Draft Night: John Konchar to the Kings

NYG · Post #1 » by **NYG** » Tue May 27, 2025 2:46 am

John Konchar, 48th Overall Draft Pick and 2027 Hawks 2nd to the Kings via the Kevin Huerter TPE

The Kings add another pick in this draft (they only have 1 in the entire draft right now) plus a future 2nd to take on a vet at a salary that doesn't hurt too bad.

The Grizzlies gain even more flexibility in their negotiations with JJJ by creating some cap space for themselves to extend with.

esvl · Post #2 » by **esvl** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:27 am

Konchar is a legend and fans favourite in Memphis, but we need cap space

LightTheBeam · Post #3 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:53 am

Can't see this for sac. Owner has made it clear he won't tank, so they should be looking at players who can actually play.

Even if we went full tank, I feel like there's a better use of this tpe.

Post #4 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue May 27, 2025 4:10 am

Konchar + 2nd to DET for Fontechio into room exception.
I don't get why this is needed though, they have 17 mil in cap space, they can bump JJJ to 40, this will give them ability to extend on 4 year max.

esvl · Post #5 » by **esvl** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:12 pm

LightTheBeam wrote:Can't see this for sac. Owner has made it clear he won't tank, so they should be looking at players who can actually play.

Even if we went full tank, I feel like there's a better use of this tpe.

Konchar can play as much as LaRavia

esvl · Post #6 » by **esvl** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:13 pm

Mavrelous wrote:Konchar + 2nd to DET for Fontechio into room exception.
I don't get why this is needed though, they have 17 mil in cap space, they can bump JJJ to 40, this will give them ability to extend on 4 year max.

We have 17m?

Post #7 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:25 pm

esvl wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Konchar + 2nd to DET for Fontechio into room exception.
I don't get why this is needed though, they have 17 mil in cap space, they can bump JJJ to 40, this will give them ability to extend on 4 year max.

We have 17m?

According to Spotrac, yes...

psman2 · Post #8 » by **psman2** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:38 pm

Mavrelous wrote:
esvl wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Konchar + 2nd to DET for Fontechio into room exception.
I don't get why this is needed though, they have 17 mil in cap space, they can bump JJJ to 40, this will give them ability to extend on 4 year max.

We have 17m?

According to Spotrac, yes...

Right now we have roughly 6 million including Aldama's cap hold and need to get close to 22 million to give JJJ his max. We have to dump Konchar to get close to a number JJJ would take and either release Aldama or dump Clarke as well.

Konchar is a 8-9th level rotation player for most teams, the notion he is unplayable is wrong.

jayjaysee · Post #9 » by **jayjaysee** » Tue May 27, 2025 3:52 pm

Sac should be using their tax space to improve the team in bigger ways than Konchar.

Memphis should sit on Konchar and hopefully use his contract (with a vet min or two) to bring in a guy around the MLE once they used their cap space.

Don’t see it for either team.

Post #10 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue May 27, 2025 4:01 pm

psman2 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:
esvl wrote:We have 17m?

According to Spotrac, yes...

Right now we have roughly 6 million including Aldama's cap hold and need to get close to 22 million to give JJJ his max. We have to dump Konchar to get close to a number JJJ would take and either release Aldama or dump Clarke as well.

Konchar is a 8-9th level rotation player for most teams, the notion he is unplayable is wrong.

How much do you expect Aladama to command? If 26/3 is enough, which I think it is, waive his caphold and sign him with the room exception.

psman2 · Post #11 » by **psman2** » Tue May 27, 2025 5:09 pm

Mavrelous wrote:
psman2 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:According to Spotrac, yes...

Right now we have roughly 6 million including Aldama's cap hold and need to get close to 22 million to give JJJ his max. We have to dump Konchar to get close to a number JJJ would take and either release Aldama or dump Clarke as well.

Konchar is a 8-9th level rotation player for most teams, the notion he is unplayable is wrong.

How much do you expect Aladama to command? If 26/3 is enough, which I think it is, waive his caphold and sign him with the room exception.

I think he will likely have a few full MLE offers, I would say something like 3/35 would be on the cheap side. Regardless Konchar is more than likely going to be dump to get JJJ a big enough raise. The idea is give JJJ his full max available now so he can possible shave a little on the back end. But even he doesn't the idea is just to get him locked up now.

esvl · Post #12 » by **esvl** » Tue May 27, 2025 5:58 pm

psman2 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:
psman2 wrote:
Right now we have roughly 6 million including Aldama's cap hold and need to get close to 22 million to give JJJ his max. We have to dump Konchar to get close to a number JJJ would take and either release Aldama or dump Clarke as well.

Konchar is a 8-9th level rotation player for most teams, the notion he is unplayable is wrong.

How much do you expect Aladama to command? If 26/3 is enough, which I think it is, waive his caphold and sign him with the room exception.

I think he will likely have a few full MLE offers, I would say something like 3/35 would be on the cheap side. Regardless Konchar is more than likely going to be dump to get JJJ a big enough raise. The idea is give JJJ his full max available now so he can possible shave a little on the back end. But even he doesn't the idea is just to get him locked up now.

I can see Detroit or Brooklyn easily offering Aldama more