What are the Kings doing?

[LGC88]

It's the most dysfunctional team in the league without question.

Chad Ford ?@chadfordinsider 20h20 hours ago

Here?s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS

Here's my guess...  Cousins for Russell + Randle. 

PG - Russell, SG - McLemore, SF - Stauskas, PF - Randle, C - WCS

Nice young core

I honestly think the Lakers are very high on Russell. If they wanted to go after Cousins, I think they would've drafted Okafor to replace DMC.

That assumes they took Russell for themselves.   I think they took Russell for Sacramento... I think the Kings are stupid, but I think the Kings decided they were better off getting PG - Russell + PF - Randle + C - WCS ....  over C - Okafor, PF - Randle + Guard at #6?   ... First of all, Okafor and Randle are a bad fit together.   WCS and Randle compliment each other, because one is offense and the other is defense.  Second, the Kings may have expected Mudiay to be off the board by #6... or like Chad Ford said, they hadn't even seen Mudiay play so he wasn't someone they liked.   

It's a "conspiracy theory" a bit, I guess... but I'm leaning towards the idea that the Lakers took Russell for the Kings.    It very much seems like Russell + Randle for Cousins is a logical trade that would make sense for both teams.   Drafting WCS at #6 (maybe 5-10 picks too high, btw) gives them their replacement for Cousins.  This is definitely not to suggest that WCS is comparable to Cousins at all... he definitely isn't... but he plays that position and is a good defensive role player.   Russell gives them a dynamic guard that would fit very well with what George Karl would want to do.  WCS + Randle are a good compliment for each other... whereas Randle + Okafor would be all offense and no defense.

2 players that never play a single nba game for DMC ?
That would be one of the dumbest trade in history.

You act like you've never seen a player traded for draft picks...   

Was Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love "the dumbest trade in history"?   I think 'Sota got an unprecedented haul for their impending free agent star.   

If they need to trade Cousins... nobody is beating an offer of D'Angelo Russell + Julius Randle.  And since Willie Cauley Stein is already in Sacramento, they don't necessarily need to get a center back by trading away Cousins.

PG - Russell
SG - McLemore
SF - Stauskas
PF - Randle
C - WCS

Not a bad core...  Rudy Gay is there too, but they will probably look to move him and build around the youth if they were successful in acquiring Randle + Russell

Well not at all my dear 
More like I don't overestimate those 2 draft picks (it's not like it's Towns or Wiggins).
And most importantly I give DMC much more value that he currently show in Sac.
Try to imagine DMC in a proper franchise. His ceiling might even be higher than Duncan.
Such a waste DMC in Sac, that's very sad.
To be fair, DMC should be traded for another all star + a talented young prospect (for example I would demand Wall + Porter, that type of deal). If not, you keep DMC and find a way to surround him with better complementary players.

[LarBrd33]

It's the most dysfunctional team in the league without question.

Chad Ford ?@chadfordinsider 20h20 hours ago

Here?s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS

Here's my guess...  Cousins for Russell + Randle. 

PG - Russell, SG - McLemore, SF - Stauskas, PF - Randle, C - WCS

Nice young core

I honestly think the Lakers are very high on Russell. If they wanted to go after Cousins, I think they would've drafted Okafor to replace DMC.

That assumes they took Russell for themselves.   I think they took Russell for Sacramento... I think the Kings are stupid, but I think the Kings decided they were better off getting PG - Russell + PF - Randle + C - WCS ....  over C - Okafor, PF - Randle + Guard at #6?   ... First of all, Okafor and Randle are a bad fit together.   WCS and Randle compliment each other, because one is offense and the other is defense.  Second, the Kings may have expected Mudiay to be off the board by #6... or like Chad Ford said, they hadn't even seen Mudiay play so he wasn't someone they liked.   

It's a "conspiracy theory" a bit, I guess... but I'm leaning towards the idea that the Lakers took Russell for the Kings.    It very much seems like Russell + Randle for Cousins is a logical trade that would make sense for both teams.   Drafting WCS at #6 (maybe 5-10 picks too high, btw) gives them their replacement for Cousins.  This is definitely not to suggest that WCS is comparable to Cousins at all... he definitely isn't... but he plays that position and is a good defensive role player.   Russell gives them a dynamic guard that would fit very well with what George Karl would want to do.  WCS + Randle are a good compliment for each other... whereas Randle + Okafor would be all offense and no defense.

2 players that never play a single nba game for DMC ?
That would be one of the dumbest trade in history.

