Kings Free agent Targets & Signings
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According to this article some our Free agent targets per rumors are G.Oden & Iggy
Kings free agency rumors: Team interested in Greg Oden
By Tom Ziller on Jul 1 2013, 9:21 a.m.
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The 2007 No. 1 pick is ready for a comeback. The Kings are among the myriad teams interested, according to a report.
Greg Oden, who has played just 82 games total since becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, is ready for a comeback, and according to ace Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports the Sacramento Kings are among the myriad teams interesting in his services.
More: Pelicans visit Tyreke| Kings to meet with Iguodala
Spears reports that the Heat, Spurs, Cavaliers, Celtics, Pacers, Grizzlies and Mavericks are also registering interest. He hasn't played since late 2009 and expects to be ready by training camp. Repeated knee injuries felled him in the early years of his career.
The only true center the Kings have under contract is DeMarcus Cousins. Jason Thompson has spent lots of time at the position, too.
In his limited action, Oden actually put up pretty spectacular per-minute numbers. But projecting any sort of impact would be a total guess at this point. No one knows how his skills, athleticism and conditioning will have been affected by the injuries and layoff.
I can't imagine Oden will sign for more than a million or two per season.
Kings free agency rumors: Team interested in Greg Oden
By Tom Ziller on Jul 1 2013, 9:21 a.m.
USA TODAY Sports
The 2007 No. 1 pick is ready for a comeback. The Kings are among the myriad teams interested, according to a report.
Greg Oden, who has played just 82 games total since becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, is ready for a comeback, and according to ace Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports the Sacramento Kings are among the myriad teams interesting in his services.
More: Pelicans visit Tyreke| Kings to meet with Iguodala
Spears reports that the Heat, Spurs, Cavaliers, Celtics, Pacers, Grizzlies and Mavericks are also registering interest. He hasn't played since late 2009 and expects to be ready by training camp. Repeated knee injuries felled him in the early years of his career.
The only true center the Kings have under contract is DeMarcus Cousins. Jason Thompson has spent lots of time at the position, too.
In his limited action, Oden actually put up pretty spectacular per-minute numbers. But projecting any sort of impact would be a total guess at this point. No one knows how his skills, athleticism and conditioning will have been affected by the injuries and layoff.
I can't imagine Oden will sign for more than a million or two per season.
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Seems like a waste to meet with Iguodala. Unless we amnesty Salmons we don't have enough to sign him (and even if we do the contract would be a small one) and amnestying Salmons would cost a bunch of money (when the amnesty provision was first introduced there were rumblings that Salmons' final year may become fully paid if he's amnestied as opposed to just being a $1m buyout).
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A sign and trade is always possible with Iguodala. I don't think it's a good idea to get rid of Salmons first because he's actually a good Iguodala-lite to play next to Evans/McLemore if we strike out.
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rpa wrote:Seems like a waste to meet with Iguodala. Unless we amnesty Salmons we don't have enough to sign him (and even if we do the contract would be a small one) and amnestying Salmons would cost a bunch of money (when the amnesty provision was first introduced there were rumblings that Salmons' final year may become fully paid if he's amnestied as opposed to just being a $1m buyout).
Kings new organization is smart. They know Iggy's worth. I bet they have a plan in place to pay him IF Iggy wants to sign.
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If Iggy really wants to win I don't see him coming here, he is getting older.

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ADoaN17 wrote:If Iggy really wants to win I don't see him coming here, he is getting older.
What team'c close to winning can give him the $$$ he wants. Maybe the losers of the Dwight race but that seems unlikely in DAL and GS. If HOU signs Howard they are out. LAL are a mess. Pelicans cant pay both Reke and Iggy while keeping Gordon. Denver is always a possibility but they have lost so much it wouldnt be the same for Iggy.
What teams do you see as potiential suitors for Iggy?
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I like the fact we are looking at getting Oden ! Yes he has been a huge flop mainly due to injury however if we can get him on the cheap I see it as a low risk huge reward situation .
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dozencousins wrote:I like the fact we are looking at getting Oden ! Yes he has been a huge flop mainly due to injury however if we can get him on the cheap I see it as a low risk huge reward situation .
Agreed. However I can see Oden signing with MIA for cheap
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rpa wrote:Seems like a waste to meet with Iguodala. Unless we amnesty Salmons we don't have enough to sign him (and even if we do the contract would be a small one) and amnestying Salmons would cost a bunch of money (when the amnesty provision was first introduced there were rumblings that Salmons' final year may become fully paid if he's amnestied as opposed to just being a $1m buyout).
It's called you let Reke walk. Letting Reke walk gives the Kings like 12-13 million. Also, I don't think amnestying Salmons will be a real concern for this new ownership group. I'll be surprised if it doesn't happen. That would be almost 20 million under if the do. If you can get Iggy, you let Reke go get his money elsewhere. Might be time to let Reke walk anyway if he gets the kind of money I think he's going to get.
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SacKingZZZ wrote:It's called you let Reke walk. Letting Reke walk gives the Kings like 12-13 million. Also, I don't think amnestying Salmons will be a real concern for this new ownership group. I'll be surprised if it doesn't happen. That would be almost 20 million under if the do. If you can get Iggy, you let Reke go get his money elsewhere. Might be time to let Reke walk anyway if he gets the kind of money I think he's going to get.
What's the point of letting Evans walk and signing Iguodala; that's a treadmill move at best.
