BoogieTime wrote:OxAndFox wrote:BoogieTime wrote:
He's not worth more than expirings IMO, I was concerned we couldn't be able to attain that previously. Guy is being paid for his production/aging. Guy is being paid ~19 for soundly negative advanced stats and 10/3/1/sub standard d. IMO he's going in a deal like that or in a larger deal if Monte somehow wants to play Russian roulette in FA with an under market early bird with Fox's motor whisperer and the teams emotional leader in Monk (not that there is a lot of competition for the role, but..), which I dont think he will. I will eat my words if Harrison brings back value anywhere, here or in a 3 teamer
Oh I don't disagree with that. But think about that return. Purely expiring contracts for someone that popular in the locker room/FO/Entire franchise and while everyone is down on him, can be a good player (don't forget he is being played out of position), and then the FO mailing it in for this season. The players and coaching staff would be...upset to say the least.
If you were Monk you wouldn't want to stay around a team that would do that, even if it is after all for him.
Also, Barnes doesn't get the Kings under the cap, so it has to be Barnes/Huerter/Davion. That's a lot. And when Monk gets more than Monte can afford, people will be calling for his head to let go of two rotation players for no reason when he lost Monk anyway.
Why is Barnes/Huerter/Davion a lot? How much are they contributing to the season now (though Huerter has been looking better recently, so we’ll see if that continues)? It’s mailing in the season to start Lyles and play Edwards/Vezenkov more (who I’m not high on, true) in comparison to Harrison on most nights? The team can use the cap space on maybe more fitting players if Monk walks.
It's just switching out players to complain about. I don't think some would be happy with anything TBH. Monte would understand he needs more of a specialist at the 4 (Gordon clone). Barnes is a specialist 3pt shooter at this stage and nothing more. Kevin has shown he has more to his game. Davion simply needs a change.
Kevin "could" be the SG for the future here. Barnes is not the 4 this team needs. That's where the upgrade needs to happen.
Monte should have a good idea of what Monk is looking for in the off season. I don't think his value goes up too much more (its already very high) at all unless he has a brilliant play off run and that basically puts him out of reach anyway. And the Kings need to get there (POs) first.
But the point remains. Monte would have a good idea after discussions with his agent on what Malik is thinking.
If the Kings are mailing it in, they need to be sellers at this deadline, and that means trade Monk too.