You act like you've never seen a player traded for draft picks...   

Was Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love "the dumbest trade in history"?   I think 'Sota got an unprecedented haul for their impending free agent star.   

If they need to trade Cousins... nobody is beating an offer of D'Angelo Russell + Julius Randle.  And since Willie Cauley Stein is already in Sacramento, they don't necessarily need to get a center back by trading away Cousins.

PG - Russell
SG - McLemore
SF - Stauskas
PF - Randle
C - WCS

Not a bad core...  Rudy Gay is there too, but they will probably look to move him and build around the youth if they were successful in acquiring Randle + Russell

Well not at all my dear 
More like I don't overestimate those 2 draft picks (it's not like it's Towns or Wiggins).
And most importantly I give DMC much more value that he currently show in Sac.
Try to imagine DMC in a proper franchise. His ceiling might even be higher than Duncan.
Such a waste DMC in Sac, that's very sad.

Just to be clear... that Wiggins for Love trade was unprecedented... it doesn't happen under normal circumstances.  LeBron's arrival made that a special situation.  Normally, stars are traded for a package of picks/players... not phenom prospects like Andrew Wiggins.  Nothing like that usually happens.  That would be like in 2003 if the 76ers had traded Allen Iverson and got back LeBron James... or in 2007 if the Wolves had decided to trade Kevin Garnett and got Kevin Durant.  It doesn't normally happen.

Russell + Randle is an unmatchable offer.

[LGC88]

It's the most dysfunctional team in the league without question.

Chad Ford ?@chadfordinsider 20h20 hours ago

Here?s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS

Here's my guess...  Cousins for Russell + Randle. 

PG - Russell, SG - McLemore, SF - Stauskas, PF - Randle, C - WCS

Nice young core

I honestly think the Lakers are very high on Russell. If they wanted to go after Cousins, I think they would've drafted Okafor to replace DMC.

That assumes they took Russell for themselves.   I think they took Russell for Sacramento... I think the Kings are stupid, but I think the Kings decided they were better off getting PG - Russell + PF - Randle + C - WCS ....  over C - Okafor, PF - Randle + Guard at #6?   ... First of all, Okafor and Randle are a bad fit together.   WCS and Randle compliment each other, because one is offense and the other is defense.  Second, the Kings may have expected Mudiay to be off the board by #6... or like Chad Ford said, they hadn't even seen Mudiay play so he wasn't someone they liked.   

It's a "conspiracy theory" a bit, I guess... but I'm leaning towards the idea that the Lakers took Russell for the Kings.    It very much seems like Russell + Randle for Cousins is a logical trade that would make sense for both teams.   Drafting WCS at #6 (maybe 5-10 picks too high, btw) gives them their replacement for Cousins.  This is definitely not to suggest that WCS is comparable to Cousins at all... he definitely isn't... but he plays that position and is a good defensive role player.   Russell gives them a dynamic guard that would fit very well with what George Karl would want to do.  WCS + Randle are a good compliment for each other... whereas Randle + Okafor would be all offense and no defense.

2 players that never play a single nba game for DMC ?
That would be one of the dumbest trade in history.

You act like you've never seen a player traded for draft picks...   

Was Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love "the dumbest trade in history"?   I think 'Sota got an unprecedented haul for their impending free agent star.   

If they need to trade Cousins... nobody is beating an offer of D'Angelo Russell + Julius Randle.  And since Willie Cauley Stein is already in Sacramento, they don't necessarily need to get a center back by trading away Cousins.

PG - Russell
SG - McLemore
SF - Stauskas
PF - Randle
C - WCS

Not a bad core...  Rudy Gay is there too, but they will probably look to move him and build around the youth if they were successful in acquiring Randle + Russell

Well not at all my dear 
More like I don't overestimate those 2 draft picks (it's not like it's Towns or Wiggins).
And most importantly I give DMC much more value that he currently show in Sac.
Try to imagine DMC in a proper franchise. His ceiling might even be higher than Duncan.
Such a waste DMC in Sac, that's very sad.

Just to be clear... that Wiggins for Love trade was unprecedented... it doesn't happen under normal circumstances.  LeBron's arrival made that a special situation.  Normally, stars are traded for a package of picks/players... not phenom prospects like Andrew Wiggins.  Nothing like that usually happens.  That would be like in 2003 if the 76ers had traded Allen Iverson and got back LeBron James... or in 2007 if the Wolves had decided to trade Kevin Garnett and got Kevin Durant.  It doesn't normally happen.

