Michael Woodson

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@thekingsherald @WillofThaPeople @TonyXypteras I feel the team is constructed much better this year than last. If healthy, how competitive can this team be?

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@JackBDann I don't think it's accurate to say any deal can just blindly nuke the "market" for Sabonis. The market for Sabonis has already been established by many other factors that are much more important than what Randle was traded for

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@o_a_khan Maybe I'm wrong here, but do we really need to rush to trade sabonis? He plays so hard and unselfishly, I think he's worth more than a first and expiring to us. Our young players play well off him, I'm fine keeping him if we don't get anything too enticing

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@CarmichaelDave @bretthuff22 5. Didn't play players in roles that other teams would likely use them in.
6. We have aging veterans who are losing.

If we had any roster balance, maybe these guys could be tradable. But coaching and roster building missteps cause a negative feedback loop in asset value

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@CarmichaelDave @bretthuff22 1. Kings created a glut of guards. Keon wanted to leave because of it, and lost value.
2. Doug played players together who didn't fit. It looked ugly.
3. We lost trey lyles, Jonas, who balanced the roster.
4. Paid a lot of money to a PG. This is opposite where league is going.

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@JillAdge Ya, I suppose teams trade them at the end of the day, so they are still an asset.

What sucks is that this is a snowball effect of bad off-season moves. Perrys moves are not hindsight misses, but obvious misses at the time of the moves. I have no faith in the future

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@bretthuff22 As far as culture, I think young guys are hungry to prove themselves. They will play hard. And if they don't, it's cheaper to move on from them.

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@bretthuff22 Yep. Even if you play young guys and still lose:
1. They develop
2. You see what you have
3. You get better value with cheap contracts

And even if your young guys aren't as good as Jalen Williams, they will always be more tradeable than an aging, expensive, underperforming vet.

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@JillAdge Lastly, the fact that we got these veterans to stay competitive and establish culture.. I cannot imagine anything worse for your culture than losing and playing an aging core at the expense of your youth. I will be so sad when/if we lose keon. Whew, okay got that off my chest ha

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@JillAdge And I can't even begin to tell you how much it bugged me that the media and the head coach overemphasized "effort" and "pride". Sometimes, if your team just sucks (cause of poor fit), what can you even do?

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@BrendenNunesNBA @o_a_khan I figured this was why Monte always traded away 2nd round picks. They’re useless if agents can drive where people are selected

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@Aykis16 Donathan Duminga?!

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@MattGeorgeSAC Another approach involves going for unproven young guys (g league standouts). It’s the most financially flexible and at least gives you a chance to find someone who outperforms their contract. The culture argument doesn’t resonate if you have a bad AND aging team

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@MattGeorgeSAC Why commit salary to aging players that don’t move the needle? Especially if it hurts flexibility to keep players on your team that are actually productive?

We are fooling ourselves into thinking we HAD to get a pg this year. The year was lost anyways.

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@Aykis16 Apparently you just need a pulse in order to run an NBA team, cause how else can you explain this kind of asset management lol

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@JillAdge So, we obtain flexibility by risking Keon's contract, and use that flexibility to trade away Monk and acquire Schroder and Westbrook as a stop-gap solution? How can someone possibly justify that? In the name of "culture"? Taking fliers on g-league talent feels better than this

[Michael Woodson @Woody93M]

@kfippin I do think there’s a benefit to preventing their star players from getting off to a fast start. Hence, my vote is start good defenders