This Week's Asinine Trade Thread, Road Woes/ All Star Weekend Edition

Tyreke reaches in and fouls Wade with 1.3 seconds to go and we’re in the penalty. Wade sinks both and we don’t get a shot off. Miami wins by 1.

Forgot we acquired Brewer in deal above- slide him to the 3. Greene+Thornton to Bench.

I see us, potentially, being very active at the end of this asinine trade season. Here goes:
To DEN:
PG Jimmer Fredette
To SAC:
C Chris Andersen
DEN saves a ton in salary to sign Wilson C, also getting a swing guard they can use as a project once they let Miller go in FA. Kings get genuine blocking big for bench or spot starts.

To MIN:
SF/SG John Salmons or SG Marcus Thornton
PF/C Jason Thompson
2013 2nd Rd pick
To SAC:
SF Michael Beasley
PF Anthony Randolph
SF Anthony Tolliver
No brainer for us: we get a genuine scoring 3 with tons of upside yet and the ability to grow into his role here. He’s a huge question mark for many reasons (attitude, personal life, maturity, defense) but the benefits for us at this time outweigh the costs. For MIN, it’s a reunion between an underachieving SF/SG with a coach he played well under and a system that can ignore his dribble-happy ways, or they get Thornton as a young SG with instant scoring. Their 5 of Pekovic/Love/Johnson/Rubio/Barea or Salmons is strong, and puts them in a position with a great bench going forward. We take on two other headaches to help them sharpen and improve their depth.

To NOH:
SG Francisco Garcia
PF JJ Hickson
SF Tyler Honeycutt
To SAC:
PF Emeka Okafor
NOH does this deal to shed considerable salary with the expiring of JJ and the lower price points of Cisco and Tyler. NOH also needs depth badly and could like this deal for that reason. SAC gets a true 4 and improved size and interior D.

Sign Beno in offseason, who is not likely to re-up player option with MIL. If MIN takes Thornton, amnesty Salmons. Re-sign Donte. Or don’t.

NEW 5:
C: Cousins
PF: Okafor
SF: Beasley
PG: Thomas
SG: Evans
-———-
6: Thornton, SG
7: Anderson, C
8: Hayes, PF/C
9: Udrih, PG/SG
10: Greene, SF
11: Draft Pick
12: Outlaw, SF
13: Whiteside, C

A much deeper, much older bench with incredible versatility. Match-up headaches all over the place for opposing teams. Huge starting 5 with the exception of Thomas, and a young core with major upside. The ability to play at a very high tempo. Higher salary all around, but our bigger contracts (Okafor, Andersen, etc.) all expire when our extensions would possibly be kicking in for DMC/Evans. If we don’t resign Greene, our Draft Pick could be a young SF to round off a 10-man rotation, and a great second unit.

DMC
JT
Dudley
Reke
IT

Sixth Man: Thornton

At the Kings’ media day in December, Hickson asked whether rumors about the team moving to Anaheim were true. He was heard to say, ‘I really like Anaheim.’

Saw this on slamonline the otherday, don’t know if it’s true or not.

Here goes:
LAL get:
SF John Salmons
PF Emeka Okafor
PG Jarret Jack

NOH get:
SF Luke Walton
PF/C JJ Hickson
PG Andrew Goudelock
SF Donte Greene

SAC gets:
PF Pau Gasol

WHY: LAL get a genuine starting PG from a team looking to rebuild, as well as a much cheaper, functional PF and a solid starting 3 for their system in Salmons. NOH gets a tremendous salary break, some 7m or so, and pieces for a very thin team, depth-wise. SAC gets to insert a real skilled, passing big man next to Cousins thanks to their insane cap room. Additionally, the Lakers get an improved starting 5 and keep the ability to amnesty Metta.

Trade 2:
MIN gets:
SG Marcus Thornton

SAC gets:
SF Michael Beasley
PF Anthony Randolph

WHY: Minnesota gets a starting SG for a position in which they have a surplus, SF. Additionally, they eliminate a major depth headache and free up a little salary heading into the offseason. Kings get a genuine 3 and get out of a long contract to Marcus to bring in a potentially great SF. Randolph worked with Smart in GS, where the two were close. Randolph presently can’t buy a minute in Minnesota.

