babyjax13 wrote:LightTheBeam wrote:babyjax13 wrote:What are picks from a team with Fox, Lauri, and Sabonis going to do for us?
I heard this all year, "kings were just the 3rd seed.."
Nothing in the NBA is certain. Fox has 2 years left. Monk might be leaving. This team isn't some lock even with Lauri unfortunately.
I think there are going to be a lot more appealing picks on offer. Sure, Fox might leave, but that means any real return is at least 3 seasons away - that is too far away.
Not saying they couldn't do better, just saying the idea that the Kings picks would be bad picks doesn't really hold up.
Well they would be getting #13 here. But as I said in the post above, I don't see Kings as a realistic landing spot. I can't imagine Vivek will stomach paying what that team would cost.
Realistically do you see one of the bad teams who have control of their picks (detroit, wizards, hornets, blazers, spurs) paying up 3 firsts with no protection for Lauri? I think Utah either needs to resign him, or find a middling team with picks + need + willing to pay max for Lauri. That gets really challenging.
OKC is probably the only team that comes to mind. They have plenty of upside future 1sts, can probably afford him while they wait to pay rest of the team, and he fits well into the starting lineup.
Giddey + #12 + Utah pick returned + one of the Miami, Philly, Dallas, Denver 1sts. They've got the team + assets to gamble on Lauri resigning.