The Kings Herald Show returns with Jerry Reynolds, Will Griffith, and Tony Xypteras to break down the De’Andre Hunter trade, say goodbye to Keon Ellis, and discuss what Scott Perry might be trying to accomplish as the NBA trade deadline approaches.
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“Yeah, we sure did screw up!” That’s been the motto for the Kings for almost the entire 40 years in Sacramento.
Your Sacscrewmento Kings!
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It sounds like all the get a first-round pick options dried up Kings added salary, traded a draft pick and lost the best player in the trade.
Loved the Wiz game – Skal and MB3 outplayed the Kings. The Wiz tried so hard to lose a game- sat out Sarr and Johnson and then benched the starters. All their G league guys had career games.
Now the only true strategy is to trade them all and keep losing.
Keon can help a good team that has 4 scorers and needs a defensive player. That’s not the Kings.
Jerry is right- Kings had to move Keon who they had messed up with- just to get rid of DS and Saric. Make a mistake to make up for a mistake. The screwed over Keon. Despicable.
Keep losing but the Kings being Kings will win.
I will feel sorry for a top pick to be selected by Sacramento. Sucks for them to come to Basketball Hell.
Bonkers!
Crazy. Memphis going with the blow up. Ja next?
4 fist round picks for Bane, now 3 for JJJ.
Also, there has to be more to the trade because Fanspo trade machine says the trade above does not work. Utah needs to cut like $8-9m for it to work.
Nice jump start for a rebuild. Utah ready to start trying to win, next season I would guess. Likely be sitting LM and JJJ a lot over the rest of the season.
Kangz meanwhile are collecting salary, getting older and sending out picks.
Utah now has some serious size now in the frontcourt. Lauri, JJJ, Kessler, Filipowski, assuming they keep Kessler and Filipowski.
I’m not sure what Utah is doing. 3 picks for JJJ seems a bit much. I don’t see them going forward with Bailey, Lauri and JJJ. Someone is moving and my guess is it’s Lauri.
Just want to point out that Sabonis and JJJ would make a solid pairing.
yeah LM/JJJ with a lot of the young talent they have added could sky rocket them starting next season
Hmmmmm.
Grizz also have a shit ton of picks. Apparently as many as OKC and Brooklyn. Could they throw their hat into the ring for Giannis?
Giannis and Ja?
I don’t see that.
If I’m Giannis, I am still looking at a team coached by Spoels or Kerr.
This does seem to be the link in something much much bigger. And Giannis as the raison d’etre.
/popcorn gif.
perfect pairing next to Domas…crazy they made him available
I like what the Grizz are doing. It’s obviously not going to work with what they have: so blow it up and get them picks! Take some notes, Kangz front office..
Great show as usual. Jerry’s going full Will Griffith! Welcome to the tank train. Seats are filling up fast.
Only took six years of elder abuse against my buddy to get there!
Kangz abuse
and we are all guilty.
More trades.
WTF? Did someone spike the coffee in the GM break room at NBA headquarters?
what did Minnesota get from that deal?
Below the first apron. They can now aggregate players in trade. Giannis inbound?
As I said above… I agree with you Adamsite
All of the trades are orbiting Solar Giannis. Where will the Kangz end up in all of this? Out of the galaxy or within the Milky Way?
Still not sure how they trade away Conley and take nothing back in return.
I’m surprised Detroit sold this low on Ivey. They’ve basically dumped him for Huerter and a protected pick swap.
This has me thinking Giannis too. Huerter, Tobias, Asur Thompson and picks might get it done. Huerter and Tobias are large expiring deals.
The Griz have a clear and concise plan following the OKC blueprint and still have Ja Moron as a trade chip.
Meanwhile, the Kangz have no plan and haven’t since that Fox trade.
FIFY
Per Sam Amick in The Athletic:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/nba-trade-deadline-2026-live-updates-news-james-harden/mb7lqDGshaBm/
If the Kings acquire Morant, I quit. They’re the only team who wanted Zach LaVine, and still are. They’re the only team that didn’t value Keon Ellis. They’re the only team that wanted Russell Westbrook. They’re the only team that thought Marvin Bagley should have been the #2 pick. The Morant thing is too much. It’s pointless for me to remain a fan in the face of that kind of stupidity.
I could see this. I’m sure Memphis wants some picks and I’m not sure Sacramento will be sending any out. But who know with this front office. Maybe the reason they cleared the guard logjam was to make some room for Ja.
Threw up an NBA Trade Deadline thread for anyone wanting to discuss that in a more formal space!
I too am disgusted by the Kings front office.
I have not listened to the pod cast yet. I just need to get this thought out of my head and bounce it off you fine folk.
take on Poeltl to get the deal done. In return the draft capital should include 2 unprotected first round picks.
KINGS GET: + Barrett + Poeltl + Dick + 2 firsts unprotected (2026 & 2028) & 4 second round picks
Raptors get: Sabonis, McDermott, Eubanks and Westbrook.
Would you do that deal?
I’d do that. Poeltl can anchor the tank for the next few years.
Jazz seemingly want to go for it next season . Sabonis would be perfect between Lauri and JJJ . Maybe W. Kessler to Kings and a 1st . Young emerging big and draft capital .
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