The Sacramento Kings are waiving Jahmi’us Ramsey and Robert Woodard in order to complete today’s four-team trade, according to a report from James Ham. The Kings acquired Donte DiVincenzo, Trey Lyles, and Josh Jackson in the trade, while sending out Marvin Bagley. To complete the trade the Kings needed to cut two players first, and could not cut any of the incoming players.
Kings have notified Jahmi’us Ramsey and Robert Woodard II that they will be waived as apart of today’s transactions.
— James Ham (@James_HamNBA) February 10, 2022
Personally I thought the Kings might cut Alex Len instead of Ramsey given the glut of centers on the Kings roster at the conclusion of the trade deadline. The deadline passed with no trade for Richaun Holmes, so the Kings now have Domantas Sabonis, Holmes, Alex Len, Damian Jones, and Two-Way player Neemias Queta.
I would have thought so too, but doesn’t Len have a guarantee for next year?
Yeah I was just looking at that. $3.9 million next year guaranteed. Guessing the Kings will try to move him this summer. Makes sense not to eat that cap hit.
or move Holmes next summer. Len has his unique usefulness
Jones improved a lot this year.
Bench a bit deeper, no?
Jones is somewhat an amateur to me still. He’s so bad on defense and fouls his man seemingly every play, but he’s grown on the offensive end.
Looking at the cap sheet is going to be interesting. I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts most fans couldn’t name the 5 highest paid players on the roster in order (although 4 should be obvious regardless of order).
It feels like there is a pecking order to this team.
Fox, Barnes, Domas, Holmes, Mitchell?
[checks]
Huh, ok Lamb makes more than Holmes and Holiday more than Mitchell, though my original order would be true for next season (minus trades, picks, waivers & signings)
Much more work needed.
Part of the business. Woodard never panned out, Ramsey too raw yet.
I will eat crow on Monte; he did a good job. It is not the direction I would have chosen, but setting that aside, these were good deals.
Will it all work? TBD.
Yes. TBD. And good riddance to Bags. Hated his game from the moment they drafted him.
Happy I don’t have to hear anyone trying to convince me Bags will be good.
Love Sabonis amd McNair has done really well, but working parameters of playoff and Fox build.
With this version Kings need a badass 3/4.
We all mistakes Dutchman. Despite the constant chatter, I thought Philly was trying to keep Simmons and acquire Lillard. I can see Kyrie Irving facilitating a swap like that now for Brooklyn although I’m not sure who takes Kyrie.
And regarding the Kings? They’ve come a ways. They’ve got a ways to go. TBD as you said.
This
Deadline over. Monte went big, literally. Pour one out for Hali and let’s get to work.
In 48 hours I went from forgetting when games were to marking my calendar. Bravo Monte. LETS GO SACRAMENTO!
One thing I thought of is that drafting Mitchell put him closer to the Fox timeline at his age.
That’s actually an interesting theory.
I think Len is a one-year deal.
Kings have 4 centers, each with a unique “skill”.
Could have moved one of them.
Woodard just was never going to make it- too bad. Kings could have had Tillman in draft.
I liked Ramsey but he just never got over the hump- looked good on court but just could not score.
Fascinating deals today and some very one sided. Nets fleeced Philly. Picked up Simmonds who is a better fit + little Curry, Drummond and picks.
Monte- was aggressive. and I think was not done yet, but Hornets picked up Harrel, closing door on Holmes
But Buddy and MB3 gone and brought back at least 3 smart NBA players. Broke MB3 contract into pieces and will keep at least one of those- DD.
Props to Monte for sending off Buddy Hield and Marvin Bagley, two of the most fundamentally flawed, low-BBIQ players ever to curse an NBA court with their presence. Not only did the Kings get more skilled with these deals, they got smarter. That cannot be understated. This has been a dumb team for a long time, BBIQ-wise. They’re not anymore.
sent our 2 dumbest, who were backups. gave away our smartest, who was a starter
Replaced Hali with Sabonis, who also shows a very high BBIQ. Overall, this significantly improved the basketball brainpower out there at any given time.
my bad- Len 2 year deal
Rockets just acquired Dennis Scroeder. There may be still a deal waiting to be pushed through.
Although I doubt it. The Kings seem done which makes sense.
