Russell also not exactly a fit for the "Character Matters" era
From the outside looking in he comes across as a bit of an immature knucklehead. That's for sure.
Is he a "bad" character or just a young guy that stepped over the line a couple of times? I don't know. And frankly when the guys running the show are Vivek and Vlade I don't think "Character matters" is all that important anyways, now that we have moved on from DMC and found an excuse to deal him. ( Yeah yeah I know - I'm still salty as ****.)
I don't know much about the upcoming PG's of the draft, but Russel is a guy, who can give you 15-20 points and 5 assists a night, while being versatile enough to play both guard positions. He is comfortable shooting off the dribble and can run the pick&roll at the NBA level. Not an outstanding defender, but who cares about defense, when you can shoot 3's.
A late first rounder, dealing with Mozgov's bloated contract and an expiring Brook Lopez is still a very good deal for a talent like Russel, who certainly is one of the more promising talents of the last 3 years. So it's the kind of deal I personally want the Kings to do. Use the capspace to get young, promising assets, by taking bad contracts. Even if we manage to deal with the Blazers for example, they don't have a talent like Russel on their roster.