Big moves coming for Sacramento Kings?

Big moves coming for Sacramento Kings?

draft week is here free agency looming rumors are flying left and right we’ve been waiting to hear some stuff about the Sacramento Kings because they’ve got the 13th pick well Anthony Slater Sam AMC dropped a piece today looking at the Kings off season and how they’re approaching the NBA draft the Tweet caught my attention yeah because Slater tweets the kings are a team to watch this week theyve made the 13th pick available pause pause okay I mean cool they’re shopping that that makes sense yes I could see them drafting some La next sentence it was in an offer for Alex Caruso last week before Chicago opted for Josh giddy here’s a deeper look at an aggressive moment in Sacramento with Sam Amic yes just like that well let’s dive in and we’ll just kind of go chunk by chunk with this because they did Cover a lot of ground in this so as it me was mentioned in the Tweet the Kings apparently were shopping the number 13th pi to Chicago to try to land Alex Caruso the Bulls to the surprise of many within the league instead opted to send Caruso to OKC for Josh giddy um first off what do you think about this Dynamic that the kings were trying to use 13 to get Caruso don’t you love it don’t you just love that they were being active what ju yes I love you should be active I think big picture this is what I think everyone wanted to see last offseason at the deadline you want to see a little more activity now we can only go by what we know like this was put out there so we know we don’t know about the conversations all these conversations I was going to say and all the other teams also being active but it’s you just love it when you hear what the Kings my thing I love Alex kuso’s we talked about him the other day an all defensive guy he’s just he makes teams better he can defend multiple positions he’s tough he can hit the three I do find it interesting that they were willing to trade the 13th pick for him because he is an expiring deal and that you would have had to look to give him a contract extension now what I’m curious about and we don’t know the answers to this in this article is just like the timing did they feel like they were maybe losing Malik Monk and was this kind of the backup plan I mean that you have to have insurance and that was going to be your insurance even if it was expiring yes much much different Duce but like the same type of of energy dog energy that you need um from somebody on your roster and if you were losing that Malik monk you going to need someone else to fill that void unless they’re trying to do both but and and let’s let’s even say that they were like okay great then we have both I mean then you’re in a situ I mean you you say that but what what’s I I wouldn’t mind more players that are good I I know but the problem is you have you have Fox you got you figured out you figur it out you you do what you need to do and maybe you package there was something else within the package for and the 13th pick for Alex so obviously that was going to be um not obviously but you know that could have been something that was going to happen there and so I think you look at that situation as yes it was going to be insurance that if Malik monk was going to be gone and then as soon as that happened then the Malik monk stuff happened what like a night later later no it was hours later was the same day that’s what I’m saying like just how this all worked out is we heard about the Caruso trade to OKC and then hours later the monk thing gets done yep so I don’t know so many layers to these talks so many layers I find very fascinating but big picture-wise whether you think they should have gone after Kusa or not of course I think they carusa would help the Kings I was just more talking about all right do you trade a 13th pick for a guy who’s on expiring are you going to extend him he’s 30 it doesn’t matter what does that tell you right now that they’re trying to put and we talked about this you have to put the right people around domas and Dean while they’re in their Prime that is what they were trying to do is put people that they know that they could depend on for next year you know you don’t know what you could depend on I I mean obviously you have high hopes when you’re scouting and then drafting um with that 13th pick but it’s a rookie but it’s a rookie at the end of the day and you just never know how their game is going to translate especially in that first year even if all the people online are saying that they’re NBA ready you still don’t know so the piece goes on after the Caruso element saying that there’s more of an internal app appetite to add veteran help to a win Now situation as opposed to a rookie that’s why the 13th pick remains very available in trade talks heading into the draft according to League sources along with the necessary cap filler and even extra picks for the right player yeah so I I guess you like to see that I mean because look that just means that they’re looking at all options with that 13th pick and I have no issue I feel like there’s almost