The Detroit Pistons might be interested in Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine, according to Marc Stein.
Though LaVine isn’t the only player listed on the Pistons radar, he is entering the final year of his contract and that might be helping the interest.
REPORT: The Pistons are interested in Zach LaVine, per @TheSteinLine & @JakeLFischer.
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The 31-year-old averaged 19.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3, 47% from the field and 39% from three in 39 games last season.
This will be the final year of LaVine’s 5-year contract he inked with the Chicago Bulls. LaVine is expected to opt in to collect his remaining $49 million.
Trae Young Opting Out
Speaking of opting in or out, it was reported recently that Trae Young will opt out of his player option for $48 million next season. While he is expected to re-sign with the Wizards, “multiple teams are expected to have interest.” The Kings have been rumored in the past to be a suitor for Young. Highly doubtful anything transpires here, especially considering in January it was reported Sacramento still did not have interest, but worth noting.
Kingston Flemings Works Out With Kings
Separately, Kingston Flemings reportedly worked out with the Kings last week. Flemings is widely expected to be available when Sacramento selects 7th in next week’s NBA draft. The big question right now is will Darius Acuff Jr., who many believe is who the Kings want, be there as well at 7?
Give us the Stew of the Beef! If not I’ll take Ron Holland.
-Ron Holland
-Salary filler (to match contracts)
-Protected 1st rd pick???
Lavine for Cade straight up works contractually. Call it in.
Done deal!
Holland, Stew, Duncan Robinson (partial guarantee next year, unguaranteed the following season) saves the Kings like $8m next season. I just don’t like the idea of sending out any draft picks to get rid of LaVine.
Yeah I’d do that. I agree i dont like sending out any picks but I’ll do whatever I’ll takes to get LaVine out of here. Another Vivek conundrum that needs to be rectified.
That’s a very fair trade for both sides. I like it.
I don’t think they give up Holland. He’s only 21 and still on his rookie deal. LeVert is the one they would likely want to send out.
I don’t know much about Holland. I just really want our FO to take flyers on young players with potential for once instead of trading for old vets on bloated contracts. Find some diamonds in the rough.
I don’t see them giving up anything of any value at all. So it’s difficult to see a trade that works.
Reports are the Kangz are still interested in Ja. It would be very Kangz to trade Lavine and his massive expiring for Ja and his contract which still has 3 years remaining on it.
Sounds like the Vivek Special to me.
It’s 2 years remaining, and I still wouldn’t do that deal.
My bad. But two years is still two too many for Ja Moron.
LaVine to Detroit. LaVine to Memphis. Either way, I have no reason to distress.
Memphis had better send a pick.
A Shitshow Supreme with a side of Cry Fries.
The Kings need to draft a rookie point guard, not trade for a retread, even DeAaron Fox. If Lavine leaves, they lose a major scorer coming off the bench but also a 50 million dollar headache.
Stand pat at 7 and bpa a pg.
If I were a betting man (I’m not) my going current scenario is LaVine for Ja and a future pick (or this year’s #16). Then the #7 for OKC’s #12, #17, and/or prospect.
Kings enter the offseason with:
PG: Ja, Carter, Monk
SG: Nique, Monk
SF: DDR, Hunter
PF: Keegan, Hunter, Maxi
C: Sabonis, Maxi, Dylan
Sprinkle in the #12, #17 or OKC prospect where you will, but the Kings pocket another future pick via Memphis. Possible pick(s) this year: Carr, Philon, Okorie, Anderson, Yaxel, or any other mid first round dude.
DDR becomes trade fodder that will net some minor future assets by the deadline.
Slow reset.
In all seriousness, if Perry can turn LaVine and #7 into Morant and this year’s #12, #16, and #17, I might be intrigued.
That sounds like a catastrophe to me. Pass on a potential near All Star (think Fox or Trae Young level player) for quantity (hi Justin Jackson and Harry Giles) and add $40 million in salary for a guy who is likely to be hurt, to quit on the team or be suspended for criminal activity.
I think those are some incredible assumptions. There is no guarantee that the #7 is a near-all star, or that anyone ate #12, #16, or #17 is the next Justin Jackson.
If you want to play that game, I present you Bagley at #2 and Hali at #12.