As for Salmons: I don't think it's wise to characterize the Kings' new ownership group as behaving like a Paul Allen, etc. They aren't going to be like the Maloofs, but I doubt they'd amnesty Salmons just to go from a 10th seed to an 8th seed in the playoffs.
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If Reke does walk do the Kings keep Thornton on the roster as a sixth man? Keith Smart said during his exit radio interviews that Thornton had expressed to him throughout the year that he couldnt adjust to coming off the bench and he just cant do it.
Do the Kings replace him via trade or is there a FA out there? Assuming Reke goes elsewhere. Or do the Kings keep him?
Do the Kings replace him via trade or is there a FA out there? Assuming Reke goes elsewhere. Or do the Kings keep him?
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rpa wrote:SacKingZZZ wrote:It's called you let Reke walk. Letting Reke walk gives the Kings like 12-13 million. Also, I don't think amnestying Salmons will be a real concern for this new ownership group. I'll be surprised if it doesn't happen. That would be almost 20 million under if the do. If you can get Iggy, you let Reke go get his money elsewhere. Might be time to let Reke walk anyway if he gets the kind of money I think he's going to get.
What's the point of letting Evans walk and signing Iguodala; that's a treadmill move at best.
As for Salmons: I don't think it's wise to characterize the Kings' new ownership group as behaving like a Paul Allen, etc. They aren't going to be like the Maloofs, but I doubt they'd amnesty Salmons just to go from a 10th seed to an 8th seed in the playoffs.
No way, you just drafted your SG of the future so the SF spot is still the gaping wound. Reke at PG is a major question mark for most people to this day and Iggy at SF can still do a lot of the same playmaking things that Reke did. It's called BUILDING A TEAM. You can't look at it individually but as a whole. Individually the talent tradeoff doesn't look so hot but that team might very well function much better because you have players in their natural positions.
Even the Maloofs wasted money the last couple of years. Cutting 7.5 million isn't the end of the world I wouldn't think. Players with contracts that size get bought out or waived all the time by lesser ownership groups. They said they will be aggressive this summer, that would be aggressive.
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Evans Is King wrote:If Reke does walk do the Kings keep Thornton on the roster as a sixth man? Keith Smart said during his exit radio interviews that Thornton had expressed to him throughout the year that he couldnt adjust to coming off the bench and he just cant do it.
Do the Kings replace him via trade or is there a FA out there? Assuming Reke goes elsewhere. Or do the Kings keep him?
Funny, because he was 6th man of the year material towards the end. He was on par with just about every other legit candidate. If he didn't think that was adjustment then I don't know what is. The drafting of McClemore gives you options with any of the players at his position. Move him if the value is there, if not, keep him and let him flourish like he did last year. If he does that trade value will sky rocket.
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Thornton looked as inconsistent/streaky to me as anybody else on the team, before and after the All Star break. He also looked like he had the sourest mood of anybody, including Cousins, except he just wasn't vocal about it. Most here seem to want to move Evans, but I think Thornton should be the first to go.
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SacKingZZZ wrote:No way, you just drafted your SG of the future so the SF spot is still the gaping wound. Reke at PG is a major question mark for most people to this day and Iggy at SF can still do a lot of the same playmaking things that Reke did. It's called BUILDING A TEAM. You can't look at it individually but as a whole. Individually the talent tradeoff doesn't look so hot but that team might very well function much better because you have players in their natural positions.
You also have to look at salary/ages. Iggy will likely cost more than Evans. He's also about to turn 30 (January).
I'm fine with letting Evans walk so long as it's with the future in mind. What I'm not fine with is letting Evans walk so we can replace him with an equally marginal player that won't bring us any closer to being a contender.
SacKingZZZ wrote:Even the Maloofs wasted money the last couple of years. Cutting 7.5 million isn't the end of the world I wouldn't think. Players with contracts that size get bought out or waived all the time by lesser ownership groups. They said they will be aggressive this summer, that would be aggressive.
Wasted money, when? The Maloofs continually ran a payroll so low that they're the only team (that I can think of) that ever had to pay a fine for being BELOW the salary floor.
Also, it may not be $7.5mil. Again, there was never clear cut evidence 2 summers ago (well, a year and a half ago) whether or not Salmons' last year would be for $1mil or the full value if he's amnestied. If it's the full value, then the owners are plopping down $15mil (some 25% of the cap) so they can spend that money elsewhere. That's a significant amount of money that does little to nothing for you.
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Wolfay wrote:Thornton looked as inconsistent/streaky to me as anybody else on the team, before and after the All Star break. He also looked like he had the sourest mood of anybody, including Cousins, except he just wasn't vocal about it. Most here seem to want to move Evans, but I think Thornton should be the first to go.
Im with you. Evans is a two-way player.
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Evans Is King wrote:Wolfay wrote:Thornton looked as inconsistent/streaky to me as anybody else on the team, before and after the All Star break. He also looked like he had the sourest mood of anybody, including Cousins, except he just wasn't vocal about it. Most here seem to want to move Evans, but I think Thornton should be the first to go.
Im with you. Evans is a two-way player.
Please someone take MT.
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Hopefully, once teams lose out on players like K-Mart, ect... Thorntons trade value will increase.
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Evans Is King wrote:Hopefully, once teams lose out on players like K-Mart, ect... Thorntons trade value will increase.
I'd take a cheeseburger, if it meant keeping Tyreke and getting IGGY loot wise.