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30Q: Is Marvin Bagley’s time with the Kings done?

Bagley's time with the Kings has been tumultuous and disappointing to say the least. Is there any hope that this situation can be salvaged or is this just the end of the line?
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Feb 18, 2021; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Marvin Bagley III (35) warms up before the game against the Miami Heat at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports

Even after it became clear that the Kings had made a mistake in drafting Marvin Bagley III over Luka Doncic back in 2018, there was still hope among Kings fans that Bagley would become a star in his own right.  His rookie year was very promising, showcasing all the athleticism and tantalizing potential that made him such an intriguing prospect.  Unfortunately it’s been downhill ever since.

In 2019, Bagley broke his thumb in the first game of the season and missed the next 22 games.  His return was short lived as well, as he played just over two weeks before suffering yet another injury that would keep him out for an additional 8 games.  Finally, after returning in mid-January, he played just 4 games before a leg injury ended his season.  The Kings didn’t even activate him for play in the Orlando bubble, despite his injury taking place more than half a year earlier.

Last season was more of the same. While Bagley was able to play for most of the first half of the season, he ended up suffering another hand injury that cost him a month and a half.  In a somewhat confusing situation, it seemed as if the Kings were simply going to shut him down for the season but instead they brought him back for 6 games toward the end of the year, before guess what, another injury cost him the rest of the season.

Perhaps more disappointing than Bagley’s injuries (something he can’t control) has been his lack of significant improvement.  While the injuries (and the whole Covid-19 shutting the league down for half a year) haven’t allowed him a whole lot of consistency, he still managed to play a little more than half a season last year in a row and what we saw wasn’t that much different than what we saw as a rookie.  In fact, if you look at the numbers they’re amazingly similar:

2018-19:  14.9 PTS, .504 FG%, .313 3P%, 7.6 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.5 STL, 1.0 BLK, 1.6 TOV in 25.3 MPG

2020-21:  14.1 PTS, .504 FG%, .343 3P%, 7.4 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.5 STL, 0.5 BLK, 1.4 TOV in 25.9 MPG

Offensively, the one area he showed a minor improvement in was in his three point shot, particularly the corner three, although he was still far from consistent.  He also continued to be a black hole on offense, posting a negative assist to turnover ratio.  Defensively, he was one of the worst defensive players on an already bad defensive team.  And yet there were still flashes of greatness, like a 31 point, 12 rebound performance against the Pacers late in the season where he looked unstoppable.

https://youtu.be/r-rHalsvHck?t=36

A liked tweet from over the summer (as well as continued noise from his father over social media) has fueled speculation that Bagley wants out of Sacramento, but for now it appears that both Bagley and the Kings are stuck with one another.  Bagley’s value has never been lower, and the Kings don’t want to come away empty-handed after investing so much into him.

This is going to be an incredibly important year for Marvin, and it will be interesting to see how the Kings handle this situation should he indeed still be on the roster post-training camp.  Last season, the Kings made him the starter from Day 1, giving him all the opportunity he could handle.  I don’t know if that will be the case this year.  Sacramento saw some success last season with going small, and with the additions of Moe Harkless, Terence Davis and now Davion Mitchell, the Kings will probably be playing smaller lineups most of the time.

Bagley has always made the most sense to me as a center, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Kings brought him off the bench to backup Richaun Holmes to start this season.  Holmes and Bagley together don’t offer up a whole lot of spacing, and Bagley could also be more of an offensive focal point with the second unit.  We’ve even already seen this role work to great effect in his rookie season, as Dave Joerger had Bagley come off the bench for most of that year.

Of course, the best ability is availability, and Bagley hasn’t shown that he can stay healthy for an entire season yet.  It’s hard to convince a team to invest time and resources into you if they can’t count on you being able to play when the time comes.

Still, even if Bagley plays well this season, it’s hard to envision a future where these two sides mend fences enough to enter into another long-term commitment.  Bagley will be a free agent this summer, and it remains to be seen if the Kings (or another team) will even offer him the qualifying offer; Because he was the 2nd overall pick, his QO is already over $11.3 million.  If I had to guess, I think that even if Bagley starts the year in Sacramento, he’ll end it elsewhere.

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BuffaloDiaspora
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September 4, 2021 9:23 am

He’s an $11M expiring contract – that’s not nothing. If the right trade isn’t there just play out the string and enjoy the cap space next summer. Bagley might be valuable as a throw in to make the money work in a bigger trade but his one-for-one value is not going to net anything as nice as $11M of salary relief.

