It was fine considering their stage of the rebuild process, but I doubt the pick swaps actually help them right?
So they essentially got Stauskas and what could be a good first rounder in 2018 for taking back some junk.
I don't think we're in a position to take back bums like Landry and Thompson with our roster while we already have Wallace.
Nice move by hinkie but Ainge didn't miss out on anything here.
If you think the 76ers will continue to suck like a Hoover for the next couple of years, it lessens the import of the switch. If you think the 76ers will be improving, the switch of picks becomes more significant.
I don't expect the 76ers to suck like a Hoover all the way through 2018.
I expect them to at least through 2017. Those pick swaps are almost meaningless. Philly will probably be a bottom 5 team this year and likely next year, while Sacto probably won't be much better, they'll probably be better than bottom 5. That 2018 pick could be good though. What are the protections?
The Kings owe a top 10 protected pick to Chicago through 2017. The pick to Philly is top 10 protected beginning two years after they either give a pick to Chicago or that debt expires. So if you think the Kings will pick outside the top 10 this year (in which case the Philly swap is moot) then top 10 protected beginning in 2018. If the Kings get a top 10 pick this year, then its a top 10 protected pick beginning in 2019.
Nice, but nothing special, and I'm okay this didn't happen. It also means the price on Wallace is still probably no more than Rozier or a lottery-protected 1st, if we need to create space in the next week.
If Chicago gets the pick in 2016, Philly can still potentially swap picks in 2017. Do you really think the Kings are going to finish outside the top 10 both years? Getting a top 10 protected pick from the Kings is a good asset. The Kings are very unlikely to become one of the top teams so if the pick does convey it will probably be late lottery/mid 1st.
A lot of this thread seems to assume the Kings are going to continue to suck.
I'm not sure they will. I don't think they will be great, but they have a chance to improve significantly. They certainly look to me like they will be better than Philly over the next two seasons.
I know that players like Boogie Cousins and Rondo are not favorites of many posters on this blog. But a rotation that features both those guys plus Rudy Gay, Darren Collison & Willy Trill and a much improved Maclemore and has now added a shooter in Bellini is not a tanking lineup. And I don't think Vlade took over in order to tank. And it is, at least on paper, a talented and balanced lineup that has all aspects of the game covered.
In particular, offensively, Rondo will have Gay, Bellini, Collison and Maclemore as good 3PT shooters for space and the two bigs to feed inside.
I also know that a stone soup made with the personalities of Rondo, Cousins & Karl seems on the surface to be a potential recipe for chaos. And maybe it will be. But Cousins is on record as being a big Rondo fan. Gay is one of Rondo's closest friends. Maybe that will "just work". And Karl is at an age where he's not really interested in tanking and rebuilding.
All of those guys have a strong motivation to succeed. If they don't work together, they won't.
Given that it is the West, it's hard to see them doing anything in the playoffs. But they could potentially knock on the door to get into the playoffs.