As to Morant, yeah, I don’t like him either. The dude can’t seem to stay on the court, and he’s a problem when he’s off of it. That’s why I feel Memphis will have to pay to get rid of him. It presents the Kings an opportunity to gain assets at the expense of LaVine. I single first round pick for Morant is the MINIMUM I would want in return for taking him on.
It’s generally an argument around quality over quantity, especially this season. It seems like the guards likely to be selected 5-8 or so are pretty well-regarded. Picks below that are a complete crap shoot.
I don’t think a mid first round pick is even close to being worth adding ~40 million in salary and two seasons of one of the biggest problem child players in the NBA to the worst franchise in the NBA. The only player I can think of who I want less on this team is Miles Bridges.
Every season, the Kings take on players no one in the NBA wants – DDR, LaVine, Westbrook (who at least was cheap). Adding Morant to that list is not an improvement.
I agree he’s not an improvement, but even adding an all-star PG (Fox?) wouldn’t be an improvement to this roster. Ja would be a stopgap PG to flip later that comes into town with draft capital. That’s how good teams rebuild.
I don’t know what the going NBA price is for a first round pick, which is why maybe Ja should come with more than just a 1st rounder.
Put it this way, if Denver had to attach an unprotected pick to MPJ and his contract to get Cam Johnson, what will Memphis have to attach to Ja? Remember, Memphis has a ton of picks from trading of JJJ and Bane. If it were to happen, I say hold them over a barrel and demand a lot for taking Ja off of their hands.
Yeah, I’d consider that a successful offseason.
I’d rather take a flyer on Ja rehabilitating his stock enough to move next off-season than have to watch LaVine for another half year.
If they can move Domas to the Hornets as well, even better.
I’ll drive Lavine to the airport and buy him a first class ticket to Detroit.
I can pitch in. Let me know.
I do Lyft- and I would not charge
I brought up before the deadline that Zach made a lot of sense for Detroit. He would provide excellent fire power next to Cade. Detroit just didn’t have enough of a scoring punch next to him to be a serious threat. Duncan Robinson is useful and all, but he’s not going to give you 20 PPG on most nights.
I think Detroit had hung onto hope for Ivey to be the backcourt mate to Cade, but then had to flip him for Huerter. A solid SG is really what they need.
Beef Stew, LeVert, and Duncan ($2M partial guarantee) works financially.
Make it so
Another option…
Zach opts out. Kings sign hime to 3 year $90M deal in a S&T with Detroit. ONly $30M needs to be sent out. Kings get LeVert and Duncan ($2M guaranteed).
Kings flip LaVine’s $49M into LeVert’s $15M and Duncan’s $2M. That’s over $30M in cap relief.
I’ll reiterate what I said above: I’ll drive Lavine to the airport and buy him a first class ticket to Detroit.
Adds a year of salary in LeVert but gives the cap relief needed. Duncan’s contract has no real value here. It’s win for both teams and from a basketball standpoint, it’s a win for Lavine too.
That is a great trade that helps both teams and is the best Lavine and agent could hope for which is why it’s not likely to happen . Common sense isn’t common !
Yes. LaVine is awful, but he can help a team who has size, can hide him on defense and needs the only thing he can do, which is shooting the ball. Detroit fits that profile.
I could also see LaVine going to the Spurs in a deal where Fox is sent somewhere that’s not the Kings, and the Spurs are attaching one of their existing shooters Vassell/Champaignie and picks to make that deal happen.
I think the Knicks and Pacers effect will affect how teams in the East operate this offseason.
Two somewhat unlikely teams making it to the Finals in back to back years. So, I think a lot of fringe East teams (DET, OrL, MiA, ToR, AtL, CHA) will look to swing big this off season which may benefit the Kings.
I can see a market for Lavine, Domas, Monk and even DDR.
If Perry plays this right, he could really set this roster up for a nice rebuild by clearing cap and obtaining some firsts.
The idea that Perry-Vivek play this right is the same percent chance of Doug Christi being NBA COY .
Yeah, I can’t trust SP and Vivek to make common sense moves.
Aside from the solid double he hit by drafting Maxime, Perry really hasn’t done anything well as a GM in the past year.
He traded a first for Nique, salary dumped Jonas, overpaid Dennis to be a stater, then replaced him with Russ. At the deadline he made matters worse by need to attach Keon to Dennis, while also taking on more salary for Hunter.