Russell + Randle is an unmatchable offer.

We got Ray Allen in his prime for #5, that's something almost laughable to me.

[LarBrd33]

It's the most dysfunctional team in the league without question.

Chad Ford ?@chadfordinsider 20h20 hours ago

Here?s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS

Here's my guess...  Cousins for Russell + Randle. 

PG - Russell, SG - McLemore, SF - Stauskas, PF - Randle, C - WCS

Nice young core

I honestly think the Lakers are very high on Russell. If they wanted to go after Cousins, I think they would've drafted Okafor to replace DMC.

That assumes they took Russell for themselves.   I think they took Russell for Sacramento... I think the Kings are stupid, but I think the Kings decided they were better off getting PG - Russell + PF - Randle + C - WCS ....  over C - Okafor, PF - Randle + Guard at #6?   ... First of all, Okafor and Randle are a bad fit together.   WCS and Randle compliment each other, because one is offense and the other is defense.  Second, the Kings may have expected Mudiay to be off the board by #6... or like Chad Ford said, they hadn't even seen Mudiay play so he wasn't someone they liked.   

It's a "conspiracy theory" a bit, I guess... but I'm leaning towards the idea that the Lakers took Russell for the Kings.    It very much seems like Russell + Randle for Cousins is a logical trade that would make sense for both teams.   Drafting WCS at #6 (maybe 5-10 picks too high, btw) gives them their replacement for Cousins.  This is definitely not to suggest that WCS is comparable to Cousins at all... he definitely isn't... but he plays that position and is a good defensive role player.   Russell gives them a dynamic guard that would fit very well with what George Karl would want to do.  WCS + Randle are a good compliment for each other... whereas Randle + Okafor would be all offense and no defense.

2 players that never play a single nba game for DMC ?
That would be one of the dumbest trade in history.

You act like you've never seen a player traded for draft picks...   

Was Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love "the dumbest trade in history"?   I think 'Sota got an unprecedented haul for their impending free agent star.   

If they need to trade Cousins... nobody is beating an offer of D'Angelo Russell + Julius Randle.  And since Willie Cauley Stein is already in Sacramento, they don't necessarily need to get a center back by trading away Cousins.

PG - Russell
SG - McLemore
SF - Stauskas
PF - Randle
C - WCS

Not a bad core...  Rudy Gay is there too, but they will probably look to move him and build around the youth if they were successful in acquiring Randle + Russell

If LA was going to trade Russell and Randall for Cousins, why didn't happen on draft night?

Mike

Was it even possible?  Don't we need to wait until the free agency period when LA can renounce the rights to their free agents and free up cap space to absorb Cousins salary with?  And if Russell signs his rookie contract, we'll have to wait 2 months after that... same thing that happened last year with Wiggins when everyone knew he was going to Minny, but they had to pretend otherwise.

To be clear.. Julius Randle + #2 for Cousins would NOT have worked without additional contracts being sent from LA.  What are those contracts?  It's a trade that has to wait a couple weeks.

Also, I think the Kings are still trying to keep Cousins... but I don't see it working.   

Randle + Russell for Cousins is what I expect the deal to look like eventually.

[SHAQATTACK]

Probably getting ready to fire Karl and hire what their 7 th or 8 th coach since Boogie came to town ........I lost count ..

Seems Karl and Boogie are already at odds and barely any time has went by .......dang near as fast a Rondo s quickie with Carlisle .

[tazzmaniac]

It's the most dysfunctional team in the league without question.

Chad Ford ?@chadfordinsider 20h20 hours ago

Here?s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS

Here's my guess...  Cousins for Russell + Randle. 

PG - Russell, SG - McLemore, SF - Stauskas, PF - Randle, C - WCS

Nice young core

I honestly think the Lakers are very high on Russell. If they wanted to go after Cousins, I think they would've drafted Okafor to replace DMC.

That assumes they took Russell for themselves.   I think they took Russell for Sacramento... I think the Kings are stupid, but I think the Kings decided they were better off getting PG - Russell + PF - Randle + C - WCS ....  over C - Okafor, PF - Randle + Guard at #6?   ... First of all, Okafor and Randle are a bad fit together.   WCS and Randle compliment each other, because one is offense and the other is defense.  Second, the Kings may have expected Mudiay to be off the board by #6... or like Chad Ford said, they hadn't even seen Mudiay play so he wasn't someone they liked.   