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September 4, 2021 1:28 pm

exactly, that makes him an asset.

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September 4, 2021 2:55 pm

That is his reality whether he likes it or not. He is playing for a contract this year. Not only does he have to actually stay healthy he also has to earn minutes on the floor. If he follows his usual routine let him sit on the bench while his agent desperately tries to get him a job. If he earns minutes and does something with his “potential” he can be traded for something.

At this point he is a zero in terms of trade value and as a player.

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September 4, 2021 9:23 am

I don’t really care much whtehr he stays or go, other than two thingns:

  1. the fact that if he gets significant minutes, it will make it more difficult to improve the team defensively. His defensive awareness is not good, especially on team D and rotations, and he’s not a very good defensive rebounder (blocking out);
  2. the window for trading him and getting anything back is closing rapidly. I mean, we were reportedly rebuffed for trading him for Saddiq Bey (but perhaps he can be filler in another trade). It will take a miracle development for his QO to be picked up.

I wish him the best, but I think the baggage in Sacramento is too much of a hindrance. Better for both sides to have a fresh start.

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September 4, 2021 10:27 am
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Yep. Time to move on. For me personally, I think the only way he moves out is as filler in another deal, as you mentioned.

Assuming he’s on the roster at the start of the season, I’m curious to see if he’s worked on his game at all. You’d think he would be motivated as his trade value is zero, so showing that he can bring something to the table other than a fork and knife can only help his exit.

I’m guessing we’ll see more of the same (including missing games via injury) and he’ll either be moved as filler or will just walk at the end of the season. I’m good either way.

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September 4, 2021 10:29 pm
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Well, he’s already got a fork in him. All he needs is the knife.

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September 4, 2021 9:24 am

Before the NBA Draft….It would be a surprise if Bagley still stay with the Kings….

During Free agency, .It would be a surprise if Bagley still stay with the Kings….

And now….it’s almost training camp…I just cannot want to believe this guy still stick with the team.

We fans, don’t want to see him as a Kings again….

McNair, please trade him away……….!!!

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September 4, 2021 10:02 am

No one want to see someone who got zero BBIQ, and is selfish, and ruin the team chemistry and ruin the team momentum………

He grabbed the rebound, never looks to pass, try to spin-move D. Green (the best defender)…and of course, just another turnover…comment image

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September 4, 2021 10:32 am

Came here to say we’ve been saying this for a while. There’s no reason to think he’s not going to be with the team through the end of the season. Every time we think McNair is going to pull the trigger on a long-awaited move, we end up disappointed.

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September 4, 2021 9:14 pm

I can give you a bunch of reasons, starting with if Monte can’t find a trade partner willing to take a swing on him before the deadline I wouldn’t be surprised if he straight up released him. 14 and 7 is replaceable. AF.

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September 5, 2021 2:21 pm
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Really? Because there’s only one other guy on this roster that gave us 14/7 since Boogie and it’s Richaun Holmes who gave us 14/8 and we promptly gave him a $46m deal.

Bagley is highly flawed but so are Harkless, Metu, and any other non-Barnes forward we’ve pulled off the scrap heap in recent years. If he can stay healthy we should absolutely give him regular minutes (as a PF, not a C where he is incapable of anchoring a defense).

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September 5, 2021 3:11 pm
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If I had a nickel for all the things he were incapable of, just on the basketball floor, I’d have about $10. If I had a dollar for all the things he did well I’d have maybe $3.

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September 4, 2021 9:28 am

Seriously the best scenario for this team is Bagley, Buddy and Davion leading the bench squad. That’s a spot where all three should be able to flourish this season and if everyone stays healthy, we could have a shot at the playoffs.

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September 4, 2021 11:04 am
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Vivek? Flourish and Bagely are mutually exclusive.

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September 4, 2021 11:57 am
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Lol. The problem is Luke will probably start Bagley and Buddy….

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September 4, 2021 1:29 pm
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Bagley isn’t starting, Buddy however is, which makes sense in terms of floor spacing.

Fox
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September 4, 2021 3:08 pm
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I won’t be surprised if Hali is coming off the bench… Fox, Buddy, Barnes, Thompson, Holmes is my guess. Not saying that’s what I want to see.

