The Maloofs could go ultra cheap by trading away Caspi, Thompson and getting 2 first round picks (late first probably). With 3 first round picks the kings could draft a PG, SF,PF in the first round alone! 3 potential starters for rock bottom rookie wages :) It would be a great excuse for them to lose next year and get yet annother lottery pick also. Could you imagine how cheap a starting lineup of 3 rookies and Tyreke and DC would be? It would have to be the cheapest starting 5 in the NBA, yet would have a chance to win a few games.

If Petrie cant make competent roster changes this off season to create a winning product hes fired imho. Next year is his year to make the playoffs or go bye bye. There is NO reason why having Tyreke, DC, Casspi and a high lottery pick this year + a #&% load of cash to spend of free agents should not produce first round play off results. Some will say, “but wait thats only one year for guys to gel ect” I say “make a trade now, get some pieces practacing during the rest of this miserabl season so they are ready to contribute next year.”

is the plan that the team began to undertake a few years ago, when it determined to move the current, high paid “talent,” and then begin rebuilding. It took about 3 seasons to get all of that contract moved, and there have been two drafts since where the Kings have had relatively high picks (4 and 5).

Current NBA rookie contracts have the players with their original teams for up to four seasons (at the team’s discretion) , before the player reaches restricted free agent status in his fifth season, meaning that the team can match any offer, so your fear about a player leaving after 3 seasons is unfounded.

There is no doubt that the Kings need to see a marked talent upgrade this next season, given the draft pick and cap space that they will have. It’s really where the rubber meets the road. But to infer that the Kings have not been following a plan (or that their plan is a bad one) is a bit premature, in my opinion. The plan is still in process. We’ll know in about a year whether or not it was well thought out and/or executed.

The overall payroll is near the minimum, and there really aren’t any contracts that are stifling the ability of this team to make moves.

I have a hard on for a starting SF, and also one for annother first round draft pick, call me crazy but ill trade a bench warming SF for a starting SF any day, JT for a first round pick isnt a bad deal either, as we need a more defensive minded PF imho.

Every deal that has been made involved tearing down for a rebuild, shedding contracts, or getting out from under longer term salary obligations. They passed on Beasley and have not shown an inclination to take on additional salary even though they could get cheap or fair priced talent. Landry and Dalembert are the most likely to go given the situation and there would have to be a real incentive involved to trade Casspi.

It seemed pretty reasonable, but he did not sugar coat it. It really didn’t read like a hatchet job to me.

But the logic is basic – the Kings have a larger pool of talent to choose from via trade than they do in free agency. Plus, they have to pay the contracted rate of a player, not a “premium” to get a player to play in this market.

Since the Kings have cap space, a lot of the rules of matching player salaries do not apply. The Kings just absorb the dollars of a contract.

Jamison makes $13 million this year and $15 million next year. We currently have an undersized power forward making $3 million. No doubt, Jamison is better than Landry. But I don’t think that he is $10 million better. Further, I don’t think he turns this team into a playoff contender.

Davis is owed $13 million this year, followed by $13.9 million and $14.8 million. We just spent the last 3 years getting out of these bloated contracts for marginal players (Davis has not been an upper level pg in this league since 07-08), and now you want to pay out for this guy? No thanks.

Kaman is available if someone wants to give the Clips assets – they aren’t giving him away. So while I might not mind his $12.8/$13.7 million contract, I wouldn’t want to give up much to obtain a guy that has managed to stay healthy only one of the past four seasons.

Mo Peterson has not been a double digit scorer in this league since 05-06. Why pay $6.7 million for him when guys like Ime Udoka are available for league minimum?

Oh, Mo Williams. Same as Kaman. Cleveland is dangling him, but they aren’t giving him away. It should also be noted that Kaman and Williams have been talked about in trades more recently – it’s not like the Kings passed on these guys over the summer, or that some deal was likely offered that they turned down.

All I have to say on that.

I meant Mo Williams, my bad.

Jamison is 10x better than Landry, hes a several time all star and the leading scorer on the Cavs atm, which isnt saying much I know but still.

Kamen is worth what they want for him, they want to get rid of his contract because of Blake Griffin of course, we could get away with him easier than most people think. Hes a proven big man, all star callibur player.

B Davis ok not so much upside, but is an all star PG with only a few years left on his contract, Irving/lottery pick pg could come off the bench for him untill his deal expires.

Mo Williams to me is the least attractive of these possible aquisitions because of his bad defense, but he only costs 3mil a year more than Beno and is a legit starting NBA PG that can score it from the outside.

I realize none of these guys alone are the solution to the kings problems, but aquiring one of them would adress a weakness the kings have.

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