or a Jarrett Jack for a reasonable price might be exactly what y'alls Kings need to start building for the future, even if it does mean that any ambitious Maloof dreams of #7 or #8 seed playoff contention this season are doomed to go unrequited (ambitions that Bibby's injury have probably doomed anyway)...
 
I'd go with the best young point guard who gets cut in the coming days. I mean, Petrie can pretend to stay competitive by signing a veteran, but the writing is on the wall this season. Might as well take a flyer on someone and build toward the future while gunning for a high draft pick.
 
nbrans said:
I'd go with the best young point guard who gets cut in the coming days. I mean, Petrie can pretend to stay competitive by signing a veteran, but the writing is on the wall this season. Might as well take a flyer on someone and build toward the future while gunning for a high draft pick.
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I agree with your thinking, unfortunatly the Maloofs are also facing box office problems for the first time, so I suspect they will feel presure to at least LOOK like they are trying to win this year. That being said I'm not sure the right answer is NOT to call Doug Christie. He DID paly some PG in his youth, wants to pretned he can still play, will make nostalgic fans happy and will be able to coach the young gaurds in how to denfend. Once Doug has had his last hurah, he will be close so you can slide him into an offical coaching spot... and in the mean time the team gets to really work out Douby and Green. Sounds like a winer to me.
 
No Boykins. He's a defensive liability on a team trying to get better on D. I'd look at 1-2 PG's sure to be waived by the Houston Rockets who are overloaded with guards on their roster.
 
PurpleHaze said:
No Boykins. He's a defensive liability on a team trying to get better on D. I'd look at 1-2 PG's sure to be waived by the Houston Rockets who are overloaded with guards on their roster.
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They talked to GP and he said he would be looking closely at the waiver wires, including possible waivers by Houston.
 
Boykins is the best offensive player available. With Bibby out, they are going to need more offense to come from somewhere, even if Boykins wouldn't be in the starting lineup.
 
HndsmCelt said:
I agree with your thinking, unfortunatly the Maloofs are also facing box office problems for the first time, so I suspect they will feel presure to at least LOOK like they are trying to win this year. That being said I'm not sure the right answer is NOT to call Doug Christie. He DID paly some PG in his youth, wants to pretned he can still play, will make nostalgic fans happy and will be able to coach the young gaurds in how to denfend. Once Doug has had his last hurah, he will be close so you can slide him into an offical coaching spot... and in the mean time the team gets to really work out Douby and Green. Sounds like a winer to me.
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GOOD STUFF.
 
Boykins is the obvious class of the bunch, but I think the reason he is still a FA is he is still looking for real money. And even if we wanted to spend it on him (even with Bibby back the backup position is unsettled) we already used to all on Mikki. So, that leaves....nobody I would bother with off that list. McInnis could probably do the most credible job as a fill in starter. He could also add nicely to our police blotter problem and he and Mike's posse's could have a shootout at the Arco corral.

Agree with some of the above posters that would much rather see this be used as the impetus for Petrie to finally go out and try to nab some young guy with potential at the position. I maybe like the Pacific Northwest for that sort of thing. Seatle has Ridnour/Watson, and now my fav Delonte West. Portland has Jack/Blake and my fav Sergio.
 
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Its funny how most people say that Boykins will get run over by other players...

hes been playing for so many years and he has been fine

It actually creates a sort of counter match-up problem. The opposing player usually tries to do way too much on a guy like Boykins and ends up either catching an offensive foul or losing the ball.

Boykins is an excellent scorer and a great distributor. His straight up defense is far better than Bibby's, but not out of this world on Kidd's class.

Bottom line is, if Boykins is willing to boost his stock and grab a relatively small contract and seek another employer by the end of the season, it can actually work out.
 
Gotta love the 1140 guys pining for Boykins on-air. I definitely dont want a 5-5 guy that is 3 years older than when he had his best season, cant play a lick of defense, and would get run over by the likes of Speedy Claxton and Eddie House on a nightly basis.
 
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Boykins is an excellent scorer and a great distributor.
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The rest of that you said...maybe. But the second part of the above is not really accurate. One of his great flaws is that you ahve to mug the little guy to get him to give up the ball. Its a funny trait or a little guy who must have been just about the smallest guy on the court his whole life, but he does not pass. He gets the ball, he wants to shoot it. And often.
 