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September 4, 2021 3:52 pm
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Thompson is too slow to guard centers, he has no business playing as a 4

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September 4, 2021 4:56 pm
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Which is exactly why he’ll start. Lol

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September 4, 2021 3:37 pm
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Please relay your source for this info.

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September 4, 2021 3:58 pm
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It’s my opinion, unfortuanetly, I have no receipts 🥴

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September 4, 2021 5:31 pm
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I appreciate your opinion, and I think that line-up is as likely as any, but I’d rather have clarity from the organization. I believe if you ask 10 kings fans who’s starting this season, you would probably get at least 4-5 different answers. , I don’t remember this much ambiguity this close to the start. Doesn’t it seems odd? Even for the Kings?

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September 4, 2021 5:39 pm
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Bagley started all but one game he played in last year under Walton. The Kings have not improved at PF. This means Bagley will still be starting for the Kings.

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September 4, 2021 8:07 pm
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I think they’re going to start Fox, Halliburton, Hield, Barnes, Holmes. If there’s a change, Halliburton or Hield sits and Mitchell starts. I don’t see much chance Bagley starts. The “need” to placate Bagley or his dad or to hope for some leap in play has passed. (There may still be a “need” to placate Hield.)

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I think they will stick with last year’s starters and just play Bagley less as the backup C. That’s where he really got killed last year. The starting lineup where Bagley played PF was extremely effective last year from a statistical standpoint.

Obviously Hali is a better player than Bagley, but Hali’s gonna get hurt again if he has to go up against SFs that have 25-50lbs on him for 82 games. Tell Hali he’ll get 30mpg and be in the closing lineup, plus Buddy and Bagley will be on the trade block all year. He’s smart / humble enough to know it’s a good situation for him at this age.

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September 4, 2021 10:09 am

Barring injury, he should not be in a 9-player rotation this year in Sacramento. But he provides depth at the forward position. If he stays on the team, he’ll get some opportunities and will score points.

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September 4, 2021 1:31 pm
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I don’t see Len, Metu or TT getting more minutes than Bagley. My hope would be that Metu gets the most of the bunch, but I’m guessing Luke gives Metu the least.

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September 4, 2021 3:04 pm
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I think Len will win the backup center role. Kings will need his defense and rebounding, especially if they play small on the wing in their second unit.

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September 4, 2021 4:00 pm
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I like what Len brought his first stint with Sac, he should get his healthy share of mins. His toughness alone will be a welcome sight.

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September 4, 2021 6:09 pm
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Metu 30 mins nightly

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September 4, 2021 10:39 am

Sorry, but if a player won’t improve his body in three years (with a state of the art facility, a staff of trainers and nutritionalists, and a hell of a lot of down time), then he doesn’t get the “injuries aren’t his fault” excuse anymore.

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September 4, 2021 11:18 am

Bagley has always made the most sense to me as a center

In theory sure…except the absolute worst line ups the Kings put out last year had Bagley at Center. Like catastrophically bad. Part of issue with early season line ups.

If he can shoot 35-36% from 3 he provides some spacing with Holmes or Len.

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September 4, 2021 4:38 pm
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The flip side, as I believe you’ve pointed out, was Bagley was part of a 5 player lineup that was one of the “best” in the NBA. Which is why I’m pretty skeptical about that data.

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September 4, 2021 11:44 pm
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Yeah, at this stage he is strictly a 4 in my mind, which makes him less able to play in multiple line ups. Limited, but not necessarily useless.

It’s a 50-60 million dollar season for Marvin I think. That’s what’s on the line for restricted FA, if he could turn in an improved/injury free year. May not be super likely but I don’t think it’s out of the question.

I for one am actually interested to see if he can show some improvement the first 20 games this year. Call me a fool… might be fair.

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The big question is will he be able to play in 20 consecutive games.

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September 5, 2021 2:04 pm
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Agree on the improvement. Bagley has almost nowhere to go but up in multiple areas. With the deal Markannen got, it’s not unreasonable to think Bagley *could* get a pretty decent deal for himself if he shows something. If he’s hurt half the year and doesn’t really improve his passing/defense/bbiq/team distractions, he’s could be looking at at Willie Cauley Stein level deal. I also think playing time is far from guaranteed this season, and he could easily find himself out of the rotation if he doesn’t improve at all.

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September 4, 2021 11:50 am

Woah! Just saw this…
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Kosta, TeamBagley’s social media advisor.

