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24. Sacramento Kings | Future Power Rating: 475

PLAYERS 260 (17th) MANAGEMENT 22 (29th) MONEY 93 (17th) MARKET 24 (27th) DRAFT 76 (7th)


The Kings don't know whether they're coming or going … literally. Sacramento is trying to fund an arena to keep the team there, but they could easily be in Seattle, Anaheim, Kansas City or someplace else next season. The uncertainty that hangs over the team's future in the city is also likely holding it up from pursuing other moves, such as the long-overdue housecleaning in the front office.

We ranked Sacramento's management 29th; while they finally saw fit to remove Paul Westphal as coach, head-scratching moves remain the norm. Sacramento traded down in the draft to acquire John Salmons' deadweight contract, and made Marcus Thornton the latest in a litany of unusually generous contracts for their own players. Moves like these have left the Kings near the bottom of the standings despite a profusion of high lottery picks.

There is some talent here, though. Tyreke Evans is a devastating slasher and would likely be even better if they'd give up on making him a point guard, while bruising DeMarcus Cousins needs to mature but certainly has star talent.

The cap situation is decent, too. While the Kings have a few bad contracts, one of them can be removed via amnesty to put them well under the cap in any offseason they choose. We're just not sure how much ownership can spend given their financial distress, and that will be the case until the arena issue is resolved and/or the team is sold to somebody with deeper pockets.

(Previous rank: 18)

4 months ago Dscn1113_tiny elSAVinator 8 comments 0 recs  | 

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Doesn't make a whole lot of sence to have fallen 6 spots since the end of last year

Our roster is better this year then it was last year and we are in the same (if not better) spot we were in last year in regards to the arena.

by elSAVinator on Feb 8, 2012 12:41 PM PST reply actions  

Agreed

And you can’t fault small-market teams for having to overpay for FA’s, especially in the current NBA landscape where everyone wants to play in the largest markets.

by gregory l on Feb 8, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

The Salmons effect!!

At USC we're not snobs, we're just better than you.

by TrojanCBB on Feb 8, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I think one of the reasons they had us rated higher last year was because of the likelihood (then) that the Kings were going to be in Anaheim.

@dampania | Section 103 Row V

by dampania on Feb 8, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

The Maloofs are still here.

The smart money at ESPN had one of the fatties stroking out, and the rest trading the franchise for a zinc mine in Utah.

I like your Jimmer very much. I do not like your JimmerJihadis™. - Ghandi Sims

Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen. And for a limited time, every third person who follows me on Twitter (andy_sims) gets a free ice cream cone.

Which I will eat.

by andy sims on Feb 8, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions   4 recs

One of the things I hate about ESPN is if you learned geography from them,

you’d think there are only 5 cities in the world (NY, Boston, LA, Dallas & Miami). 7 if you count Vegas & Atlantic City, because you gotta go someplace for boxing & world series poker.

This.

by elfboy_ on Feb 9, 2012 5:58 PM PST reply actions  

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