RipPizzaGuy wrote:codydaze wrote:KF10 wrote:
Sabonis is a UFA in 2 years. You think he stays in Sacramento?
We have historically been able to retain pretty much every player we've traded for, the hard part is getting them here but they do seem to stay once they are. I definitely think there's a chance he stays in Sac.
Yup. My post from yesterday -
"Carmichael Dave (not my favorite) pointed out how it's kind of a myth. Free agents don't pick sac, but we have generally been able to retain the guys we want.
Off the top of my head. Cousins wanted to badly stay, Gay signed his extension, Fox was happy to stay, Barnes resigned, Holmes resigned (possibly took a discount?).
I'm sure there's more if we go back further, but we obviously haven't had many good players worth resigning."
Hardest part is getting them here. We have also had a nice history with European players liking it in Sacramento + Sabonis wife lives in LA and he wanted to be in Cali. Our only risk would be the Lakers is my guess.
Yeah I was going to say about the Cali link. I think the upside to this is there is a great chance we have a very good big man that will not only be in his prime, but the way he plays, he is going to have longevity.
To me, without taking any other trades into it, the next big thing is to get a coach that is going to maximise Sabonis. Will head into the general thread for more.
