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Thursday Footnotes

  • There's some healthy Nene foreshadowing in Marty McNeal's column, with this Geoff Petrie quote: "We want to maintain flexibility, but I'll be the first to say that's subject to change. We might be willing to take on future money, but if it doesn't lead to improved future performances over a number of years, it doesn't make a lot of sense." HMMMMM. I get the feeling a trade for Nene is going to be like a Ron Artest step-back three. "No no no YES!" We'll curse for a few days, and then we'll get used to the idea.
  • Steve Novak has played 87 minutes this season. He has scored 47 points. I'd say those last three on his record were a big deal.
  • Good news: Excellent bloggers Henry Abbott, J.E. Skeets and Matt from Hardwood Paroxysm will all be in New Orleans for All-Star Weekend. And I'll be holding down the TV/web fort at FanHouse.

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"However, Petrie notes that acquiring the talented but wacky Artest also brings Bird rights that allow that team to re-sign him or sign and trade him."

by coolcatreportdotcom on Feb 14, 2008 1:36 PM PST   0 recs

Short and long term benefits
If we trade Artest for Nene that would open up a ton of minutes for Salmons/Garcia/Hawes/Williams. Ron is playing 39 minutes a night, split between the 3 and 4. Nene would probably not play this year (or at least most of it).

If Nene is what he is advertised to be and could get healthy for next year, the Kings could start Miller and Nene up front while Hawes still develops, and Mikki becomes expendable or a pretty good player as bench bigs go. 3-Wil would have the balance of this year to write his own ticket.

Salmons is your 3, Martin your 2, with Garcia and Douby picking up the bench minutes.

With Nene's contract, Bibby would have to go. Get what you can, re-sign Udrih, and you still have your draft pick for the player of your choice (a pg to develop, perhaps?).

So you wind up with a decent starting five, two impact bench players (Moore and Garcia), two developing young players (Douby/Hawes), a potential wild card (3-Wil), a rookie, and whatever Bibby fetches. Not bad. Not a reason to clear banner space in the rafters yet, but not bad.

I still think that Nene is too expensive for how unproven he is, or too unproven for how expensive he is, take your choice. But it is hard to argue with the thought process that we will have to take a chance somewhere along the line if we are to improve.

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by section214 on Feb 14, 2008 2:14 PM PST   0 recs

There's also the possibility the Kings could be
looking at getting a medical exception for Shareef at some point. If he's not willing to medically retire that might be a different story. Just throwing it out there so people understand that right now, unless he has the ability to get back on the court, which I highly doubt, he may fall under that category.
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by pookeyguru on Feb 14, 2008 2:28 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Yeah
I sincerely doubt Reef will be taking a medical retirement. He thinks he's got life in those legs yet. Hell, I think he's got life in those legs yet.

by Ziller on Feb 14, 2008 2:34 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Yeah I could go either way with him
Either way he's stuck on the Kings until a team is willing to take a run at him. He isn't very expensive after all.
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by pookeyguru on Feb 14, 2008 2:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Excellent Point
I'm dreaming, but how would you like to have the offensive low post game of 'Reef coming off the bench, not to mention his classiness in the locker room? But he's probably done.
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by section214 on Feb 14, 2008 2:37 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Would love it if I was Utah
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by pookeyguru on Feb 14, 2008 2:38 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Banner space
I'm pretty sure we already have plenty of banner space up in the rafters.
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by kangsfan on Feb 14, 2008 3:43 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

KT$?
Are the Nuggets taking Kenny's contract in any of these trade scenarios?

In the recent poll I voted a preference for the proposed Linas/Najera deal, but that was because I have no clue about Nene's long term medical prognosis.

I do know that Geoff really likes Nene's game, and if GP thinks the medical risk is reasonable then I'm cool with such a deal.  

In fact I'd prefer it to Linas/Najera because in hoops you always want to lean toward getting one great talent rather than two good talents, and Nene's upside is so much higher than Linas.

"When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro." (Hunter S Thompson)

by jaredcar on Feb 14, 2008 4:24 PM PST   0 recs

um...
Health is a big concern for me, not just his recent cancer, but Nene hasn't been healthy in 4 years. And, since has never averaged more than 12 and 7 I am just not seeing the upside here. Couldn't we get that same 12 and 7 playing Najera 30 min a night?

by henryclemente on Feb 15, 2008 6:47 AM PST   0 recs

Excellent Point
When we traded for C-Webb and Artest we were receiving known talents and trading same. Their issues were more of the off court variety, which is what ultimately led to both of them being available for us to acquire.

With the shoe now being on the other foot, the question is can we obtain an actual proven talent, or do we have to roll the dice on upside and potential? And can a 25 year old with a history of health issues still have a lot of upside? If the answer to that last question is no, we'll look back fondly to the days when we thought K9's(woof's!) contract was bad.

Should this deal occur, it will go a long way in defining Petrie's legacy. Godspeed to all Kings fans.

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by section214 on Feb 15, 2008 7:54 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

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