Kings/Minny

[SNPA]

Lyles/Minny unprotected 31 first for Reid

Sac gets an upgrade at big man, Minny reclaims its pick, doesn’t have to pay up and Lyles is useful.

[winforlose]

Lyles/Minny unprotected 31 first for Reid

Sac gets an upgrade at big man, Minny reclaims its pick, doesn’t have to pay up and Lyles is useful.

Ant, Jaden, and Naz are the core. I don’t see any of them moving any time soon. Also 31 is far enough away I don’t see our FO valuing it much. We are all in with picks and swaps for every year but 28. Selling loses Ant, we are very much in buy mode.

NAW for Len and a first (not ours and not totally unprotected,) could probably happen.

[LightTheBeam]

Lyles/Minny unprotected 31 first for Reid

Sac gets an upgrade at big man, Minny reclaims its pick, doesn’t have to pay up and Lyles is useful.

Ant, Jaden, and Naz are the core. I don’t see any of them moving any time soon. Also 31 is far enough away I don’t see our FO valuing it much. We are all in with picks and swaps for every year but 28. Selling loses Ant, we are very much in buy mode.

NAW for Len and a first (not ours and not totally unprotected,) could probably happen.

Kings really need bigger wings. But honestly I wouldn't be too mad, he's smaller than we want but a better defender than anything currently in that role.

Wouldn't give a real 1st for UFA. But I'd consider Charlotte 1st which will be two good 2nds

[winforlose]

Lyles/Minny unprotected 31 first for Reid

Sac gets an upgrade at big man, Minny reclaims its pick, doesn’t have to pay up and Lyles is useful.

Ant, Jaden, and Naz are the core. I don’t see any of them moving any time soon. Also 31 is far enough away I don’t see our FO valuing it much. We are all in with picks and swaps for every year but 28. Selling loses Ant, we are very much in buy mode.

NAW for Len and a first (not ours and not totally unprotected,) could probably happen.

Kings really need bigger wings. But honestly I wouldn't be too mad, he's smaller than we want but a better defender than anything currently in that role.

Wouldn't give a real 1st for UFA. But I'd consider Charlotte 1st which will be two good 2nds

We would probably keep him for that and sign him using bird rights. It would need to be a real first to have enough value to make the trade. He defends 1-3 and despite having a bad 35 days is still putting up great numbers. Wolves fans expect someone will pay a real first for him and that he likely moves tomorrow.

[shrink]

I think both those SAC offers are reasonable.

For Naz, I would expect Connelly to say no, for the reasons winforlose mentioned. I’d add that local fans love Naz, and the team owes him for his loyalty and desire to play in Minnesota.

For NAW, maybe? Simply as an expiring who MIN might not be able to afford, that’s a decent GM move. However, fans and ownership (dropping $100 mil in lux taxes) probably expect some playoff success, and NAW has value over the next three months as a critical defender for the 2025 playoffs.

The team was underperforming as the team adapted to Randle and DDV, but has been playing better over the last month, despite a couple frustrating losses. It will be interesting whether MIN makes the decision over the next six hours to let up on the gas pedal this year to be better the following seasons, which is what the KAT trade did. If you see Randle go to a contender, I could see NAW traded for that CHA 1st (two seconds).

Can the Kings afford to absorb NAW into the Duarte TPE, or does that trigger apron or lux issues that would kill the deal?