catch20two wrote:Keep. The best player that we could get from trading our pick is probably Rudy Gay which I wouldn't mind but he isn't really worth it and I'm sure we could get him without trading our 2013 pick by using expirings and the Portland pick. There's absolutely no reason to trade our 2013 draft pick. It's a totally ludicrous suggestion by scouts that wasn't well thought out.
We should package our pick with other pieces and go after a legit star talent. Demarcus Cousins is my first choice. I really think we have pieces that Sacramento would want, in those picks, a stretch big in Mullens, a real point guard in Sessions, hell, they can even take Taylor and Henderson if they want. DMC is a star in this league as long as he keeps his head in the game.
catch20two wrote:I don't think Rudy Gay is the answer but I believe that his scoring prowess would almost instantly make us competitive in the East. He's young enough to be a part of the future but he's also about 2-3 years away from expiring, around the same time the youth of the Bobcats will be peaking into their primes.
I would love the addition of J.J. Hickson as well compared to our frontcourt depth but I don't see him as being anything more than a stop-gap at PF/C the same way the Blazers are using him temporarily until they find someone more substantial. Hickson would only make sense as a long term option if you have a all-star caliber 7 foot tall center playing alongside him.
Rudy Gay, as I've said before, isn't much more than a glorified role player, who can step in and score 20ppg, but won't give you much else. He won't hurt you in any way, but even his strong suit, scoring, alone is definitely nowhere near worth his contract. I'd rather take Marcus Thornton before Gay. If the Kings decide to go with the rebuild, we could get Thornton for the Portland pick, for Henderson, or while taking back a bad contract for expirings. While his all-around game is kind of deficient, he could probably score 20ppg for us for $10M less per year than Rudy Gay.
If we do trade our pick, it better either be for a star, or a guaranteed nice pick in 2014. We already likely have 3 1st round picks in or close to the lottery in that draft. If we can go to a team like Orlando, and say, "Hey take our 2013 pick and give us your 2014 pick, there's a good chance that Orlando pick could be in the low to middle part of the lottery, potentially giving us FOUR lottery picks. I'm all for putting all our eggs into one basket and holding out for trading all or most of those picks up for star talent, whether it's through the draft or an already established young star. There are no franchise players in the 2013 draft. There are no can't-miss prospects here. We're better off looking at one more bad season and trying our luck at Wiggins, Randle, Parker and whoever else turns head next year, all of whom are decidedly better than anybody else getting drafted in 2013.
tl;dr:
-I want DMC.
-Say no to Rudy Gay, instead take a look at Marcus Thornton or similar players.
-Trade our 2013 pick in a package for a young star or trade for a nice 2014 pick.
-Put all our eggs into the 2014 Draft basket.