It's a "conspiracy theory" a bit, I guess... but I'm leaning towards the idea that the Lakers took Russell for the Kings.    It very much seems like Russell + Randle for Cousins is a logical trade that would make sense for both teams.   Drafting WCS at #6 (maybe 5-10 picks too high, btw) gives them their replacement for Cousins.  This is definitely not to suggest that WCS is comparable to Cousins at all... he definitely isn't... but he plays that position and is a good defensive role player.   Russell gives them a dynamic guard that would fit very well with what George Karl would want to do.  WCS + Randle are a good compliment for each other... whereas Randle + Okafor would be all offense and no defense.

2 players that never play a single nba game for DMC ?
That would be one of the dumbest trade in history.

You act like you've never seen a player traded for draft picks...   

Was Andrew Wiggins for Kevin Love "the dumbest trade in history"?   I think 'Sota got an unprecedented haul for their impending free agent star.   

If they need to trade Cousins... nobody is beating an offer of D'Angelo Russell + Julius Randle.  And since Willie Cauley Stein is already in Sacramento, they don't necessarily need to get a center back by trading away Cousins.

PG - Russell
SG - McLemore
SF - Stauskas
PF - Randle
C - WCS

Not a bad core...  Rudy Gay is there too, but they will probably look to move him and build around the youth if they were successful in acquiring Randle + Russell

If LA was going to trade Russell and Randall for Cousins, why didn't happen on draft night?

Mike

Was it even possible?  Don't we need to wait until the free agency period when LA can renounce the rights to their free agents and free up cap space to absorb Cousins salary with?  And if Russell signs his rookie contract, we'll have to wait 2 months after that... same thing that happened last year with Wiggins when everyone knew he was going to Minny, but they had to pretend otherwise.

To be clear.. Julius Randle + #2 for Cousins would NOT have worked without additional contracts being sent from LA.  What are those contracts?  It's a trade that has to wait a couple weeks.

Also, I think the Kings are still trying to keep Cousins... but I don't see it working.   

Randle + Russell for Cousins is what I expect the deal to look like eventually.

It is only a 30 day waiting period after a rookie signs his contract before he can be traded.

[spikelovetheCelts]

Why would DMC want WCS on their team?

First, DMC repeatedly got frustrated with the Kings defense last year.  It was both a lack of talent and a lack of effort.  WCS will help with both.

Second, DMC's minutes were limited a bit due to foul trouble.  That's because he was always defending the best interior player on the opposing team.  With WCS, he can switch some of those defensive assignments, which will theoretically keep Boogie on the floor more.

I don't love the pick because of the players left on the board (Mudiay and Winslow).  I also think that DMC + WCS creates spacing issues, or at least prolongs them (since the Kings didn't have a competent PF beforehand.)  However, I can see why Boogie likes this pick.

Take a look at WCS pre draft shooting videos.. His shot is wet

Larry Loved him after he worked out with him. He is a great athlete he will develop his game all around. Google him playing football Amazing stuff.

[Celtics4ever]

Boogie wants to PF, I read and WCS will allow him to do that.   

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentucky/2015/06/11/nba-draft--cousins-wants-wcs-in-sacramento/71097902/

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25211886/rumor-demarcus-cousins-wants-the-kings-to-draft-willie-cauley-stein

[PhoSita]

If your coach can't convince Cousins to remain at center, fire your coach.

[Who]

I remember Sacramento playing Cousins (PF) and Dalembert (C) together.

Dalembert had already lost too much of his mobility / quickness though.

[D.o.s.]

Per Woj:

The Sacramento Kings are probing University of Kentucky coach John Calipari about his interest in taking over the franchise's front-office and coaching jobs, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Calipari has been communicating with owner Vivek Ranadive and other members of the Kings' ownership group in recent weeks, league sources said. Calipari has listened to scenarios with which the Kings could offer him complete control of the franchise's fledgling basketball operations to go along with coaching, league sources said.

Sacramento ownership, dismayed over Karl's fractured relationship with Cousins, has had lawyers studying Karl's contract, trying to determine if there's a way to terminate him for "cause," and free themselves of the three years and nearly $10 million left guaranteed on his deal, league sources told Yahoo Sports. If the Kings cannot convince Calipari to come to Sacramento – or never make a formal offer – Karl could simply remain as coach.

Most believed Ranadive had hired Divac in a ceremonial position, but the owner quickly decided to usurp general manager Pete D’Alessandro’s authority to place Divac in charge.

