Keep Hope Alive Josh Smith Trade Talks Back ON!

by | Jul 17, 2014 | 2 comments

Josh Smith Pistons Kings trade talks

Most #Pistons fans can keep hope alive. It looks like trade talks have resumed to send Josh Smith to the Sacramento Kings again, ESPN’s Mark Stein reports.

Sources told ESPN.com the Kings have continued to express interest in Smith and the parties are on the hunt for a third team that could help facilitate the deal.
Smith’s stay in Detroit might only end up lasting for one season if a deal reportedly being discussed between the Pistons and Kings comes to fruition.

As ESPN.com reported last month, Detroit and Sacramento have engaged in trade discussions that would potentially land Smith in the same frontcourt with DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay. Initial talks called for Sacramento to send Jason Thompson and either Derrick Williams or Jason Terry to the Pistons for Smith, but those discussions reached an impasse and were pushed into July along with the rest of both teams’ free-agent business, sources said.

Skeptics will inevitably question whether the Kings should indeed take the gamble of trying to fit Smith in alongside Cousins and Gay, especially with three years and $40.5 million remaining on Smith’s contract from the Pistons last summer and in the wake of his struggles playing alongside Detroit big men Andre Drummond and Monroe.

Sources say the Kings continue to give the addition of Smith serious consideration, largely because the discussions to date have not required them to part with any players in their long-term plans and would also add a versatile and athletic defender to a roster that badly needs one, given how much Kings coach Mike Malone is known to preach defense.

One girl’s opinion…bless you Sacramento Kings.

Fingers crossed.

2 Comments

  1. JD Stone

    Jonathan Santiago reporting that Derrick Williams is not dressed for the Kings summer league game today. Looks like this could be a possibility…

    Reply
    • Kirk

      Derrick Williams still plays Summer League? Don’t players usually stop after year two?

      Reply

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