Malik Monk Trade Update, What It Means For Russell Westbrook Plus Mavs Making A Move?
In this video Trevor Lane takes a look at the latest news on the Sacramento Kings and their efforts to trade Malik Monk before signing Russell Westbrook. Is Russ stuck? And PJ Washington’s stay in Dallas could be solidifying with an extension but is trading him a better path?
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Does Trevor still have his movie/marvel channel or is that retired?
How the players union signed this cba baffles me.
@lakers – grab Washington! Make this happen
I need PJ to reunite with Luka SOON!
Go Lakers
I used to want sabonis on my lakers just so he could not dominate AD, but now that AD is gone…
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It’s a happy day for me and I feel I must share my testimony. People work for more than 10years just to have less than $2m in their retirement, Meanwhile some people become multi millionaires within a short period by just making the right choices. I am a living testimony, I went from debt to making an average of $200k every month, thanks to Lasha M. May. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life.
Here is what I would like the King's to do in order to open up the roster spot for Westbrook: Trade LaVine + Carter + 1 first round pick (preferably Minny's 2031) to Utah for Lauri Markannen. Not only does open up the spot but balances out the Kings roster with moving Murray to the SF and DeRozan to the bench.
Utah may be interested in moving on from Markannen's future salary (signed for 4 years at nearly $50 mil a year) and Markannen now doesn't fit the timeline of the rookies that they are going to start developing. Lastly, LaVine might be able to talked into not opting into his player option to get to a winning situation which would essentially make LaVine an expiring contract.
This is football season Trevor
Pacers should trade for monk right now! He could start this season and he would also mesh well when Hali returns. The risk for the pacers is miniscule. An absolute no brainer…get it done
I love thus new CBA
Who cares where Russell goes as he is a terrible player and if he goes to Sacramento he is just on another terrible team as he is a terrible player. He can't shoot and is a turnover machine
It either sac kings or shanghai sharks for russ westbrick
Russ in Malik monk player together in lakers they was a good duo because Russ a pass first guard the kings bench can out score any bench with Russ monk eillis we need another big like dude from bulls
Laker fan here, the Kings must be really stupid to get rid of Malik Monk for Westbrook. Malik is a proven scorer, can distribute the ball and much, much, much younger. Probably 10 years ago, no doubt I would get Westbrook but he's older and slower now.
hope russ gets signed one last time
As soon as Malik is not on the floor at the same time as Derozan and Lavine, everyone will remember how good he really is.
Whether it’s on Kings or another team
Can we stop with this Westbrook stuff?! Is this the longest negotian in the history of basketball, lol? Free agency started 8 weeks ago
omg they're so dumb lmaoooo anyone who picks up westbrook deserves what's coming to them
Supporting Warriors these past few years might be the worst thing anyone can do. Still 0 moves 😂
The podcast is not on Spotify???
It’s no way I’ll pay Austin Reaves more than Malek Monk wtf
Malik for Westbrook 😂😂😂😂
PJ Washington could help a lot of teams
Kings fans. I am so sorry.
Just a reminder, since you seem to mention trading him on almost a daily basis. Austin Reaves is the only undrafted NBA player to have ever recorded at least 45 points, 7 assists, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals in a single game. Ever! Reaves accomplished this on February 8, 2025, in a 124-117 victory over the Indiana Pacers without Bron, Luka, or 1/2 the starting rotation! His final stat line for the game was: Points: 45, Rebounds: 7, Assists: 7, Steals: 3. This performance also put him in elite company within Lakers franchise history. He became only the sixth player to post at least 45 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in a game, joining Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. In addition, he's getting considerably better every year. Sure, he was injured at the beginning of the playoffs last year, and could hardly walk (due to that stupid toe injury). Just for kicks, look it up! That's a nasty injury which usually takes 3-4 weeks for even the stoutest NBA studs to recover from. Fortunately, I believe the Lakers are going to go forward with Austin, and I believe he won't disappoint. Nobody seems to remember that Austin had better numbers pairing with Luka last year, than Bron did. Besides, Bron likes playing with Austin, and Austn feeds Lebron better than anybody on that team has for years. I'm sure that will change with Luka this year, but I believe Lebron knows that Austin works hard to make his job easier, and he's also winning player.
When they made this cba did they only asked the big name players what they wanted theres no way the avg player agreed to this cba as none of them are getting paid in it.
6:24 WHO? I've heard Trevor botch names plenty of times but "Dah-Men-Tah-s" is a first for me lol. Is it not "Doh-Mahn-Tiss"?
King's have been lost ever since they started playing games in Omaha back in the 70's!