Those are all pretty horrible moves, so until he stops striking out and committing unforced errors, he’s classified as a shit GM in my book so far.
Not to mention keeping Doug as the HC. 🙁
If he just drafted at the 42 spot going into the draft, and did literally nothing else last offseason, it would have been better for the Kings.
Yup.
I agree with your analysis although you don’t need the words ‘so far’ at the end of your post. Perry is a shit GM and will always be a shit GM under Vivek. Perry’s hiring stunk like shit the moment it was announced and nothing Perry and Vivek have done since then have removed the stench.
Hunter was a good aquisition.
Explain.
good 2-way player. versatile defender. shoots threes. also has decent court awareness and can do things from different spots on the floor (eg., was utilized as a high-post facilitator at Virginia)
Hunter is an average at best player and overpaid.
you’re complaining about an expiring contract?
No. The Kings had no contract at all before they signed Schroeder for double his value. Then they doubled down on that mistake by salary dumping him with Keon Ellis to take on more salary next season in Hunter than they had already committed to Schroeder.
They turned zero salary into a half season of Schroeder and a half season Hunter, and then another full season of Hunter at $25 million, on a team with zero chance in either season to even make the play-in.
The complaint is taking on ~$40 million of salary over two seasons for no meaningful production on one of the worst teams in the NBA. The only upside is that Hunter might help them stay out of the bottom three and the lower lottery odds there.
That Schroeder deal and the subsequent salary dump that added salary put the Kings into the first apron of the luxury tax this year, which means they MUST cut salary this season.
There are basically no assets on this team. To get off of LaVine and get under the tax, for example, the Kings are most likely going to have to take on even more long-term salary, or send out draft picks.
The ripple effect of signing Schroeder and doubling-down on Hunter will go on for years, because the team has high salaried players that no one is going to give up assets to acquire, and a desperate need to offload those players this season.
Great point, there are were so many things they could have done, signed a free agent PG to one year deal for less money,
Used the cap space to take teams over the cap for draft picks. If they didn’t value Ellis, trade him of draft picks or a player
I get so annoyed when local media will say well, the Kings are against the cap they can’t do anything, when for many of the moves the moves they have made are own goals
On point and all true. Also true is I can’ t give this enough likes.
Amen
Well he was the one if you listen to local media, who put together the Knicks roster too
It’s wild that a sentence such as this still pops up on TKH now and then.
None of us would be here posting on this site if we thought there was zero percent chance that the Kings will ever be good again. It’s a slim chance, but that’s the only thing that keeps King’s fans going.
Don’t do anything dumb.
Moving LaVine is great. Detroit, Memphis, anywhere. I would like youth back- Holland would be fine. No long term money. And get a pick.
Moving DDR is next- LAC?
Then Monk
Then DS- of the return is good/solid.
Don’t trade picks, don’t move down.
There are 4 PG’s available at 7- Wagler, Brown Acuff and Flemings- all are really good. Rumor has it that the two bigger ones- Wagler and Brown are the most coveted. I think Acuff is the BPA, even at 5. If he goes one of the two bigger ones is there + Flemings. Now I believe that Flemings is the odd man out- the one who drops to the bottom of the 4.
I looked at Wagler and Brown tapes- those dudes can ball. If LAC trade out, someone is going up for Acuff. Nets, I believe, like Brown.
But who knows. Not me.
Second round- avoid Karabon- no D in that dude. At #34, there should be high value, especially if someone takes a wild swing. And a dude from the potential first round may drop. I wish Kings had 31 or 32.
At #45, take a player with a single talent/skill like defense- or a back up PG. Both of those types may be there.
Don’t do anything dumb- like trade for Ja or move picks.
I just don’t see LaVine having much value. The expiring contract is nice, and the Kings would probably be taking back longer term salary and 2nd round picks. But that runs counter to what Perry says he wants, a clean cap sheet moving forward.
My guess is that DDR doesn’t grt his contract guaranteed, and the Kings waive+stretch him. Let him go find another team on his own. It’s the easiest way to grt under the tax line.