Kings new 5:

C: Cousins
PF: Gasol
SF: Beasley
PG: Thomas
SG: Evans
-———-
BENCH: Hayes, C/PF; Fredette, PG; Thompson, PF/C; Garcia, SG; Outlaw, SF; Randolph, PF; Whiteside, C; Honeycutt, SF

In the offseason, I’d ditch one of JT or Randolph for our incoming draft pick and either keep Garcia or amnesty him to pick up a cheaper option like Udrih, who may opt out.

Kaman and one of the Hornets’ 1st rd picks for Tyreke and JT.
Kings use two 1st rd picks to go after a SG (Beal, Rivers, Lamb, etc) and a SF (Barnes, Gilchrist, Andre Roberson, Quincy Miller, etc). Improved shooting, spacing, movement off the ball, and athleticism is the goal.
With the 2nd rd pick….Minny’s Mbakwe, Mizzou’s Ricardo Ratliffe, and Michigan St.’s Draymond Green…get a rebounder to replace JT.

New Jersey gets: Dwight Howard (keeping him away from the [Redacted] is an implicit benefit for the Kings.
Orlando gets: Brook Lopez, Tyreke, JT, Salmons, and New Jersey’s lower 1st rd pick.
Kings get: Mehmet Okur, JJ Redick, New Jersey’s higher 1st rd pick, and Orlando’s 1st rd pick. As far as I’m concerned, the Orlando pick is “getting back” the protected pick to the Cavs, and the Kings can consider not resigning Hickson. With three 1st rd picks in a strong post-lockout draft, you can get a SG who can shoot and move w/o the ball (Beal, Lamb, etc.), an upgrade at SF (Barnes, Gilchrist, etc.), and a possible PF replacement for Hickson.
I’m not proposing to “rebuild again,” but to continue the current rebuild. In 2009, to use David Aldridge’s words, the Kings were in the “talent acquisition business”. You need talent for the product on the court, but you also need talent to trade for talent. If you’re building a house, and you have questions and doubts about the foundation, do you continue building, or do you reassess, and maybe even “fix” the foundation?

As a relatively new poster, I feel very honored.

cant believe poeple seriously want to trade tyreke, our roy, our 20-5-5 guy, our 22 year old LEARNING guard of the future. Tyreke is a smaller version of lebron and one day he will prove it to you, mark my words.

Three way:

Darren Collison, Tyler Hansbrough and Indiana’s pick to the Suns
Steve Nash, Marcus Thornton and JJ Hickson to the Pacers
Danny Granger and Channing Frye to the Kings.

Why for the Kings:
Objectively, the Kings look like a dumping ground for old salary in this trade. However, Granger, while having an off year, is a two-way former All-Star who would give the Kings small forward they desperately want. This man can defend, shoot the three and offer Sac a third scoring option comparable to Thornton. Granger is four years older than Thornton, but still in his prime at 28. An opening lineup of Thomas, Evans, Granger, Hayes and Cousins is defensively formidable without losing the offensive energy brought by Thornton.

Frye seems like a a poison pill, but adds another three-threat to spread the floor for Evans and Cousins.

For the Suns:
Collison gets a Nash-replacement tryout. Hansbrough gives them more energy off the bench. Sarver saves money. Phoenix fans get to see Nash on a contender and have another reason to hate Sarver. Everyone’s happy.

For the Pacers:
The Pacers might be in financial heaven now, but have to pay Hibbert and Hill next year. Thornton gives them someone to absorb the scoring punch of Granger while keeping them financially flexible. George can get a try-out at small forward, where every pegs him. Hickson replaces Hansbrough and can catch lobs from Nash. Nash can put Hill and Stephenson through point guard camp for a couple of years. And in the meantime Nash, Thornton, George, West and Hibbert can scare the contenders in the East.

Lets trade Jimmer and JJ for Milsap!

Jimmer/JT/JJ for Milsap/Harris? Now i’ve been a Reke at the PG fan forever but why not have a kid who can shoot and pass give to him at the foul line so he can take it in? and Jimmer = Jazz to the max