Sac Kings sing Matt Barnes ($12m/2yrs) and Garrett Temple ($24m/3yrs)

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16...cramento-kings
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16...cramento-kings

Kings loading up on wings this FA season. Again, I'm really liking Vlade's FA signings. Now just for that signature trade...

So far, Kings have signed:

Aaron Afflalo - $25m/2yrs
Anthony Tolliver - $16m/2yrs
Matt Barnes - $12m/2yrs
Garrett Temple - $24m/3yrs

Clearly McLemore is on the way out. Hopefully in a group package w/ Cousins.

Not sure why Temple got 3 years, I'm guessing agent wanted it. But looks like Vlade is building for a 2018 FA spree when Cousins and Gay are off the books and WCS, Koufos, Temple, and the 4 rookies will be only players possibly still on contract.

But Kings are insanely deep. Just...have no stars besides Cousins...

WCS
D Cousins
Gay
Afflalo
Collison
-------
Papagiannis
Koufos
Labissiere
Tolliver
Casspi
Caron Butler
Matt Barnes
Temple
McLemore
I Cousins

15-man roster appears to be set. Still need a better PG *cough trade Cousins for one cough*, but considering Sac is FA repellent, it honestly doesn't look too bad. W/ Joerger, that roster can get close to 40 wins, imo.

Will be interesting.

[alanLA92]

No excuses.

[Run&Gun=Fun]

What do the Kings have to show for years drafting in the lottery?
Obviously cousins was a good pick but his attitude is bringing them down. Other than him you could have picked players out of a hat and ended up with more exciting prospects.


2007 - Spencer Hawes
2008 - Jason Thompson
2009 - Tyreke Evans
2010 - cousins
2011 - Biyombo
2012 - Thomas Robinson
2013 - Ben Mclemore
2014 - Nic Stauskas
2015 - Cauley - Stein

All lottery picks
Possibly only Cauley Stein will remain on the roster after this season.

[no pun intended]

Joerger sure loves Matt Barnes.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Joerger sure loves Matt Barnes.

on the court, he does what Joerger wants - defends and hustles.

But really, heard for a while Matt Barnes wanted to retire in Sac, his old home town.

[bdreason]

Another season of Cousins losing his shit.

[Im Still Ballin]

Agreed Cheese

I'm liking these lowkey moves

[no pun intended]

on the court, he does what Joerger wants - defends and hustles.

But really, heard for a while Matt Barnes wanted to retire in Sac, his old home town.

Definitely. Joerger literally cried in tears for him.

[poido123]

So instead of using 14 mill a year on a decent player they acquire one scrub and a not so great player instead?


Bad teams stay clueless

[Meticode]

Maybe Cousins and Barnes get into a fight.

[bigkingsfan]

So instead of using 14 mill a year on a decent player they acquire one scrub and a not so great player instead?


Bad teams stay clueless

What 14 million player are you referring to?

[poido123]

Maybe Cousins and Barnes get into a fight.

Well I guess patrons could pay a ticket for that, because watching a good basketball game might be out of the question.

[poido123]

What 14 million player are you referring to?

Don't mean to rub it in on Kings fans, but Kings are one of those teams that continually fck up trades and drafts.


Basically anything on the market is better than those two collectively.

[bigkingsfan]

Basically anything on the market is better than those two collectively.

Anything on the market but you can't name one 14 million player?

[poido123]

Anything on the market but you can't name one 14 million player?

Well yeah.


Bulls got Rondo for that amount. There's been plenty of overpays too, it's not just a Kings thing.


What I'm saying is, you gotta get best player available rather than settle for scraps.


Quality over quantity they say.