    D’Alessandro left the Kings for a front-office job with the Denver Nuggets two weeks ago. Around the draft, several front-office executives and player agents expressed frustration about dealing with Divac on instances involving the trading and drafting of players. Divac is largely unfamiliar with the collective bargaining and salary-cap rules, causing him to struggle with grasping the machinations of negotiating and completing deals.

The courtship of Calipari could become one more dramatic turn of events for the Kings, who have struggled under Ranadive to set forth on a direction and stay the course. Around the NBA, senior league officials and confidants of Ranadive have pleaded with him to stop these sharp changes in direction, sources said.

As one league official familiar with Ranadive's mindset told Yahoo Sports, "He's trying to find a magic button to push that'll fix everything."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings--john-calipari--kentucky-195614697.html

[Boris Badenov]

Per Woj:

The Sacramento Kings are probing University of Kentucky coach John Calipari about his interest in taking over the franchise's front-office and coaching jobs, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Calipari has been communicating with owner Vivek Ranadive and other members of the Kings' ownership group in recent weeks, league sources said. Calipari has listened to scenarios with which the Kings could offer him complete control of the franchise's fledgling basketball operations to go along with coaching, league sources said.

Sacramento ownership, dismayed over Karl's fractured relationship with Cousins, has had lawyers studying Karl's contract, trying to determine if there's a way to terminate him for "cause," and free themselves of the three years and nearly $10 million left guaranteed on his deal, league sources told Yahoo Sports. If the Kings cannot convince Calipari to come to Sacramento – or never make a formal offer – Karl could simply remain as coach.

Most believed Ranadive had hired Divac in a ceremonial position, but the owner quickly decided to usurp general manager Pete D’Alessandro’s authority to place Divac in charge.

    D’Alessandro left the Kings for a front-office job with the Denver Nuggets two weeks ago. Around the draft, several front-office executives and player agents expressed frustration about dealing with Divac on instances involving the trading and drafting of players. Divac is largely unfamiliar with the collective bargaining and salary-cap rules, causing him to struggle with grasping the machinations of negotiating and completing deals.

The courtship of Calipari could become one more dramatic turn of events for the Kings, who have struggled under Ranadive to set forth on a direction and stay the course. Around the NBA, senior league officials and confidants of Ranadive have pleaded with him to stop these sharp changes in direction, sources said.

As one league official familiar with Ranadive's mindset told Yahoo Sports, "He's trying to find a magic button to push that'll fix everything."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings--john-calipari--kentucky-195614697.html

This is unbelievable.

[PhoSita]

Kings gonna Kings

[Rondo9]

Cousins needs to get out there and fast.

[knuckleballer]

Per Woj:

The Sacramento Kings are probing University of Kentucky coach John Calipari about his interest in taking over the franchise's front-office and coaching jobs, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Calipari has been communicating with owner Vivek Ranadive and other members of the Kings' ownership group in recent weeks, league sources said. Calipari has listened to scenarios with which the Kings could offer him complete control of the franchise's fledgling basketball operations to go along with coaching, league sources said.

Sacramento ownership, dismayed over Karl's fractured relationship with Cousins, has had lawyers studying Karl's contract, trying to determine if there's a way to terminate him for "cause," and free themselves of the three years and nearly $10 million left guaranteed on his deal, league sources told Yahoo Sports. If the Kings cannot convince Calipari to come to Sacramento – or never make a formal offer – Karl could simply remain as coach.

Most believed Ranadive had hired Divac in a ceremonial position, but the owner quickly decided to usurp general manager Pete D’Alessandro’s authority to place Divac in charge.

    D’Alessandro left the Kings for a front-office job with the Denver Nuggets two weeks ago. Around the draft, several front-office executives and player agents expressed frustration about dealing with Divac on instances involving the trading and drafting of players. Divac is largely unfamiliar with the collective bargaining and salary-cap rules, causing him to struggle with grasping the machinations of negotiating and completing deals.

The courtship of Calipari could become one more dramatic turn of events for the Kings, who have struggled under Ranadive to set forth on a direction and stay the course. Around the NBA, senior league officials and confidants of Ranadive have pleaded with him to stop these sharp changes in direction, sources said.

As one league official familiar with Ranadive's mindset told Yahoo Sports, "He's trying to find a magic button to push that'll fix everything."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings--john-calipari--kentucky-195614697.html

Wow.  The incompetence of Vivek is astounding.  How did he become a billionaire?