Sacramento Kings players had grown tired of listening to Reggie Theus tell them that whenever he did get fired, he’d have a good college job waiting for him. Maybe so, but they didn’t care. After his firing Monday, he can go back to campus.

Just so funny, like everything else.

whatever frees up money for next year, I’m down for. Although, just the though of getting K9 off the books early in the Marion for Miller/Thomas trade makes me excited.

Is it bad that I would much prefer this trade over a straight deal for Marion? I’d rather see the young Kings in the starting line-up instead of Shawn and with the way Cisco is playing I would rather have him getting more minutes than Marion. Gives us a good young defensive minded big for at least this year and another spot up shooter for when Kmart/Cisco/Salmons are injured/not hitting shots. I think it works pretty well for all teams involved especially Cleveland.

Only prob is Wally`s playing time would cut out Green,but other that that it`s a great deal!

It works with Moore included.

…that this just emphasizes how good the Miller/K9 for Marion deal would be.

If Marion still has value, then he can be shipped out again.

I don’t have the time to check right now, but off the top of my head, would some combination like this work (after a Miller/K9 for Marion trade):

Chicago – Verejao/Wally
Sacramento – Thomas/Hughes (plus?)
Cleveland – Marion

Maybe also send Moore to Chicago if they really are done with Noah as well . . . although that’s highly suspect that both Noah & Thomas will be shipped out.

Again, no time at the moment, but I thought I’d through it out there to see what everyone can do with it.

Send Brad and Salmons to the Bobcats and we got ourselves a good Defensive SF who can also score.

Beno
Martin
Wallace
Thompson
Hawes

Now we just need to get rid of the NBA´s worst starting PG

i actually like this deal better than bringing in Marion straight up. Marion would just be a salary dump for next year and thats pretty obvious. If we get Varejao and Wally we get a pretty good back up PF and wally is still a very good salary dump. actually if im not mistaken Varejao has a player option so he might be gone aswell. even so Marion coming to Sac makes no sense. we have won just 7 games this year so whats to say he will be motivated in sac? either way if we bring in shawn marion or if we get varejao and wally i think it makes sense to dump off k9 and miller. thats when the rebuilding process is in its final stages. the young guys get there playing time and we get huge cap relief this coming summer. its a win win if u ask me

I have a supernatural dislike for Varejao. Varejao is only marginally better than KT or Moore. Don’t we have enough mediocre power forwards on this team as it is? I guess I’d do it for the chance to dump Kenny Thomas, since Varejao makes slightly less money. Still, Varejao is going to squish Thompson’s minutes and Scissorback is going to squish Greene’s minutes, neither of which is what this team needs.

I’d generally prefer a deal for expiring contracts/picks that doesn’t squish two of our three best young players.

Trade something to the Thunder that allows us to swap 1st rd picks.
overall
Mikki is probably the most tradeable right now (to whoever) with that buyout..

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=7968313000556849&teams=2323555&te=&cash=

Miller, Douby, Thomas for Wally & Snow. Both contracts expire at the end of this season, clearing $21M off the books. Plus, no big man is sent back in return, opening up more time for J-Shock & Hawes.

Tangent: I am really starting to believe that Brown should be our starting PG. Put Beno in the backup role. Line-up (until Miller goes buh-bye) should be:

Brown
Martin
Salmons
Hawes
Miller

Post-Miller trade:
Brown
Martin
Salmons
JT
Hawes