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I really hope you made these all up, Gonzo. I really, really do. AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA.

Didn’t even look at the timestamps. Well played Gonzo.

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Monte’s burner account?

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September 4, 2021 5:31 pm
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Dude, you’re on fire today!

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He doesnt like writers apparently

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September 4, 2021 1:01 pm

Bagley needs a new organization and new voices around him (and not necessarily his father to go away either). It just won’t work here. That said, he’s got a contract and it’s up to him to figure things out.

Like you Akis, I don’t see any way he finishes out the year in the Kings organization. Too much has happened over the course of 3 seasons to think it’s not time to move on. With Buddy, at times it didn’t work, but you can at least see a path to him staying in the right circumstances. With Marvin, it’s just over. Apparently the right trade hasn’t happened yet for that to happen, though.

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September 4, 2021 11:23 pm
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I agree. With all of Buddy’s issues I can’t say that he cheats you on effort. Buddy is a bad defender but he doesn’t look lazy on defense. Can’t say the same for Bagley. He is resistant to lowering his hips and gaining leverage. I attribute flaws like that to laziness because it’s not that he can’t, he just doesn’t want to. Put the ball in his hands and that flaw vanishes a lot.

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September 4, 2021 1:27 pm

I’m probably the only human left with real estate on Bagley island. I still think there’s a player there, in a very specific role, likely sixth man instant post offense type of thing. He likely doesn’t reach his full potential as a King, but you don’t trade him just to trade him.
He’s a $11 million expiring and as we saw with Lauri, you can always do a S&T with him once he is a FA, if teams are intrigued. Of course, he’ll have to show something during the season for teams to be intrigued. So I say stick with him and see if he can increase his value.

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September 4, 2021 1:44 pm
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I own property there as well. Two years- essentially same stats. But if we lower our expectations- how many top teams have a bench “big” with numbers like that? Review all top teams- most have bench “bigs” with good minutes, expected contributions and praise from fans and commentators and their numbers are worse than Bagley’s. I wanted him to be a star- he is not but he is not chopped liver either. I see potential value off the bench with some combination of Mitchell, Hali, Buddy, TD and a bruiser to guard the 5.
14.5 points per game is not all star, not elite but with all the injuries, distractions etc. half his games are more than 14.5.
The animosity towards him seems to be a result of 1. he is not Luka 2. we thought he would be better than this and 3. he seems clueless and oh yeah, 4. there is no D in Marvin

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September 4, 2021 2:09 pm
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I’m renting a room in the basement on the property. Also “14.5 points per game is not all star, not elite but with all the injuries, distractions etc. half his games are more than 14.5.”…. Isn’t this about Ben Simmons’ career average?

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September 4, 2021 3:21 pm
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Isn’t this about Ben Simmons’ career average?

Yes, but the difference is there’s that other side of the court. Of course I know you’re aware of that.

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September 4, 2021 5:08 pm
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Of course.

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September 4, 2021 4:03 pm
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Bagley Island may become the new Waiters Island. Which means one’s real estate investment doesn’t end up appreciating in the end. But I’ll take even a ten percent appreciation on Bagley Island.

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September 4, 2021 4:48 pm
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I still think there’s a player there, in a very specific role, likely sixth man instant post offense type of thing.

Yes! The idea that Bagley has zero value is silly. I have all kinds of problems with his arrogance, utter lack of BBIQ, selfish play, abysmal defense, etc. But he has some offensive skill, and he’s a decent to good rebounder. He’s so terrible at passing and defense that even getting a little better makes him a decent bench player.

I don’t think he should be kept, and see no point in holding on to him at this point. They should have dealt him at the deadline, and again in the offseason, and maybe will end up with nothing, which seems ridiculous. He needs a change of scenery and some serious humbling, but there’s a pretty good chance Bagley becomes a rotation player and carves out an NBA career.

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September 4, 2021 1:44 pm

I hope so

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September 4, 2021 2:03 pm

Everyone hates Marvin. I personally would like to see the Kings give Bagley another year. He is a talented athletic big. If he can stay healthy, be more consistent offensively and play better defense–all things that are not impossible in the fourth year of a pro career he can be a topline NBA player. The Sixers didn’t give up on Joel Embiid, even though his missed his first two years. The Lakers gave up on Julius Randle but he’s now an all star with the Knicks. It’s possible, yes possible, that five years from now Bagley will be regarded as the best current player of Luka Doncic, Trey Young and himself. He stops being injured every year and they start. Stephen Curry, James Hardin and now Jrue Holiday have all surpassed the ROY from their draft class, Tyreke Evens.