been every single draft where we do the work that we can do on knowing what we can know about these players scouting them watching their games blah blah whatever but like at the end of the day nobody really knows like where’ Giannis go where did all these other I mean name name the player yic just name them all right you never really know where you’re going or what’s going to happen like I think sometimes there’s some players in the top five that you are going to have that 100% you are positive something Good’s going to come out of it but then there could be the player that can change this franchise forever with the 13th pick that the kings are going to shop like you just don’t know it it it’s that element of like hey if there’s a player out there that you love and you think hey we we got to take this guy and take a swing I understand that element especially with war the cap is you know with all the new rules with the collective bargaining agreement to get a guy in a rookie contract makes sense but what you just said a minute ago you have to maximize that if if if you believe it’s Fox and sabonis Keegan and monk you have to maximize this window screw the cap screw the money screw it all like figure it out and that I mean that has to be the mindset how many times do we say scared money don’t make no money and we say uh you know you got to be willing to be a little bit riskier and there’s so many times you do want to protect your future but at the same time how many times can you not take risks and still have your job too this has discussed a little bit in the article let’s go over some more of this they get to the Malik monk portion of this and saying how getting that out of the way Mike Brown’s contract out of the way that was good for Sacramento but how about this line monk the runner up for Sixth Man of the Year has expressed a desire to start longterm term but signed back with the Kings without any assurances on his exact role next season according to the league sources yeah I I I mean you like that you like to hear it right did it surprise you though uh no because I I think Malik monk playing his best basketball brought him happiness winning basketball is obviously going to bring a team and organization happiness and he played some of his best basketball in this role so there’s got to be a part of him that’s trusting the process and the system um in his role but at the same time hell yeah he should believe that he should be a starter and should still strive for that in every way shape possible he’s great come off the bench too like to me it’s just he needs to play Big Time minutes but who knows what the king’s roster is going to look like could TR change dramatically in the next couple of weeks so the king’s Vision according to the athletic and they write in its most optimistic state is to maximize what they believe is a 3 to sixe winning window around Fox sabonis Monk and Murray by Landing an early to mid Prime player who can grow with the core I love the optimistic Viewpoint there yeah when I read that I feel like a lot of it’s hinging on Keegan a lot of it is hinging on Keegan Murray being like an Allstar level player I mean hasn’t it been since everyone saw what he was capable of though and then I I get when I say what he was capable of I’m talking about his rookie year just his offensive abilities right but then we saw the leap taken his second year on the defensive end while still trying to figure out and navigate how he can provide on the offensive end year three yeah a a lot is going to be put on him but at the same time I would sit here today with that confidence in him because of what he’s shown in his first two years but that’s kind of my point is like for the Kings to reach the heights that they believe yeah it’s Fox and sabonis have to be really really really really good like sabonis all NBA Fox pushing all NBA but Keegan’s jump has to be in the next couple of years pretty dramatic I mean that’s the that’s the type of guys that this organization is always trying to draft to acquire are the people that they know that they can see internal development from and that is so very important because H being able to have that continuity also with the team um I believe leads to so much success you know you’re seeing that the teams that got the furthest were playing such great team basketball at the end it wasn’t just a star even though when a star wasn’t playing well whether it was Luca Kyrie or Jason Tatum in another series or whatever it was was you saw this how significant it was when a star wasn’t playing up to par but at the same time you also get to see how valuable team basketball is and so when you grow internally you can grow um your team altogether the other thing that was talked about was dear and Fox’s future um they write Fox’s future Looms in the background too as fox has decided not to sign an an extension this year in part because he wants to see how the roster takes shape for the Long Haul fox has two seasons left on his current deal wants to win at the highest level and could also qualify for a significant larger max if he