NBA writer believes Sacramento Kings are still in play for Pascal Siakam

NBA writer believes Sacramento Kings are still in play for Pascal Siakam

Well does a win like that change the king’s thinking at all when it comes to the deadline what is their thinking here uh and what is the deadline looking like who’s available let’s find out nice enough to join us senior NBA reporter at Yahoo Jake fiser he’s also written a

Book which I’ve read and if you’re an NBA fan I can definitely recommend built to lose how the NBA’s tanking ER had changed the league forever Jake welcome to the show uh of all the names we’re hearing of players who could be available which ones are really the most

Lik ly to be going somewhere before the deadline thanks for having me first of all guys I think you know I’m working on a store right now typing away at my desk before you guys called for my next notebook at Yahoo and I I think most of the conversation after Toronto traded o

Noi to New York this week has been really sending around the next big you know player in Toronto and Pascal SE Alum and a lot of attention is being paid now to Atlanta as well with the jeon Murray where he’s really been I think at the center of a lot of these

Exploratory preliminary conversations right now I mean the Hawks one executive told me earlier today are one of the most like aggressive forthcoming all right we would do this right now on the phone teams around the league and it’s just going to be a matter of seeing what

Kind of comes together in the next month or so before February Jake fiser Yahoo sports joining us Jake I know you wrote uh or there’s a video transcript of you a couple of weeks ago talking about uh NBA trade candidates to watch and one person you mentioned was Larry marinin I

Always maintain that I just don’t get why they would move on from him what’s the latest on Lowry and what are you hearing about that that’s a great question I did not mention him in the first answer because after his name was all over the place before December 15th that you know

Window where most players who signed contracts this summer have now been able to uh be be available to be moved and ever since then I mean the word got pretty loud and was definitely communicated by Utah to other teams that they’re asking price for him would be something in the same

Status here of what rudo be went through Minnesota and Donan Mitchell wow Cleveland which brought L marketing back you know five first round pick type stuff so look there’s still the possibility that Oklahoma City or some team that is loaded a draft Capital just decides to say screw it he’s our

Guy let’s go get him but right now he wants to be there he’s told Utah that he wants to be there there’s definitely the possibility he could both renegotiate and extend his contract during this season after the trade deadline if the Jaz are able to make other moves and

Open up some cap space he could just sign an extension uh After Next season Once he becomes eligible uh for an even higher portion of the cap but right now people are just kind of expecting Larry Markin to hang Pat with the Jazz and that the Jazz do want to keep

Him we’re talking trades with Jake fiser senior NBA reporter at Yahoo uh given what we know about what it’s going to take to get a bigname player from his current team given what we know about the Kings and what they have available in terms of assets do you think the

Kings have a realist shot at an upgrade of any significance if that’s what they decide to pursue yeah I think the Kings have a lot of different options on their table to get a little bit better know Harrison barnes’s name is definitely one that’s come up I think in every single trade

Window dating back to when Sacramento first acquired him there was a while there where he was kind of like a chip that the kings were kind of throwing out there as for you know to be a seller but right now like I remember a couple years

Ago they were there was talk about you know could they get two first- round picks from Boston to get him I forget which season exactly that was right now it sounds like he’d be more of a piece that they would go use to buy like to

Try to see if they can upgrade and they gave him this big fouryear 80 plus million dollar deal this summer but his shooting has definitely fallen off I think the continued emergence of Keegan Murray allows them to maybe look at uh options there Jake you know one of the

Things that that I’m trying to figure out regarding the Kings is what exactly are they looking for what exactly do they need you know we’ve talked with fans out here on our show they throw up a big name LaVine sakam you know but then I have a thought well they’re

Hoping Keegan Murray takes that LE any idea what the Kings would be looking for out there on the open market yeah they they were described to me as one of the teams most aggressive and active in trying to get ogj anobi I think Indiana was the proverbial number

Two that finished behind New York and Sacramento I think was right there I think there’re still a team that’s being considered for Pascal seaka right now LaVine stuff you know to me I’m crediting that more to Monte dcir being someone who’s come from the Daryl myy Tree in Houston where anytime a star

Player becomes available you make the call and you put your head in and and and kind of keep yourself at least involved thinking you know what opportunity might present itself how can we even get involved in something on the margins if it becomes a two or three