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Please put that joint down

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Why did they get rid of the thumbs down button?

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September 4, 2021 2:49 pm

It’s still hard to believe that Vlade whiffed so badly on a pick that was so easy to make.

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September 4, 2021 3:40 pm
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It really is.

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September 4, 2021 3:49 pm
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“Better player, better fit.” Sadly, the most memorable quote in the history of the Sacramento Kings.

Okay, maybe “Here We Stayed.” But it’s close.

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September 4, 2021 7:16 pm
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You forgot “We had a better deal two days ago…”

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September 5, 2021 4:03 pm
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Bap Bap Bap

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September 4, 2021 4:05 pm
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It was the most shocking draft pick in the moment that I can ever recall, I couldn’t believe it.

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September 4, 2021 11:39 pm
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I don’t remember it being shocking…it was strongly reported for at least a couple days. I think remember going in thinking god I hope it’s just BS and they are taking Luka. Alas…

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September 4, 2021 11:47 pm
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i found the moment more nauseating than shocking.

And then to follow up your mess and fire Joeger? Gross.

Idiots. Egos and yes men.

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September 4, 2021 5:04 pm
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There have been worse players picked as high or higher, but I’m not sure there’s ever been a bigger gap between the obvious, universal right pick and downside of making the wrong one. With something like Oden vs Durant, there was plenty of discussion about Oden at #1. In the Anthony Bennett draft, Oladipo obviously turned out better, but the best player wasn’t picked until 15. In the Olowokandi draft, Bibby and Raef Lafrentz were 2 and 3. In the Kwame Brown draft, 2 and 3 were Tyson Chandler and Pau Gasol.

But we ended up with a guy who had no business in a front office job from day 1, and likely the only front office staffer in the NBA who would have picked the player he did, while passing on a generational talent that almost literally everyone saw as the right pick.

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September 5, 2021 7:52 am
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With something like Oden vs Durant, there was plenty of discussion about Oden at #1.

This isn’t really that true, Oden was widely seen as the best player in that draft at the time.

There were people who thought Durant would be better, but they weren’t the majority. That was the first year StR did the draft board, Oden got the vast majority of votes that year for the first pick. Around 90% of the votes.

It only became bad when Oden couldn’t play.

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September 5, 2021 2:06 pm
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We’re saying the same thing.

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September 5, 2021 6:27 pm
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Based on the way I saw that line, that’s why I wrote what I did. Bagley wasn’t seen as a top 2 pick in 2018 like Oden was seen as the best player in 2007 was my point.

If we are in agreement, awesome possum!

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September 4, 2021 11:43 pm
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Thanks Vlade. Brandon Williams too. Great work keeping the playoff less streak alive by refusing to draft Luca or almost anyone other than Bags.

You made it all possible. Along with the know it all owner.

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September 4, 2021 2:50 pm

Cannot wait to be done talking about this turd’s involvement with the Kangz.

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September 4, 2021 6:38 pm

And can’t wait to no longer hear how great he is. How much growth his shown.

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September 5, 2021 8:05 am
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Every time he sits out for three months it is a constant conversation about his “potential”.

Every time his basketball stupidity shows they say it are he has not had a enough minutes in the NBA.

As a person I hope he does great things. As a basket player for the Kings he sucks at epic levels.

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September 4, 2021 9:22 pm

Considering its not really a question of “if” but of “when” (because anything else would be total madness at this point,) I’d say “yes, Bagley’s time with the Kings is soon to be done.”

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September 4, 2021 11:54 pm
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That not a guarantee with this unit.

Just as likely in 2022 off season Bagley signs big long term deal w Kings and Walton gets an extension.

Vivek driven moves. Vivek -“Now we are a dynasty”

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September 5, 2021 3:01 pm
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I’d wager dollars to donuts that you aren’t going to see Bagley sign here for any amount of money.

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September 4, 2021 10:01 pm

I don’t know.

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September 5, 2021 1:42 pm

Nobody wants Bagley at any price. If any team offers a second round pick in any draft, take it.

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September 6, 2021 10:18 pm

Second round pick in the Canadian junior hockey league might get you a better player than Bagley. Probably will not sit out half of his career,

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