makes all NBA okay and I that one’s been put out a lot on social media today with lot of people oh fox wants out this is the first St F wants out dude it makes no sense whatever from a business standpoint for dearen Fox to sign the deal now where if he gambles and goes I make all NBA next year I I could sign a massive 5e super max deal with for a crazy crazy amount of money now the other side is he he’s gambling too if you have an injury that would suck but he’s made money I understand that Viewpoint and to be honest I understand the other point for him that he’s going into year eight with the Sacramento Kings I think having that mindset of like you know let’s see how they build this thing before I commit longterm too because Haven invested a lot of time here why should I be aggressive with signing if they’re not going to be aggressive with putting the right pieces around me um I have no I mean even just from the business the money standpoint like abolutely and I I do agree with the other part it’s like yeah let’s see how this shakes out a little bit I’ll put a little pressure on the organization here to be aggressive and make moves and now the push back would be hey they have tried to be aggressive we saw with the Alex Caruso deal then you saw in the seum deal that did not end up happening the athletic wrote about that too the Kings have been close to deals in the past but ultimately come up empty-handed kuso is the latest seaka might be the most significant the kings were close to a deal at the past trade deadline but they ultimately lost out to Indiana when the Pacers paired him with halberton and made that run to the Eastern Conference Finals the move uh would have been a calculated risk for the Kings as there were strong signs at the time that se yakum would not resign with Sacramento if he had come still League sources say there is some lingering regret internally about what might have been that what might have been move and the question of whether the Kings could have convinced yakum to stay long yeah and the I’m glad those questions can Loom you know like you you want to make sure that you asking yourself like did we do the right thing were we not aggressive enough should we have just taken that risk anyway and you and I have talked about this so many times and I’m like I’m like why do you take a risk on someone that doesn’t want to be here though and I get it like that that’s happened to so many players I mean you you go back to Chris Weber morg Chris Weber didn’t want to come here and ultimately he signed a seven-year deal and I I think looking back at seum stuff it’s like look I understand you want guys to be there but when you look at what the Pacers gave up to get him and now they sign him to a long-term deal you go it wasn’t like they risked and mortgage their future and ultimately what it turned into is they got a guy to go with Halbert long term on a really on yes it’s an expensive deal but we saw what Sak’s capable but not only that though Deuce you also look at the role that he is playing with the Pacers I mean it’s 1 a 1B 1 a or 1 a 2A whatever the that you want to call it in Indiana where in Sacramento I mean who knows what the order would have been with dearn sabonis and seum right and I don’t know how that was how that conversation was how that was portrayed to him what he thought about that and being in possibly in that role so yeah like I I understand all of those things and the King’s not just risking it all to sign someone who ultimately didn’t want to be in a certain role sure but you could go back to this and this is you talk about taking risks and stuff yeah sometimes you get someone in your building they win a little bit they feel the vies maybe he clicks with Mike Brown sees some success feels the energy from the fans goes dude I kind of you know what I’ll sign here they can pay me that’s where they’re at now though that’s where they’re at now and that’s and that’s why and that’s why going back to even them trying to be aggressive uh getting Alex Caruso with the 13th pick and whatever else they would have that was really it that I don’t that’s all that came out yes exactly so like let we don’t know if anything more was going to be um with that 13th pick but like at the same time of course you want them in the conversations but you want them to be able to get things done and and ultimately the Alex cuso thing didn’t happen but they got the Malik monk deal done and so that feels like a win in this situation but now that this 13th pick is out there as hey we’re willing to trade this for something that is already established in the NBA right now that is NBA ready that we can pair with this crew like I I’m glad that they’re going in that direction but I feel like they got to get it done well the name that keeps getting brought up and I feel like we’ve heard this name for years and years going back to draft a a few years ago when it looked like the kings were adding Kyle kozma in a trade for Buddy hee it looked like that was a done deal everything we’ve heard was that was a done deal and it fell apart last second and kozma ended