Why The Kings Didn’t Lose The Haliburton-Sabonis Trade
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In this episode of The Royal Report I talk about the results of the Haliburton-Sabonis trade including the success of the Pacers, the struggles of the Kings, and why the Kings didn’t actually lose the trade.
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17 Comments
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I mean yeah, we did lose a bunch of times, but we lost the hali trade as well. Traded a 1a for a 1c at best. Domas just isn't that guy
Ima be real. We lost from the simple fact, as of right now hali trade value is way higher than sabonis. It’s not a success because we had one good year of a first round exit. We lost also because of future success
I admit at times every now and then I’ll get a brain fart . But i clearly remember the Kings really did suck …. domas got here suddenly we were in the playoffs . Haliburton has good pieces around him . Kings don’t even have a PG . How do you expect domas to be great . Get domas help and then we’re talking playoffs again. I say it was a good trade for both teams . Sorry but it’s not Sabonis fault. He’s a keeper.
Thank you for saving my kings fan life
It's hard to build around a big who makes tons of bad decisions every game while playing bad defense. It's not a coincidence that his teams haven't had much success throughout his career. Wish we could flip him for Zubac or even someone like Lively tbh.
When the kings traded Tyrese, I cried because his rookie season until his he was traded, I was watching him in nba league pass. He and Holmes were my favorite.
We didn’t lose the trade…the Kings management and owner, did not make the necessary adjustments to build off their first playoffs in many years…
We could have built around, Fox, Sabonis, and Keegan, but they obviously didn’t.
I think that Hali deserves to be on the pacers, there is no universe where the Kings would be able to build such a supportive roster in the same amount of time the pacers did. The kings would have for sure ruined his potential. I just hope with Scott we might see some actual sustainability.
These are the decisions that keep franchises from getting out of the gutter.
Even if the Kings had Luka or Haliburton, they would still have sucked. Luka and Hali wouldn’t have become the players they are today under the development of the Kings. Players are a product of their opportunities. This poverty franchise would never provide players the support that others do.
We lost the trade for sure
The Davion trade as well… masterclass.
We need to get Holiday play Issac jones. Keep Sabonis, Malik, Keon Ellis, Murray, Val, Jake, Lyles the rest can kick rocks
Kings should of trade Fox instead of Hali. Hali wanted to be a King for life and Fox didn't.
Kings should have made the decision to build around Tyrese because other players would be interested into coming to Sacramento with his style of play
The reason kings lost every trade afterwards is because nobody wants to play with fox his playmaking sucks And he shoots the 3 ball poorly which is bad for spacing