I’m expecting the roster to look relatively the same heading into the season. Maybe some smaller moves, like minimum guys being added (and the draft picks)
I am of a similar thought. Keep Lavine and let his deal expire if he opts in. That’s $49mil clean by 2027. Whether to keep or waive DDDR is of no consequence if we end up drafting a PG. As long as the rookie gets his minutes, let DDR walk anytime. In any case, Kings will still suck this year and the next, so no need to take more years of contracts. Just draft BPA at each draft and hopefully strike hot.
So what is the most likely scenario with the Kings having $49M in salary relief?
a) Use the space to absorb deals for future draft capital in a focused small market rebuild effort
b) Draw a solid youthful free agent to improve the roster in the long term
c) Fill it with overpaid has-been “win now” type players
I think we all know the correct answer when it comes to the Kangz.
At what stage does DDR’s contract change to the $10 Mill and not the $25 mill he is on now. I’d think a team like OKC and the deal they made yesterday would make a deal to trade for DDRs contract now then have it drop $15 mill and save cap money?
I think DDR is guaranteed $10 million out of a $25 million salary, so if the Kings cut him today, they would owe $10 million. There are people who know this stuff way better than me (Adamsite?), but it sounds like DDR’s $25 million becomes fully guaranteed if he’s not waived/traded by January 7.
I’m not sure how NBA pay works, like will they have paid him $10 million at that point, where waving/trading him on that day effectively doesn’t cost the team anything?
I think the only reason you keep DDR is that he tends to stay healthy, and so he can ISO his way out of the Kings being a bottom three team with the lower lottery odds, which I think the Kings are going to be fighting all season.
I don’t see DDR having much value around the league at his salary, and the worst thing the Kings could do is to move him for another De’Andre Hunter: more long-term salary for an OK at best player.
You are correct, Jan. 10th is the deadline to for his partial guarantee. I too am not sure how payments work. Is he paid $10M up to that point? I dunno. If so, does that mean any team that trades for him on that day or slightly before owe him nothing if they then cut him and just have a $10M cap hit?
He could have incredible value in January due to his partial guarantee, but the problem is his current deal on the books for $25M put the Kings not only over the tax, but at the apron going into the offseason.
If I were to guess, the Kings cut him at his request, pay his $10M and he signs with a contender for a modest amount.
Maybe, just maybe, the Kings can trade him at his $25M value for future assets to a team that then cuts him, eats his $10M in salary, and then he signs where he wishes, possibly even to the team that trades for him.
Total hypothetical, but say an apron team like Denver trades Cam Johnson and a pick for him, cuts him at $10M, then re-signs him to $5M per year. that saves Denver significant tax and the Kings get a draft asset for helping. It doesn’t help the Kings cap sheet, but it’s not my money and the Kings get a pick out of it. Kings could also flip Cam somewhere else.
Point of this all being, there has to be some other positive alternative to just cutting DDR and saving money, but these are the Kangz.
Don’t forget: KG and Truth crowned Sac as “The Farm for championships!” Teams should be lucky to get our players through trades now.
DDR to OKC for Topic or Mitchell (pls) and picks? OKC waives him to get more tax relief
Done! But I don’t think OKC goes for that.
Thanks for the info, so if the front office was smart they would make a move like that, but cos they are in cap hell they will just cut him and get nothing for him
If only the Kings had a young GM with imagination and thought of new ways of getting things done
Dont do anything dumb? How could this front office do anything smart? They are the sucker at the poker table and the sharks are circling.
The Ringer dropped their updated top 100 players ranking.
Not one King is on the list lol. Not even Sabonis. Not even Lavine.
There’s a reason why our overpaid players are so difficult to trade.
https://nbarankings.theringer.com/
Recency bias with Anunoby at #21?..
Cooper Flagg at #41?
I doubt any GM takes OG 20 spots ahead of Flagg if they are picking players today.
Yeah, did they just base these rankings are bogus. They state in the lead that players who were hurt or out for the season were excluded from the rankings. that immediately eliminates Sabonis, Keegan, LaVine and Hunter. I mean, having Jamie Jaquez Jr. at #80 over any rostered King is just absurd.
What I do find odd is DDR isn’t on there. He’s still in the top 100 and over Rui Hachimura who they have at #100.