up being involved in that Westbrook 2 laa trade yes so then you fast forward kozma’s a free agent last year going hey could Sacramento get in the mix there he ends up resigning with the Washington Wizards and now it seems like he’s available he’s being dangled out there well according to the athletic mcir and the Kings have maintained a varying level of interest in trading for kozma which is picked up to some degree this summer kuzma has an appealing contract he’s under control for the next three seasons at an affordable and declining rate goes 23.5 million 21.4 19.4 attached to a trade kicker that would add 3 million each season un Les kzo waves it but But ultimately a pretty Team friendly deal if you’re able to acquire him under contract Team friendly I love everything about that and I love this situation even more too because Kyle kozma got what he wanted he got to be he got to play the role that he wanted with a really shitty team no truly and like he got to see like hey if that’s what you want no problem go have fun kill it do what you need to do but I think now that there’s going to be interest in I mean depending on obviously what the organization this isn’t you know he doesn’t get to choose but uh but now that the the interest is in Kyle kman I mean I don’t see why the Kings couldn’t figure out something to be aggressive and going after him the part I think kma’s going to be more expensive than people realize too because because of the contract right like you see some of the other big money deals out there like lavine’s going to get mentioned a little bit Jeremy Grant these guys are Mak a lot more money this is a Team friendly deal and I think Washington’s like look we don’t have a problem paying this like we know the guy we know what he’s about yep we’re not just going to give him to Sacramento and that’s where like the challenge comes like what are you willing to pay for Kyle kozma because you know he’s not a star player he’s a he’s a good player I I think he would be perfect here and one he adds size like athleticism he pushes the pace he’s a good playmaker the shooting dud we’ve talked about this so many time like we know he’d be good here it’s how do you acquire him now you know what I mean it’s not about like oh does this make sense like of course it makes sense but Washington on the other end could be like dangling him in front of everyone and being like who’s got the best who’s got the best bet like the Kings have the 13th pick plus maybe some assets that they might I you know I said this to you and I hate I hate talking uh too much about like oh who should be traded and all these things but something that we did talk about because we go wow Kyle kosma and Harrison Barnes both on this team well what if it was Harrison Barnes and that is somebody who you see as a champion a veteran that could be in that Washington locker room and maybe give them something that they need especially if they had the 13th pick and what the number two pick yeah and so they have these young guys again it’s just it’s obviously I’m just the 13th pick for kozma is interesting I mean obviously with hp2 um yeah I I I think I’ve been watching so much of these draft guys I’ve talked myself into so many of them like hey take a swing here but yeah you might have to be that aggressive I’ve I’d almost rather move a few a pick years from now that’s protected rather I I almost almost can you get kuzma while keeping this year I know I know what you would rather do but that’s I that’s the thing be aggressive be be aggressive but also from Washington’s perspective hear me out maybe like getting a 20 28 pick is a little more appealing because who the hell knows what Sacramento looks like then where this you know what this draft is where it seems like there’s no superstars in it seems like a very solid draft you can get a good player at 13 maybe it’s more appealing to get something down the road I don’t know maybe either way though and you’re betting on you’re betting against the Kings team that’s lost forever either way if we are getting an athletic piece at the what after the draft that the Kings tried everything they could to get Kyle kosma but they couldn’t get it done like that’s just another one on the list you know you’re sick of the what if deals like oh that almost happened and I’m sure I’m sure I’m sure they’re sick of it they’re sick of not getting certain things done and they’re also I think for so long I think they’ve been very smart about things where they’re not just jeopardizing the future and someone like Sam prey has such a Long Leash where it’s like it felt like they’re could have been as many years as he wanted because he ultimately had a plan and look how his plan came together and I just don’t think that is going to that Long Leash I don’t think no we know that that Long Leash isn’t here in this organization you know it’s just not going to be and so that’s why you want to make sure all like everyone’s being aggressive and we’re not just getting excited about talk talks of things but we’re also seeing things get done seeing things get executed and that’s