Kings trade Haliburton, Hield, Kardashian to Indy for Sabonis + more

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Most teams are marquee free agent spots. Even the marquee free agent spots have droughts. Lebron was the first star the lakers landed in years. Phoenix had to trade for chris Paul. Milwaukee had to trade for jrue. Marquee free agents is an overrated term imo. Draft well, trade very smartly, have a good coach, and sign good role players with your money is all they have ever done and it usually gets them in the playoffs and even built their team to a conference finals team in the early 2010s

Marquee free agent destinations is not an overrated term when you're referring to the concept of superstar players, which CP3 and Jrue aren't at this point in their careers. The best FA signing that they've had in a long time in recent memory is David West, which tells you that they aren't viewed that way compared to other teams around the league.

The majority of those guys in the early 2010's Pacers roster were homegrown talent led by a superstar (at least at the time) in PG13. That's what Pritchard wants again and why he invoked the name of PG13 and Dipo.
 
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Marquee free agent destinations is not an overrated term when you're referring to the concept of superstar players, which CP3 and Jrue aren't at this point in their careers. The best FA signing that they've had in a long time in recent memory is David West, which tells you that they aren't viewed that way compared to other teams around the league.

The majority of those guys in the early 2010's Pacers roster were homegrown talent led by a superstar (at least at the time) in PG13. That's what Pritchard wants again and why he invoked the name of PG13 and Dipo.
Miami is a marquee free agent spot. Clippers are in La and this the first marquee guys they have gotten with George and Kawhi. Knicks are allegedly marquee and the only player they have signed is Amare. Pacers have a good management, a top 20 coach ever, and now tyrese and duarte to build upon vs the kings who don’t have a great gm, have the worst owner in the nba, and don’t even know who will coach this team as they likely hire their 12th coach since they made the playoffs 16 years ago.
 

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Miami is a marquee free agent spot. Clippers are in La and this the first marquee guys they have gotten with George and Kawhi. Knicks are allegedly marquee and the only player they have signed is Amare. Pacers have a good management, a top 20 coach ever, and now tyrese and duarte to build upon vs the kings who don’t have a great gm, have the worst owner in the nba, and don’t even know who will coach this team as they likely hire their 12th coach since they made the playoffs 16 years ago.

That still doesn't change the fact that they aren't a marquee FA destination and the history shows it even when they've had major runs and success. As I will say once again, Kevin Pritchard wants a superstar player and those are words that came from his own mouth. They aren't going to sign those type of players, so they will either have draft and develop themselves, find one that is willing to go there which hasn't been the case or hope that Haliburton becomes that dude to the level of PG13 and Dipo.

You can spin it however you want, but that point isn't going to change. There's a reason why they keep taking on injury prone players such as Brogdon and Warren.
 

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That still doesn't change the fact that they aren't a marquee FA destination and the history shows it even when they've had major runs and success. As I will say once again, Kevin Pritchard wants a superstar player and those are words that came from his own mouth. They aren't going to sign those type of players, so they will either have draft and develop themselves, find one that is willing to go there which hasn't been the case or hope that Haliburton becomes that dude to the level of PG13 and Dipo.

You can spin it however you want, but that point isn't going to change. There's a reason why they keep taking on injury prone players such as Brogdon and Warren.
That’s back when Sabonis was their “star”. They flipped him into tyrese Haliburton who is going to be arguably the best point guard in the conference next year. Plus a top six draft pick.
 

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That’s back when Sabonis was their “star”. They flipped him into tyrese Haliburton who is going to be arguably the best point guard in the conference next year. Plus a top six draft pick.

1.Pump the brakes on calling him the best PG in the conference next year as there are other PGs I'd still take over him.
2. Who says that they are getting a top six draft pick especially if Turner, Brogdon and Warren come back this season. Even if they don't, the lottery changes doesn't guarantee them anything.
 

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The sample size is small, but the results are encouraging. In those two games, the Kings were No. 1 in the NBA in true shooting percentage (.658), No. 2 in effective field-goal percentage (.617), No. 3 in field-goal percentage (.538) and offensive rating (127.5), No. 4 in 3-point shooting (.414) and rebounding percentage (.561), and No. 5 in scoring (127.5 ppg) and assists (29.5). “It’s just fun when you have a high level of communication,” Fox said. “The ball’s moving, everybody’s cutting, everybody’s getting involved. I think everybody can agree that it’s fun to play basketball like that.”
 

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Pacers should tank this yea

have duarte,hali and rookie pick be ya big 3 with Myles turner at center
 
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heh. So quiet now. I wonder why :patrice:

*checks box score*

:russ::russ::russ:

Blown out by 20 fukking 4 to the Nets with Bruce Brown as their #1 option :dead:

Yea. Explain this one. Yall was hyped off them first 2 games vs bums so come in here and get this medicine :mjgrin:
 

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heh. So quiet now. I wonder why :patrice:

*checks box score*

:russ::russ::russ:

Blown out by 20 fukking 4 to the Nets with Bruce Brown as their #1 option :dead:

Yea. Explain this one. Yall was hyped off them first 2 games vs bums so come in here and get this medicine :mjgrin:

3rd game …they all didnt shoot well…curry got hot :yeshrug:…closed it to around 10 n than they got up again
 

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heh. So quiet now. I wonder why :patrice:

*checks box score*

:russ::russ::russ:

Blown out by 20 fukking 4 to the Nets with Bruce Brown as their #1 option :dead:

Yea. Explain this one. Yall was hyped off them first 2 games vs bums so come in here and get this medicine :mjgrin:

Nets were playing out of their mind tonight. *Sees that you checked the box score and didn't watch the game* Of course

:mjlol:
 
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