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How NBA experts rate Kings’ DeRozan deal, other free agency moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
NBA free agency is well underway, and the Kings have plenty to show for it.
In addition to bringing back Malik Monk on a four-year, $78 million contract, Sacramento also re-signed Alex Len and landed six-time NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan in a sign-and-trade deal that also sent Chris Duarte and Harrison Barnes to the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs, respectively.
Sacramento certainly hopes these transactions can help the team return to the NBA playoffs next season, and here’s how the moves were graded by experts around the league:
Malik Monk: A
“Getting Malik Monk back is a great outcome for the Kings, who could have been outbid by a team with cap space that aggressively pursued last season’s Sixth Man Award runner-up. …
“To some extent, Sacramento was lucky another team didn’t aggressively pursue Monk, who ranked 10th in my projections of the most valuable free agents over the next three seasons based on his high-volume scoring off the bench and age (26). Much like the Lakers last year with restricted free agent Austin Reaves, the Kings deserve credit for making Monk the best offer possible, including a player option on the final season of the deal as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.” – Kevin Pelton
DeMar DeRozan: C
“Usually, the team that gets the best player in a trade is a big winner, and DeRozan is not only the best player in this draft but also a talent upgrade for Sacramento. The fans in SacTown are already embracing him. That’s all great, but DeRozan’s fit with the Kings is questionable. First, bringing in DeRozan adds a weak defender to a team that already struggles on that end of the court.
“Second, DeRozan is a brilliant isolation scorer in the midrange, but playing to his strengths takes the ball out of the hands of other quality shot creators in De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis and Malik Monk (who the Kings re-signed this summer). … Sacramento is going to be a good team this season and with DeRozan its floor is higher. The Kings got better with this trade, but not meaningfully.” -…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-07-09 15:22:34
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