For some reason, my commentary went to Klam .. yeah that list was crazy because I would put Sabonis over a lot of those players
Hmmm, OKC setting up a trade involving picks?
https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mottl272w22b
This is them cutting salary and getting more future assets. Presti always seems to be 3 steps ahead. They can likely replace Wiggins’ production with who they already have.
https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3motv37lox427
Giannis trade before the draft incoming?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/fAk6NzmMSi
Did you review that list? I’d put a bonus above a lot of those players I’d like to know what criteria they use.
To Miami
The Wizards have lost their damn minds.
https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3movkaawivc2l
I was just going to ask everyone here: is he worth $53 mil a year? These players are gonna price out everyone now.
He’s worth more than fox and fox is getting 58 mil??
I believe Washington to be Sacramento East – this is a WizTax. He wants to be there, and the Wizards are happy to have a “star”. He is their De’Aaron Fox.
They can afford it and with the #1 pick coming, it will help fill the seats as they develop AJ/Peterson/Boozer (whomever they chose).
The other interesting news that just dropped is the hiring of Dusty May from U of Michigan to Head Coach the Cooper Flagg Mavs and their #9 pick.
If trae has set the price, is it possible for Zach to opt out and then do a sign and trade to another team who will take a flyer on him for future 1st round picks? How does a S & T affect incoming salary and Exceptions again, coz i know nothing (except Vivek sucks).
That Trae has opted out and Lavine hasn’t would suggest that Trae has value but Lavine does not?
I guess the Wiz figure they have their youth to develop in George, Sarr and likely AJ and I suppose Trae’s deal will come off the books right when AJ’s rookie extension would be kicking in. Still, I ‘d think they could use that money elsewhere on less flawed players. I also wonder what this means for AD.
I only see what they media shows and then we get to interpret it to our own liking. I get the impression that AD does not want to be in Washington. I expect him to find his way to a more meaningful NBA season. I would not surprise me at all if he ends up back in the Pacific Conference (but not in Sacramento).
Washington seems to be in the “Player Development” phase of their rebuild- San Antonio and OKC did it without taking on, or creating a bad contract for the long term and they seemed to have fared well with that strategy. Bringing in older players, past the peak stars or signing borderline All-Stars to superstar salaries is more the Chicago, Sacramento way of doing things.
I guess we’ll see how it works in
Sac EastWashington.As an aside how much value does Anthony Davis have, that’s a huge deal for a guy who can’t stay healthy and is no youngster
I think teams that fancy themselves as contenders will trade for AD hoping he can give them one year of health and a chance at a title.
It is a terrible, horrible, awful, ridiculous contract for AD. It is a $175M/3 years (2 years + a player option for year 3 at $62.8M) extension that began this last season.
Thus, he has two years remaining ($131M) concluding the 2027-2028 season. In contract, Domantas Sabonis also had two years remaining at $93M also ending at the same time.
Will Riley is a good young player too.
Commitment to mediocrity.
I wonder if contracts like this will make LaVine’s seem increasingly palatable to other teams?
My immediate thought was this makes Fox plus a pick for Trae Young on the table next offseason. I liked Fox and never cared much for Young, but if Young is on the Spurs this season, they win a title. That’s how bad Fox was in the playoffs.
If Fox rehabs his image a little this season (questionable, I know) and the Wizards underperform, which they might with Anthony Davis missing half the season for one reason or another, it opens up that deal, and the Spurs have a Kings pick, where the biggest worry isn’t whether it will be in the lottery. It’s whether it will be bottom three.
This is insane. Just when you thought WASH had turned a corner in terms of FO work and then they do this. Historically bad franchises can never be trusted, (see the The Beam Team Kings), any success is a fart in the wind gone forever.
Trading LaVine for Morant feels a lot like the Mitch Richmond for C-Webb trade. C-Webb was in his mid-20s and was considered a malcontent with off-court issues. Showed flashes but also had a lot of red flags, including saying he wouldn’t even play for Sacramento. Richmond was an all star in his early 30s.
The trade was for Richmond and OT for Webber.
I’m not giving up LaVine and the #7 for Morant though.
We all know how the Webber situation turned out. He cleaned up his act, became a MVP candidate, had the team one bad ref away from a championship, and re-signed with the Kings.
Morant is only 26. Maybe it’s a wake up call and they have a franchise cornerstone.