Team deal and I think that’s a situation that lvan and his representation in clutch Sports looked at and circled and liked because you know they have a pretty good situation there were Daren Fox already running the show so I think that was more of an exploratory thing

Than anything else but they do seem to be pretty attached to names of front Court players you know guys who would in theory fill Harrison barnes’s spot you know the pascals the ogs I don’t really see ton of other players like that right now on the board but one to keep an eye

On could be someone like jery Grant in Portland Jake fiser with us uh from Yahoo Jake in your mind which team or teams need to make a a move this year before the deadline or which teams feel they’re in position where and you mentioned a few already which teams feel

Like we have to do something now IND indana seems to maybe be one of those teams Indiana definitely although they have this top 10 pick in jarus Walker out of Houston who kind of the talk of the g-league Showcase when I was down there in Orlando who just like isn’t

Playing at all it’s kind of similar to Keegan Murray although Keegan’s obviously in the starting lineup and he’s putting up 40 points almost every night now obviously hyperboy but this like young combo forward that in theory is the book end of you know a starting lineup that they already have you know

The Pacers have tyres Albert and Miles Turner similar to how Sacramento has de and fox and Bas so it’s it’s a little curious to me why the Pacers are being so aggressive and looking at bman especially after acquiring Obi toen this summer too but they just continue to be

Linked to every Power for from OG and pescal to Tobi Harris in Philadelphia I mean I’m sure they they’ve had internal talks Harrison Barn just because it seems like Sacramento really is doing a decent job of calling around on him so the the Pacers do seem pretty set on

Making some type of move especially because they’ve got 15 guys basically and they could perhaps benefit from some type of consolidation trade yeah Jake fiser joining us Yahoo sports Jake you know I’m hearing all the Rumblings out of La about Darin ham and in his future and you know obviously they’re

Underachieving so far this year how active do you think the Lakers will be and might a player like ruy haimura be able to be picked off or something like that for Sacramento I think so but I think he’s going to be more of an outgoing piece for the Lakers for someone that they

Think is really upgrading their their team and making them closer to a championship team I I don’t know if the Kings really have a player like that that they’re willing to give up right now I think when it comes to the Lakers ruy plus D’Angelo plus a first round

Pick is pretty much the best outgoing deal from a salary standpoint from a young player standpoint with two full untacked potential that they’re going to be a to put out there but I just I am skeptical if they’re going to be able to get anyone of real consequence without

Putting Austin Reed on the table that’s kind of been the impression that I’ve gotten from talking to people from other front offices so they’re going to have to hope that Chicago when you know the buzzer coming up up on February 8th they don’t really have much out there and

That offers enough to get Zach LaVine but when I asked you know Deon M’s another clutch client when I asked Atlanta one person there but I asked one person there yesterday you know but the viability of De jante to La was he said to me well I would need Austin Reed back

And that’s something that the Lakers right now have shown no interest in doing right all right Jake fiser from Yahoo uh before we let you go Jake just want to clarify here for the benefit of Kings fans if if we understood you right I think you said you believe the Kings

Could be intill on seum could be yes and and if that’s true how many other teams do you think are actively in talks for SE yakum right now as we speak active not so sure because it does seem like a ton of teams are still kind of holding their cards but Indiana

Sacramento Detroit are three teams and I would definitely keep an eye on for him all right thank you stuff yeah again the book built to lose how the NBA is taking er a change the league forever I’ve read it I can recommend it Jake fiser thanks

For your time Jake we appreciate it hope to talk to you again soon appreciate you guys how about that ask alako right we we we’ve been talking about some B level C- level guys and it sounds like Monty might be interested in trying to swing

For the fences yeah how do we feel about that yeah you buying that that they were maybe uh in on noobi yeah I think so I I think but you know the problem we’ve talked about it if I’m Toronto the first I want is Keegan Murray you know look at

What they got yeah RJ Barrett and quickley two young players that’s clearly what they wanted back in return uh we will get to the phones when we come back thank you for your patience 3391 11401 800 92040 again basking in the Afterglow of that incredible win and as Kyle

Mentioned to Our Guest here it is a glorious time to be a Laker hater that’s next year with the drive guys on sack toown Sports

Jake Fisher, Senior NBA reporter for Yahoo Sports, joined The Drive Guys to talk about the latest news and trade rumors swirling around the NBA.

Teams have just over a month to make a move before the NBA’s deadline on Thursday, Feb. 8.

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