The Sacramento Kings have agreed on a sign-and-trade that will land DeMar DeRozan on a three-year deal, send Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Duarte, two second-round picks and cash to the Chicago Bulls.

[vy65]

I'd recommend we show him Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny back-to-back to balance things out....unfortunately that would likely just cause him to waive Barnes and renounce Ingram without any return after he see what Harrison becomes.

“Well well Indiana Jones, you’re looking nice.”

[Darkwaters]

Sam Quinn has a fedora collection and is frequently featured on r/justneckbeardthings

Game respects game

[exstatic]

Make no mistake, Pop had a hand in this trade because he wanted to help Demar. And don't you dare boo.

I have no problem if this is true. DD could have just signed a number of places for his previous contract, but allowed us to recoup some value in a S&T.

[vy65]

Game respects game

It’s “game recognize game” m’lady

[SPURt]

[Darkwaters]

It’s “game recognize game” m’lady

PS: "m'lady"?

[exstatic]

Even though someone reported (Woj iirc) that the Spurs were making their moves with the 2025 offseason in mind, their actions show that the 2026 offseason is the real target here.

I wonder if the Spurs will offer something like $20M over 2 years to Paul instead to make the cap numbers work for the Barnes trade. Maybe have only $2M of the second season guaranteed so that if the Spurs cut him, Paul still gets more than what the Spurs promised him ($11M for 1 year).

The problem with even a two year deal is that it takes the trade control out of Paul’s hands. The player has absolute trade veto power on a one year contract.

[DAF86]

CP3, Vassell, Barnes, Sochan, Wemby

Tre, Branham, Castle, Keldon, Collins

This rotation still sucks ass, tbh.

[scott]

CP3, Vassell, Barnes, Sochan, Wemby

Tre, Branham, Castle, Keldon, Collins

This rotation still sucks ass, tbh.

That bench unit... spacing of a neutron star.

[Seventyniner]

The problem with even a two year deal is that it takes the trade control out of Paul’s hands. The player has absolute trade veto power on a one year contract.

I don't think Pop will do CP3 dirty after convincing him to sign. If CP3 wants out, even to a specific team, I expect the Spurs to accommodate him.

[vy65]

CP3, Vassell, Barnes, Sochan, Wemby

Tre, Branham, Castle, Keldon, Collins

This rotation still sucks ass, tbh.

CP3, Vassell, Castle, Barnes, Wemby (we’re beyond ed if the AARP guy is playing 3)

Tre, Branham, Champ, Sochan, Zollins

Or Sochan is the starting 3 and Castle is a pf?

[timtonymanu]

Branham and Collins being part of the rotation and some calling it strong

I like the Barnes signing though. Branham and Collins gotta do better this year cause pop will not bench them obviously

[vy65]

This roster definitely makes sense

[Wilt Chamberlain]

Does this trade take Sacramento out of rivalry for the Lauri trade?

I have seen Barnes in plenty King's trade ideas.

[exstatic]

Keldon + filler (Branham or Blake) + S/ATL 27 + SA 2030 (+MIN Swap) + 20131 MIN. They can have a few SRPs if that wets their whistle. That’s full control over Minnesota’s future plus a potentially high unprotected FRP and a serviceable player. I think that’s a slightly better package than what NYK paid for Bridges.

That SA 30 has two swaps attached, so remove one other pick.

[Ariel]

Reports have Chicago receiving 2 SRPs, but are we sure Sacramento is the source? Haven't read specifics on it. Also, what are the Spurs sending in this 3-way deal? Or will it be formalized as a 4 team trade with Charlotte?

[RC_Drunkford]

Good move, but I would hate to lose Champagnie and Bassey who are on super cheap long term contracts. Spurs need to make another move to clear some salary.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I'd straight up rather have Harrison Barnes on the Spurs than Demar Derozen.

YES. DeRozan doesn’t move the needle very much and don’t want any part of his salary

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Branham and Collins being part of the rotation and some calling it strong

I like the Barnes signing though. Branham and Collins gotta do better this year cause pop will not bench them obviously

Want to dump Collins so badly
Ugh

[Wilt Chamberlain]

Thanks for this Heisenberg, another valuable contribution in your long and storied career

I dig the nickname. Thanks.

[DPG21920]

Yall are wild. Derozan definitely helps kings lol.

[Ariel]

Does this trade take Sacramento out of rivalry for the Lauri trade?

I have seen Barnes in plenty King's trade ideas.

I don't think that was ever really a thing, more likely than not it's Ainge leaking these through his mouth piece https://x.com/tjonesonthenba in order to pump up Lauri's value. I don't think there are that many teams that can realistically put together a compe ive package, probably Spurs, GSW (if they renegotiate the terms of the pick owed to Washington), plus maybe Houston and OKC, but that's about it.

[exstatic]

Reports have Chicago receiving 2 SRPs, but are we sure Sacramento is the source? Haven't read specifics on it. Also, what are the Spurs sending in this 3-way deal? Or will it be formalized as a 4 team trade with Charlotte?

Report was that we were kicking in one SRP, but they didn’t say who was receiving it. We have a couple of nasty ones, one that is worst of 3 teams, and one that is worst of 4 teams. Hopefully it was one of those.

[SpurSpike]

What does this mean for Mamu? Was really hoping to see him stay on the team. Didn't get to see much of him last year but the little I saw, I liked.

[Mr. Body]

Want to dump Collins so badly
Ugh

This would just be dumb, and I legit don't understand this at ude. He was really good in 2022-2023 and clearly was thrown off last year and his confidence suffered. It's just a nonsense take. He's not making that much and is the only backup we have at that position.

Is he a longterm solution? No. Is there any factual or basketball basis to wanting to get rid of him? No, it's just kneejerk nonsense.