Even if they trade back for multiple mid-late rounders, there are lots of serviceable role players (Yaxel, Mo Johnson, Stirtz, Carr, etc.) that give good reason to believe. IF Morant returns to form and has matured. Neither of which are guaranteed, but I also don’t think it’s as big of a stretch as people make out. We’ve seen this story before.
Even at his worst, I think there was a character difference between the two.
Webber had issues that showed immaturity.
Morant – on top of immaturity – also seems to struggle with issues that are deeper than that.
I see where you’re trying to go, but this isn’t the same Kings organization that built a support system (and a strong team) around C-Webb.
I dunno – I think an argument could be made for the virtues of the Joe and Gavin Maloof versus Vivek and Matina. One could use this same debate regarding Hemlock versus Strychnine.
I like that there is some attempt to silver lining Ja Morant should he end up here (I just don’t see Zach Lavine in Memphis). To be clear – Memphis would be the one adding draft capital to such a trade – not Sacramento. But drafting a point guard to be your future star and leader and then making the season about Ja Morant is so Kangz like, it is a vision I can see happening all too clearly.
Zach Lavine is a very good player in his own right, he is being faulted for his contract, which was offered to him and he wisely signed. He has no behavior issues, he has injury issues. You can complain about his game and his defense but damn, the guy can shoot the rock and score.
I was thinking more Petrie/Adelman vs Perry/Christie, but your point is absolutely taken.
Not to mention he can’t stay on the court.
Still, I get aplumley’s point. If you can move off of LaVine and get Morant plus some draft capital, it might be a worth while risk. Morant’s stock is at an all time low and he has just two more years remaining. If he can rehab his image and game at all, it would be a win for the Kings. Some times a change of scenery is what one needs.
We are Kangz fans. All of us here need a change of scenery. But here we stay.
Draft Tomorrow! 5 PM (PST) on ESPN and ABC (Kings draft around 6 PM)
I will bet you a beer Adamsite – who do you believe will end up in a Kings uni tomorrow?
I am sticking with Darius Acuff, Jr as I believe in my heart (not my head, that is long gone) that he and his agent are pushing him to Sac. I would be happy with that, but I like Wagler better and would be okay with Kingston Flemings.
Acuff or Flemings. Mikel Brown seems to be moving up so I’m getting the feeling the Nets take him or Acuff at #6. Flemings will be there at #7 regardless, so it’s up to Perry at that point. I suppose there is some chance of Wagler falling to #7, and he’d by my pick, but I think those odds are low.
FWIW, It was reported today that Flemings has not met with or worked out for the Nets. That’s why I think they are taking Brown or Acuff.
In an alternate universe where Perry makes a draft night trade for Morant, I see him trading the #7 for OKC’s #12 and #17. In that universe, Carr is one of those picks.
Apparently OKC is working the phones to move into the top 10. I wonder who Presti has on his wish list. My guess is Mara.
Adding, I’ve watched quite a few interviews of the crop of PGs slated to go around #7. Based solely on those interviews and the vibes I’ve picked up, my ranking is:
Wagler
Flemings
Brown Jr.
Acuff Jr.
This just dropped today:
https://bsky.app/profile/nba.com/post/3movqo46kls2u
And Zach Harper (TheAthletic.com, The Bounce column) lists his draft sleepers and busts – he admits pure conjecture. He lists Keaton Wagler in his 4 potential busts (Aday Mara, Bennett Stirtz, Henri Vasaar as well) and sleepers (Koa Peat, Joshua Jefferson, Chris Cenac, Jr., Isaiah Evans)
And who knows, maybe he’s right.
Ramble Time:
Just from my own perspective, the guys have to have skill, and they have to have some athleticism, but they have to have some ability to process the game. Call it BBIQ if you want, but the guys who tend to have more than enough hops/pops are fine (Ben McLemore for example, simply amazing athlete) but they have to have a head for the game and it has to work fast.
I like Wagler because he seems to have that. The ultimate would be Larry Bird and to some extent Magic Johnson, and he isn’t that, but I like that about Keaton Wagler. Will it translate? Who the heck knows. I think Kingston Flemings might have it – and Darius Acuff, Jr too. But so did Frank Mason III. And Jon Brockman.
Exciting stuff, that much is for sure.