Brad Stevens did a pretty decent job at the deadline. White and Thies are going to help, and the team was already on an upswing.
I agree.
and they have 5 open roster spots for cheap ass buy-outs.
The Nets just won the championship with the Simmons trade. Simmons going downhill with all those great shooters, I can’t see anybody beating them. Philadelphia did help themselves no doubt but not enough to beat the Nets. The Nets will be formidable for a long time with Simmons and Durant locked up plus they have some draft capital now. You wonder how the Kings could ever compete with that.
Simmons may be the single biggest winner of this trade deadline. I cannot think of a better place for him to land.
Yeah the Nets also got Seth Curry. All those shooters with Ben Simmons, yes a perfect situation for Simmons and gigantic win for him.
The trades made by the Kings certainly renew some interest as a fan but I’m a bit disappointed nothing substantial happened after the Sabonis trade but then again I hope we don’t screw ourselves in this next draft. We were tracking beautifully for a nice spot in the draft.
Monte doesn’t seem to want to rely on the draft to acquire talent. For better or worse, he’s clearly anti-tank, and is confident that he can find good talent in the “purgatory range” of the draft. Which, well, he has done exactly that the last 2 seasons, so welp.
Up until this week, Monte’s strongest skill by far was drafting…and the dude still has all his 1st round picks moving forward…
I think we were heading for 6-7 and are now heading for 8-9, so I’m not losing sleep over it. If Fox and Sabonis gel it will add wins next year. And if Barnes can be what I think he can be with Fox and Sabs, that will add to the wins as well.
To your point, if this is all that is done to improve the roster, the team is probably a .500 club or so at best, barring a miracle drop of the ping pong balls. They need to add another piece, and a very good one (better than Barnes, close to Fox and Sabs talent).
yes
But I think they were heading for #7. Now I think they pass SAS, Blazers, Pacers, (the three new tankers) maybe NOP and Wahington for # 10 or even 11.
In draft, there is a top 3 and then a crapshoot- and many of these are PG’s (not again)
IMO, this was a top-4 draft (I’m including J. Ivey) and the drop off to Tier 2 begins with 5 and goes through 12 before it starts to taper off again. Tier 2 is full of SF/PF types and a few Gs so the Kings should be able to find someone they like.
Since we were unlikely to get a top 4 pick anyway, I am not that upset that we are likely to fall further down the draft order.
would have ended at #7- bottom Four + Blazers and Pacers.
Now may pass NOP, Washington and NYK. Doubt get higher than 10, although LAL look vulnerable
So, realistically 10 or 11.
however, if Nets play GSW -the duds- in the Finals, does Kyrie have to sit half of the games
They should have cut Damian Jones. I know he’s been playing good, but his numbers are going to drop significantly with Sabonis and Holmes ahead of him. He’s a UFA this summer anyway. Might as well have kept one of Ramsey or Woodard who you control the rights of. Ramsey can also be a ball handler, which the Kings are short in now. I would have liked them to have picked up another legit 3rd PG.
I’m also seeing conflicting info out there that shows Woodard had guaranteed money next year but Ramsey did not.
Damian would have been a nice pick-up for the Lakers…glad the Kings kept him…
I would have rather kept Ramsey if only for his non-guaranteed deal next year that might be useful in a trade this offseason. Jones has no value to the Kings and likely won’t see much of the court the rest of the way. He got just 4 minutes last night and those minutes could easily be given to Len or Queta.
Hah! He wasn’t gonna change the fortunes of that team
Basically waiving these guys is non news. If Ramsey improves a bit he could be an end of the bench player for any team. Never going to be a needle mover for any team. Any value that either of these players have is as very small (even tiny) trade pieces.
I hate to see any player lose his job but there guys were hanging on to their NBA careers by fingernails on a second floor window sill.
at least 5th floor
True, and Ramsey may make it someday ! Woodward has zero chance ! Needs to hope for China, Europe ( second division ) to make a nice living !
So are we cool with McNair now?
I am very happy with these trades. Sad about Hali… I loved watching the young man grow. Loving the rebalance so far, minus the glut of centers
The cuts don’t surprise me. They’re both destined for a career outside US borders. They’ve proved to not be NBA capable.
Unacceptable
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