10-17-2019, 04:44 PM
(10-17-2019, 03:51 PM)omahen Wrote:If the Kings hypothetically offered me that trade I'd be so conflicted on accepting it. Barnes is a solid role player, albeit a bit inefficient, but when he was here he took so many opportunities away from Luka that I'd try everything to avoid again. Even SAC got worse when he arrived there. But then again you get Buddy!(10-17-2019, 02:46 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I'd love a trade for Buddy, but I feel like the Kings would rather max him before trading him for spare parts.
Assuming he demands a trade, his price would probably be too high for Dallas - or putting it differently, other teams would be willing to pay more than Dallas even have. Best we could do would be Brunson + very distant 1st pick. I guess they wouldn't be interested in taking Jackson back.
On a funny side: we can trade them THJ and Jackson for that horrible Barnes contract and Hield :-)
The thing is, Buddy is probably going to demand a trade to a place that's willing to give him a max contract. That's the only reason why he's forcing his way out of Sacramento currently. I'm sure the list of NBA teams that can out price the Mavs on a Buddy sweepstakes is quite long, but of those teams that can out price the Mavs, how many have the trade capital to beat out the Mavs AND be willing/able to give a max contract on top of it? I doubt that list is as long.
Mind you I think there is NO way the Kings give Buddy a 5 year/170 million contract, and I doubt any team in the league would give him anything close to that especially after the hit the cap just took after the China controversy. I guess the 3 questions I'd be asking if I was in Donnie's office are what is Buddy's actual worth? What does Buddy want/think he's worth? And how much is too much for the Kings?
Hield is a restricted free agent, so the Kings can just sit back and relax and wait until the summer to see the real competition (if there is any), that is if Buddy doesn't decide to sit out and force the Kings hands.
I'd love Buddy on a 4/97 million contract, but I'm sure the Kings do too.
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