I saw one mock sending Brayden Burries to us at 7. But that only makes sense if Ja comes in and LaVine goes out.
(Not to mention that fact that 7 for Burries seems a little too high, but it is the Kangz after all.)
Honestly, I’m not against Burries. He gives me Jamal Murray vibes, and at #7 that would be excellent. I’m guessing the concern for him is if he’s a lead guard. I feel it’s in him, but I get the concern.
I get some goose bumps thinking that if the Kings trade #7 for OKC’s #12 and #17 and walk away with Burries and Carr. That’s a win in my book.
Cwebb was simply a better prospect with more potential at that time given where Ja is now. Ja seems to be declining on the court. He still can’t shoot. That athleticism he relies on is only going to fade.
I’d be find trading for him if we got an asset or two in return for taking the contract, but minus that, hard pass IMO.
Kings should be trading with Oklahoma City.
Presti would fleece Perry/Vivek.
Will only happen on draft night depending on who is there at 7 and if okc wants them
The Wiz going from having the worst contract (Beal) to again having the worst contract (Trae) is comical. The Suns giving up what they did for Beal was strictly the new owner syndrome with Ishbia in PHX which bailed out the Wiz; can’t see that happening a second time around unless it’s Vivek trading for Trae.
Fox contract worse than trae by bounds
Sounding more and more like Perry is trying to add a first rounder in this draft.
A bunch of teams have multiple firsts.
Hornets: Sabonis
Kings: Bridges, Green, Pick #14
If not then Bridges, Green, Pick #18. Not that much difference. DO IT!
Another one that’s been thrown out is Domas to TOR for RJ and Dick. They’re both expirings so I wouldn’t mind that trade.
I think a Domas trade would have already happened, but SP likely holding out trying to nab a FRP as part of any deal.
I don’t like anything with sabonis that doesn’t net at least a very early second at the minimum
salary dumping a top 5 center is wild work
Well I think what Minny got for Randle is instructive regarding Domas.
Even Ham has reported that teams aren’t offering much for Domas. It’s more of a knock on the contract than the player, he’s just overpaid.
Minny also didn’t have to take anything back so they got a 33 mil trade exemption, that’s why the return was so minimal. If another team is sending contacts back then that’s when draft capital gets added
CHI, MIN, and BKN trade incoming.
Wha are the Wolves getting aside from no. 33?
Cap space for Ayo…that’s what we’ll be looking to provide to teams for players and picks in two seasons
Giannis to the Heat
Heat receive —
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Bobby Portis
Bucks receive —
Tyler Herro
Kel’el Ware
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Kasparas Jakucionis
3 first-round picks
1 pick swap
1 second-rounder
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2069266716551508221?s=20
I’m probably in the minority but I don’t think Giannis is worth that much, nice haul for MIL.
The Heat are basically where MIL just was. Giannis with a depleted roster that has no depth or superstar sidekick.
Those future firsts might be juicy given they’re out into 2030s and the new lottery odds.
Bam not a superstar sidekick? That’s a disgusting front line
I don’t consider Bam a superstar. Good player.
Giannis swapping Milwaukee winters for Florida beaches is the real win.
So what is Miami left with? Bam, Giannis, and… Wiggins and Mitchell?
Pretty much. I dont see how this makes Miami any better right now they gave up a lot of young players and future picks.
Good job for Milwaukee for not folding from their offer.
Davion/powell/wigs/giannis/bam
thats a nasty ass starting lineup, depth is hurting past guy 7ish, but they probably get some higher quality vet mins now
Powell is a 33 year old UFA.
just made his first allstar scoring 20+
he can get a bucket and shoot from 3. They are obviously all in for short time, they don’t care he is 33
That staring lineup, depending on who else they add, is probably no better that 5th in the east.
I still have NY, Boston, Detroit, and Cleveland all ahead of them.
Just starting group? You’re on drugs, full team, maybe Boston beats them
Riley is going to have to cook to add talent around their new core. As it stands now, they’re a low seed in the East imo.
Maybe Lebron returns to MIA on a cheap deal.
Sir I promise you in not on drugs ,they will not be better than 4th-5th in the east.
Unless they make some more big moves to fill out that roster with decent depth, which I had already mentioned above, but you failed to comprehend.
There you go:
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What was the reason for you repeating my post?
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