Bricklayer said:
Boykins is the obvious class of the bunch, but I think the reason he is still a FA is he is still looking for real money. And even if we wanted to spend it on him (even with Bibby back the backup position is unsettled) we already used to all on Mikki. So, that leaves....nobody I would bother with off that list. McInnis could probably do the most credible job as a fill in starter. He could also add nicely to our police blotter problem and he and Mike's posse's could have a shootout at the Arco corral.

Agree with some of the above posters that would much rather see this be used as the impetus for Petrie to finally go out and try to nab some young guy with potential at the position. I maybe like the Pacific Northwest for that sort of thing. Seatle has Ridnour/Watson, and now my fav Delonte West. Portland has Jack/Blake and my fav Sergio.
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That sounds nice, but what can you give Seattle or Portland for a Ridnour, West, Jack or Sergio? KT? SAR? These teams want no part of them either. My only guess would be something along the lines of SAR to Houston for Head, Butler, and Sura.
 
We can't afford someone like Boykins, so let's cross that right off the list.

That means that we will get someone that is not very good. We can do it Brick's way, and get someone who is young and unready, or we can go with HndsmCelt's idea, and get Doug Christie just because we like the guy. Or we can hire some nebbish. I suppose we could even stick with the backup guards we have. They aren't very good, but they're little worse than the competition.

Looking at the upcoming year overall, I think it's a pretty safe bet that we're not in for a winning season, so we won't accomplish anything by applying a bandaid. Cross Payton off the list. I'm not sure whether Petrie can get us a youngster with real potential. If he can, great. If not, Brick's idea is out. That leaves stinking with Doug Christie, or stinking with the guys we have. Either of those is likely to leave us in good draft position. Get it done (or not done), Geoff!
 
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I believe McGinnis & Martin are both signed as of right now (not that I would want either of them). This list isn't exactly inspiring.

Maybe just stick with Douby/Shakur/Greene for now?
 
Looks like Payton is a possibility:

Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie said he will have to go shopping for free-agent help. Petrie's options are limited, however, as the Kings are over the salary cap and able to offer only the minimum salary. They gave their full midlevel exception to forward Mikki Moore, and Petrie said they do not have the biannual exception.


"We're certainly going to look," Petrie said while watching Friday's game. "The reality is that replacing a player like Mike or somebody as good as Mike is pretty unlikely. But it's something we'll take a look at."


Aaron Goodwin, Payton's agent, said he offered the future Hall of Famer and 17-year veteran to the Kings during the summer. The Oakland native, who played with Miami the last two seasons, only wants to play on the West Coast and "was strongly considering Sacramento," Goodwin said. The minimum for Payton would be $1,219,590.


Another possibility is Earl Boykins, who played in Milwaukee last season and remains unemployed. Boykins, a nine-year veteran, would receive the same minimum salary as Payton.
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http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/456819.html
 
PurpleHaze said:
Payton probably just because he has some post-up skill that we sorely lack. At age 39 I'd love to just give him a couple 10 day contracts just to see if he was up to it.
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Payton's the most sensible out of that group.. IMO unless Petrie somehow follows through big time and finds a young diamond in the rough PG/potential we can groom and attract with playing time, it's a safer bet to get a vet here. While it's more than likely inevitable we won't make the PO this year, tanking the season before it has even started is not very wise, esp. for mentality of the players.

I might be wrong, but unfortunately, if we grab someone we'd have to give him a binding contract for at least the full season.. 10 day contracts won't be an option until a few months from now.
 
What??

:eek:, yeah, I just found out and I'm not particularly pleased with Bibby's injury. This is not the type of thing I wanted to hear just before the season is about to start. Didn't Bibby have something wrong with his hand before the start of last season which gave him a really slow start?

In regard to the topic at hand, I think WVF states it best

WVF said:
Maybe just stick with Douby/Shakur/Greene for now?
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I don't really see very much potential in any of the PG's out there, they aren't on teams for a reason.

I think Douby has the potential to be a starter in a few years, I think experience now would be good.
I see Shakur as someone who could dribble the ball around. I watched him play PG in a televised college game, he looked pretty good.
Also, can't Garcia and Salmons contribute some time at point guard?

I say stick with what we have
 
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