A lot of trade ideas, so I'll throw this one out there.
CelticsWe get Cauley-Stein who shores up a need as a young athletic rim running/rim protecting big going on just his second year of his rookie scale deal.
Assuming the first 6 picks are Simmons, Ingram, Dunn, Bender, Hield, and Murray, with the #8 pick we would likely be choosing between players such as Brown, Chriss, Ellenson, Poeltl, Skal, and Davis.
KingsThe Kings, at least Divac and Vivek do, want to play fast and Joerger will likely use Cousins primarily as a 5 this year as a result. That said, there seems to be a glut at center with Cousins, Cauley-Stein, and Koufus (who Joerger coach for a few seasons in Memphis). They have also been rumored to be targeting Ryan Anderson as a stretch 4 during free agency. In addition, the Kings have already stated that they will not get into a bidding way for Rondo, which would leave a big hole at PG. Enter Kris Dunn.
From the moment Joerger landed the head-coaching gig in Memphis, he wanted to implement a more up-tempo offense. He wasn’t asking them to run constantly. Rather, he wanted them to get into sets with more time left on the shot clock, because that provides a couple extra, precious seconds per possession to create a high-percentage shot.
Joerger struggled to sell his vision to the team’s veterans, and that coupled with the traditional makeup of the roster caused Joerger to put his grand offensive plan on the backburner and install a very similar style of play to his predecessor – Lionel Hollins — at least in terms of pace of play.
James Ham of CSNBayArea.com:
The 27-year-old forward was born in Sacramento and grew up in El Dorado Hills where he attended Oak Ridge High School. He grew up a Kings fan. Posters of Kings players adorned his walls. He played on the Kings home court as an eighth grader and even won a state championship at Arco Arena as a prep athlete.
One last game at the old barn held a special meaning for a player who has been through plenty of trials over his career.
“This will always be my home,” Anderson told CSN California. “My family’s still here.”
The latest scuttlebutt is that the Kings are prepared to cut bait with Rajon Rondo if the bidding for him gets beyond a certain threshold that is lower than we might imagine, given the Kings' recent transaction history.