Originally posted by oldninerdude:
Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Originally posted by 9erReign:
Originally posted by SacRock14:
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Just filed to http://NBA.com ;: Kings put No. 8 on the trade block, wanting veteran instead of next rookie to develop. Link to come.
Makes sense. Would love to package the pick to get something proven.
lol something proven? Cause the Kings are SO CLOSE to contention? They are idiots to pass up on somebody like Smart. Take a gamble. And not a Jimmer gamble.
On the flip side, who have they even developed other than Cousins? Their picks have been awful, and the only other guy worth a crap they signed and traded for Greivis Freaking Vasquez. God this team is a mess, and I am still not sold that the new FO really knows what they are doing.
Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Originally posted by 9erReign:
Originally posted by SacRock14:
Scott Howard-Cooper ���128;š���#143;@SHowardCooper 5m
Just filed to http://NBA.com ;: Kings put No. 8 on the trade block, wanting veteran instead of next rookie to develop. Link to come.
Makes sense. Would love to package the pick to get something proven.
lol something proven? Cause the Kings are SO CLOSE to contention? They are idiots to pass up on somebody like Smart. Take a gamble. And not a Jimmer gamble.
On the flip side, who have they even developed other than Cousins? Their picks have been awful, and the only other guy worth a crap they signed and traded for Greivis Freaking Vasquez. God this team is a mess, and I am still not sold that the new FO really knows what they are doing.
If they could package the No. 8 w/ a vet contract (JT) AND move back just a little, maybe into the late teens or early 20s, that might work. Then target a sleeper--every draft has one. They did a good job with their second round pick last year (Ray Mac), so there's reason to think they might be able to find value with a late first round pick, and add a veteran talent as well. (And move JT, a looming headache.)
I disagree w/ you Hoov, about the new front office. After just one year, the Kings have more talent available than they've had in years, and have shown a willingness to make moves to improve--not just to dump salaries.
Problem is that the previous ownership put them into a deep, deep, deep hole that's going to take some time to get out of.
Yeah, you are probably right, i may just still have some bitterness left over from the previous regime. but some of the things that rubbed me the wrong way and have caused me to question the FO:
1. Trading Evans for Vasquez. I understand that NO was offering a lot of $, but this team was/is in no position to give away talent, let alone their 2nd most talented player. We can't land top level guys via FA, so when you hit on a draft pick, you need to keep that pick and build around it. Evans was/is the superior player to Vasquez (whose assist #'s were greatly inflated in NO's PG friendly system) and i find it hard to believe that he was the best option via sign and trade.
2. Having the option to take back Robin Lopez, who would have filled a huge role as a mobile 5 who could be interchangeable with Cousins, a la Dalembert, and instead using him as a throwaway to POR in the Evans trade.
3. They preached all offseason about becoming a better passing and defensive team. so what do they do? they trade their best/only passer for Rudy Gay and then they trade their best defender for Derrick Williams. While i don't have a huge issue with the trades from a talent standpoint, this goes completely against what they were preaching. At least with Moute and Vasquez, you had 2 guys that had a role and knew their role.
4. I am not going to really complain about this one, because i was not totally sold on MCW, but drafting Ben when they could have taken MCW. MWC was a big , multi talented PG who could handle the ball, defend, create his own shot, etc. Ben's faults were known coming out of Kansas. Couldn't handle the ball and couldn't create his own shot..and all of that has proven to be true. Now granted this was only his rookie season and i expect him to improve and by no means am giving up on him, but it just gets frustrating coming off of numerous wasted draft picks.
I am totally on board with trading the pick, but it better not be for someone like Dennis Schroeder as has been reported.
