Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

Hey, I'm just saying teams are moving FRPs when I hope for a FRP in return for Rob and maybe some seconds from us, I'm not planning on it being an unprotected pick likely to be in the top 5.

I don't even know if we'll get in on all of the action. I hope we do but this might be Cronin's ideal roster... it wouldn't be mine but maybe it's Joe's.

 

Are those going all going from the Spurs to the Kings?

 

Spurs Receive: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin

Kings Receive: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first-round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second-round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)

Bulls Receive: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS]

Bulls Receive: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS

So all of those picks are coming from the Spurs. In theory they gave up the players they sent out and 4 FRPs. Obviously the Charlotte pick won't convey so that's more like two future seconds but still for the purposes of this deal they gave up 4 first round picks.

Per this article:
https://athlonsports.com/nba/inside...amento-kings-trade-details-chicago-bulls-news

 

You just know the Bulls will somehow flip Zach Collins to the Clippers to add to the ex-Blazer roster there.

 

In two days we have seen two GM's in Dallas and the Kings make WTF type trades so I am begging Cronin to please not add your name to this list by doing something stupid. I am not joking the Kings got fleeced and the Mavs did a stupid gamble but at least they got a top 10 to 15 ish type player back even if it was a stupid trade. After seeing the past two days as much as I would like to see one of the vets go to free up some time I am afraid of Cronin repeating a Clippers type trade so I am starting to rethink trading at this time -- maybe.

 

i think grant is straight untradeable.

trying to go through rosters of who might want/need him, list is short. then you consider his contract, i think it's impossible.

we better not attach any assets to move him. moving Ant/Ayton is more paramount.

 

Sacramento already traded away (mid-season 2022) a point guard (Haliburton) who, a little over 2 years later, played the most minutes (regular season) on a team that made the Conference Finals (Indiana).

Did Sacramento just do the same thing? It's not hard to see Fox playing the most minutes (as he did for Sacramento) on a team with Wemby making the Conference Finals.

What an organization that is.

They utterly botch a bunch of top 10 picks (we're going to need a list for this)

2011 #7 Bismack Biyombo, (8 Brandon Knight, 9 Kemba Walker 11 Klay Thompson 15 Kawhi Leonard and more)
2012 #5 Thomas Robinson, (6 Damian Lillard, 7 Harrison Barnes 9 Andre Drummond)
2013 #7 Ben McLemore, (8 KCP, 10 CJ McCollum, 12 Steven Adams, 15 Giannis)
2014 #8 Nik Stauskas, (13 Zach Lavine)
2015 #6 Willie Cauley Stein (13 Devin Booker)
2016 #8 Marquese Chriss, traded for Georgios Papagiannis and Skal Labissière (11 Domantas Sabonis)
2018 #2 Marvin Bagley (3 Luka Doncic, 4 Jaren Jackson Jr., 5 Trae Young) YIKES!

Then when they make a fantastic pick in 2020 (12th pick Haliburton) he gets traded for a guy they could have drafted in 2016 (sabonis) so they can give the Keys once and for all to ...

De'Aaron Fox.

 

I think Grant is more paramount than Ant or Ayton

 

Yep, we say the same things about quite a few teams and it never materialized: Jazz (a couple of times) Pelicans, 76ers, Minnesota, Orlando, Nets.....

 

How do people think that was a bad trade for the Kings? Fox made it clear he wanted to leave. Lavine, 3 1st round picks and 3 2nds is a good trade for a team still trying to make the playoffs. See how the rest of the year goes and pivot from there.

 

I will be surprised if Rob is still on the team.

 

If we trade rw3 why do we need to move Ayton just to move him? I get he’s inconsistent but if he actually gels with this team an Ayton/Clingon C rotation is pretty nice right?

 

Kings should have asked for the Atlanta pick instead.

 

Is Lavine what that Kings needed, at $43 - 49 million over the next 3 seasons? (assuming he picks up his option in 2026-27) ?

 

Fox was another Sac Town tank player. They've had a few over the years and I don's think any are still on the team?

 

I can’t believe the Spurs were able to get Fox without trading a single one of their young talented players.

 

Who knows. Lavine is an all star player. They also have Sabonis. They also have an aging Derozan. And now they have more picks.

See how the season goes and they have many options. If they like what they see, they can package their picks to get an upgrade somewhere.

 

Looking at this it appears we can find a deal for Grant with Sac. They also have 2 open roster spots.

 

We almost caught up to SA in the win total. This trade should at least help us stay behind them.

Edit: Unfortunately Chicago will probably slide