a challenge when you start going bigger when you start thinking of some of these bigger names yeah like Brandon Ingram right yeah it’s like well Brandon Ingram you trade for him you’re gonna have to give him the contract extension are you going to pay him 50 million a year and how does that um how does that go against what you’re go with dear Fox’s deal and what you’re paying sabon is and what you could be paying Keegan then you’re a second apron te like are you a championship team but like that’s the thing you’re you’re trying to risk everything believing that what you are doing is building to that championship team and you’re willing to spend all that money and I really do I mean how many times have I said this to you like it takes two to tango it’s not like oh the Kings aren’t the Kings just aren’t executing they’re just not getting things done this front office is just not doing their job it’s other teams could have different relationships with different GMS different you know what different wants from different teams and that is understandable like at the end of the day like you can’t force someone in a room and said better give me what I want sure you got to get deals done too I get it I get that’s that’s the G that’s literally the game no it is it is like I try to I humanize it a little bit because I go I hate I hate sales and I hate forcing anyone to do anything and so like I would not be good at this round and be like okay okay like you know I guess we’re good here like can we just grow internally that can’t be their mindset it has to be like a very Fierce mindset going after some of these things and getting done I get it we’ve heard some Zack LaVine rumors regarding the Kings how series is that whole situation the athletic kind of talked about that as well um Zack LaVine has been rumored and League sources confirm Sacramento has some level of interest but he would arrive with a tricky contract situation LaVine has 3 years 137.84 AKA we’re not giving up picks in fact you probably have to give us picks and additional assets for us to even think about it yeah and then the article ends like this as pressure Rises to advance further in the playoffs everyone is getting more expensive sa bonus’s contract rises from 29.3 to 40 plus milliones for the next four years Murray is a summer away from an extension eligibility in Fox Desiring an aggressive win now approach eventually has a lucrative decision to make the entire equation makes the Kings a team to watch entering transaction season in the NBA hell yeah it does and again I think this is the year it’s like you know you’re putting a lot or we’re talking about putting a lot on Keegan Murray his internal growth but I also believe this is one of those years finally with this front office too it’s like a lot is going to be put on them to get something done and you know what sucks though is that if the pressure is felt to like get something like well then we need a name let’s just get Zack LaVine and then Zack LaVine doesn’t turn out to be what is needed from him like just availability I’m not understand I’m not understanding that move and especially now that you brought monk back I know you can need another guy that can go get a bucket but I’m like you like Keon Ellis right like but so then so then okay then then you’re talking about under the radar names that I just I feel like in the Western Conference it’s just not enough you know what I mean like you just here’s my push back they won 4 games last year with all the shortcomings we talk about if monk doesn’t go down yeah we’re having a little bit of a different conversation right now well Pelicans I don’t know but maybe they avoid the plane at that point I don’t know like who knows what it looks like I mean they won 40 they’re not in my opinion that far away from being being a 50 plus win team and I don’t think you’re wrong the West obviously is just stacked like the difference between like 11 and eight is like nothing so or 11 and six it’s crazy what it what it’s like in the west my point is like if you upgrade with a kosma I mean dude that’s an upgrade to me but but so guess what like we’re all there with you we’re all there with you about kozma but we’re but you have to understand and I think you do understand that other teams are going to have things to dangle in front of Washington’s face to be like pick me I got something better for you for I I don’t buy that there’s going to be some crazy ass bidding but okay that’s fine if there’s not even a bidding war but like I I just look at even the situation with Alex Caruso and let’s just say the 13th pick and they wanted Josh giddy over the 13th pick I don’t blame them for going in that direction I think for so many years when we talk about Sacramento in a lot of these situations it’s them not having like the powerful assets or you know pieces or whatever to really incentivize a team to to want to pick them with that player and that’s where with Kyle kozma I think there’s more to him with a lot of teams in this league than were’re even if it’s a few even if it’s a few last deadline it seemed like Dallas