Recent content by Rain man

I agree on Holland. If he falls to 13 you take him. He seems like a really good fit alongside Keegan. Doubt he is there, but if he is it seems like a no-brainer. Da Silva continues to be the guy I would target at 13 who is likely to be available. He seems like the most win-now prospect, and...

Read this site, and we are all pretty high on Slawson as well. Never underestimate the ability of a fanbase to get irrationally excited about their G-League stars.

The Aaron Gordon comparison is really interesting. Gordon is obviously a more versatile defender, but he wasn't a lockdown guy with the Magic. He used his skills and IQ to fit in well with the Nuggets team defense. It is amazing how decent defenders can flourish if they are put in a good...

Agree- he profiles as a much better fit than Kuzma. A much more willing defender, someone who would fit in with the offense (without dominating it), and offer another playmaker. Good rebounder for his size and improving outside shooter, though you would need him to shoot more than 3 per game...

I have liked Avdija for a long time. He has a super high BBIQ, is an underrated playmaker and secondary ball handler, rebounds well for the position, can score off the bounce for his size, and is an improving outside shooter. In his first season as a starter he put up 15/7/4, shot 51% FG, 37%...

Yup- that is the rub. It is why it would be a huge/defining move for Monte, either good or bad. I think the hope (best possible spin) is that he wanted his shot at getting paid and being the guy, and he has now gotten two huge contracts. Now, with the benefit of hindsight he is maybe...

But here is the thing, his performance the past 4 years is skewed by how horrible his teams have been. He is a #2/#3 player who has been miscast in higher roles. Now that is mostly his fault, since he left Denver to get a bigger role he probably didn't deserve, but he has been miscast too high...

I would not trade Keon and #13 for Grant, and agree Grant isn't the solution to all of our problems, but let's also not pretend that upgrading Barnes' spot in the starting lineup to Grant, and keeping Barnes off the bench doesn't solve a lot of problems. If you can trade Huerter, #13 and filler...

To me, the Pellies are a great blueprint for how the Kings can make it work with Sabonis at the 5. JV is similar to Sabonis. Big, strong, but not super long and not really a rim protector. They make up for JV's lack of rim protection (and the fact that McCollum is not much of a defender), by...

I agree. But that team at the end of the season that couldn't score also played some really good defense. My fear would be that if you add back in Heurter and Monk at the expense of Keon, then you are once again just fixing one problem at the expense of another. The key to me is how you get...

One solution to the "we need more length" and "we need more scoring than we had at the end of the season" is to move on from Mitchell and make Monk your primary backup point guard, and also give him some combo 2 minutes. That allows you to keep Monk's offense without having his lack of length...

I agree. I think Huerter and Sasha is a better package from Portland's perspective, and also allows us to keep Barnes as a valuable bench contributor.

One thing about a trade for Jerami Grant is that we have all assumed that it would be Huerter and Barnes to make salaries match. But actually, any of these three deals would match salary-wise 1) Huerter and Barnes for Grant 2) Huerter and Sasha for Grant 3) Barnes and Sasha for Grant The...

Exactly! Things can get toxic fast, especially with Twitter and fan boards. Could this season have gone better? Absolutely! Are there real questions for the team moving forward? Absolutely! But is this one of the best seasons in Sacramento history, and one of only two times in almost 20...

With all the discussion about the Kings only being "a few games off" where people thought they'd be this year, I agree, but those are a BIG few games. I don't think the Kings needed to win 10 more games for this to be a successful season, but if they had managed to hold 20+ point fourth quarter...