Sacramento Kings Trade Deadline Recap
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In this episode of The Royal Report I discuss the moves that the Kings made at the NBA trade deadline including the additions of Zach LaVine, Jake LaRavia, and Jonas Valanciunas as well as the departures including De’Aaron Fox, Alex Len, and Colby Jones.
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Great dishes hopefully you can put it together in the playoffs. Go Kings .
If demar comes back next season he needs to come off bench if dwade westbrook melo paul pierce did it towards the end he can do it
Still need a back up true point guard.
I think the kings can still sign laravia since alot of teams wont have the cap space to really risk on him unless he really balls out they can do a 1+1 with him …. Reggie jackson he been around the league thats proven he can play 8-12 mins a nighg
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I was hoping for jonas (somehow) this offseason… Happy about that. Gives some more flexibility for Jones and Lyles. I like LaVine, too. This could work. Need that backup pg tho, yeah.
I'm real excited about our bench upgrades, but can somebody explain how we can get production out of Keegan? Will LaRavia start taking some of his minutes?
I am soooo excited about Valanciunas. Lavine is a wild card since he is so high usage and we dont have 20 games to develop acceptable chemistry.
Keegan is soft. Dude need to play with more aggression than fear.
So I guess everyone is off the bandwagon of firing Monte and Wes 😂
Been a kings fan forever, definitely the most talented team we had in a minute. The Vest finally got players that fit. Hope they can pick up another pg of the buyout market. Definitely a B+
I like all the players who came in but I still think we need more
This team, talent-wise, is much better than the 22-23 original beam team. Monk/Carter at 1. Lavine/Ellis at 2. DeRozan/LaRavia at 3. Murray/Lyles at 4. Sabonis/Jonas at 5. Isaac is a great option at 4 and 5 as the 11th man. If only Isaiah Crawford can get some run time so we can get of gist of his readiness.
The depth chart looks much better, but I don't know how Coach Christie will be staggering the lineups if he plays the hyper offensive starting 5. Still could use a backup PG unless you ride it out with Carter so he can develop and grow with the main roster. LaRavia is also a FA once it's summer.
I’m worried about monk running the point and our defense is still awful
Just think of Jonas of being a nicer version of a Travis Kelce. . . Still a mean~streak, though.
Better with this squad than rebuild
Just didn't get a repl for Fox, maybe Isaiah Thomas jr.
I hope Alex Jones gets some minutes in the rotation. He's active and has good instincts. I also hope the bench gets some more minutes for the rest of the season. Yes, the bench has been week to this point, but, with Valanciunas, LaRavia, Jones, Ellis, and Carter, that should be a pretty damn good bench. With more minutes, they should be able to figure it out. And with less minutes, the starters should be more energetic and efficient.
LaRavia isn't a real Huerter replacement. He is a big body that can yes, shoot from outside, but he can rebound, get points inside as well, and can defend better. And he's a much bigger, stronger 6'7" than Huerter was.
It will be interesting to see who they sign in the buyout market. I was sad that they let McLaughlin go – I think he never really got a good shot here, and could have been good as a backup PG.
The Kings are at least interesting now, rather than just disappointing. Fox could be great, but in reallity wasn't the leader that this team needed. Let's see how the new, better balanced roster plays out, if the bench can compete, and if any new or young players step up to the next level.
4:22 — You forgot to mention Sacramento Kings legend Sidy Cissoko…..As fans, we have to stop forgetting the players that built these respected squads. We have to do better.