Sacramento Kings (so far)

Added Aron Aflalo (2yrs/$25m), Matt Barnes (2ys/$12m), Anthony Tolliver (2yrs/$16m), Garret Temple (3yrs/$24m) and retained Caron Butler (1yr/$1.5m). Drafted Georgios Papagiannis (#13), Malachi Richardson (#22), Skal Labisserie (#28), Isaiah Cousins (#59). