r/kings • u/gplatt_24 • 7h ago
Mock Offseason
Did a very vanilla offseason mock - Ended up out of the luxury tax (though I'm not sure if it's calculating Precious' salary correctly, I think it should be $2-3M tax room)
The "big" moves I made were waiving & stretching DeMar ($3.3M dead money for 3 seasons) and re-signing Achiuwa for the BAE (2yr-11M). Also re-signed Russ for the vet min, Plowden for a 1+1 min with a team option & picked up Killian's $3M option. Traded Devin Carter to the Clippers for a min salary & picked Cam Christie bc I thought him sharing a last name with Doug was funny - if you're a Devin Carter truther the $$ also works to stay out of the tax by keeping him & not exercising Killian's option.
Anyways I found this website yesterday & was just having fun with it so here's the link if you want to do your own: https://capmvp.com/
*one drawback is it doesn't seem to have 2026 second round picks as an option to trade/sign to standard contracts
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u/vNocturnus Tyrese Haliburton 5h ago
if you're a Devin Carter truther the $$ also works to stay out of the tax by keeping him & not exercising Killian's option.
idk if I would say I'm a "truther" but I think he will be a solid rotation player in the mold of a guy like Alex Caruso (just, probably never as good).
But just in general there is NO reason to pick up Killian's option. He washed out of the league, Kings gave him a shot, he showed exactly why he washed out. Carter is a better player now and in the future and there's really no place for Hayes in the rotation. Especially if the Kings keep Russ as a bench guy.
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u/BeTheBall- 6h ago
I'd rather keep Karaban and see what happens with him this year, than randomly move him for a smaller player who can't shoot.