is really interested in him before they made all their moves and I guess I guess my point is you you look at a team like Dallas for example that at the trade deadline for Gafford for PJ Washington PJ Washington was on a lot of people’s Radars they had to give up a lot for PJ Washington but like even Daniel Gafford you you look at some of these names some of these guys and you go well could the Kings get the same type of pieces and also make that leap and I don’t know that answer because domas and dear aren’t Kyrie and Luca though you know what I mean and so that’s that’s why it is it is tough that that’s why it’s not just the under the radar names you need to go for you need to make sure you are getting some of these pieces that have shown that they can be such a dominant Force even if it’s on one end of the floor Zack LaVine like let’s be real like it’s who knows what he can even do defensively I don’t even know how many games he played last year to really assess what he was doing right so like again I just I just get nervous when you get to the point where it’s like slim pickings of good basketball players but not good enough to get you to the level that yeah and and we can talk about Keegan Murray taking another leap this year but it’s like that we know in the Western Conference that’s not going to be enough like good for him but it just depends on what type of leap you know like if if Keegan Murray turned into I don’t know Kawai Leonard I wasn’t gonna go I was going to say that but if if he was scoring close to 20 a game and playing some good defense legit score like three-point shooter maybe he can and maybe he will be doing that that moves the needle I’m not even saying as a championship and that’s why I think some sometimes gets lost in all this like dude of course everyone wants to win a championship okay breaking news one team can do it only one I’m not ready to go into the whole hey let’s get let’s let’s blow this up and start tanking like you know what I want to get back to the playoffs I want to win a playoff series I’m trying to enjoy some of that no I so I’m with you on all of this I’m just going off of the last couple of years of like what we’ve seen get done and what we’ve seen almost get done and it’s the almost that just makes me nervous I just don’t want to talk about the almost anymore and I also don’t want to talk about the guys that just like hey they make you a better basketball team but like it doesn’t move the needle so as we record this a couple of days before the draft um do you want them to move the pick then would you like yeah I used to be so patient with everything with and and I still feel like I definitely am because I I love like just to get ner like I love basketball more than almost anything in the entire world and I respect the game so much and I think when the whole culture is to like fire this coach after one year and get rid of this player and this player wants out because like that’s not how you develop a good basketball team even when you are at the profession professional the NBA level like good basketball comes from people being able to have stability to play together to have fun out there and and enjoy one another as a teammate even if they don’t even like each other as a person like I’m sure a lot of people have been on those type of teams so I just I I’m just now at the point though where I feel like the patience has been there and I don’t want to see dear be like yo you haven’t done enough I don’t want to see someone domos finally have an unhealthy year where he’s not playing every single game and it screws with the entire system and the flow of what they’re trying to do on the basketball floor You’ got to make sure you have enough pieces out there so if that does happen ever that it’s like next man up you can still play it’s going to be fascinating to see what happens let’s see if the Kings can get something done do you have a wish list for the Sacramento Kings this offseason what do you think about the idea of trading the 13th pick should they do it should they move it for that win now player or do you go no no no no no I like this player in the draft drop that guy let us know in the comments below hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe they you what they know dece and mo de and mo 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Deuce and Mo react to the piece from @TheAthleticNBA on the Kings approach to the offseason, how they are a team to watch this week, offering the 13th pick for Caruso, Fox’s contract, Monk’s role and the possible pursuit of Kuzma and LaVine.

0:00-Kings tried to trade 13th pick for Caruso
4:26-Why the 13th pick is available
6:45-Malik Monk didn’t get assurances on his role
7:56-The Kings vision for the next few years…Does it hinge on Keegan?
10:20-Why Fox hasn’t signed an extension with the Kings
11:55-Kings regret not doing Siakam trade?
15:34-Kuzma still an option for the Kings?
22:50-Is Zach LaVine really an option?
24:07-This is the time to be aggressive
29:20-Do you want them to trade 13th pick?
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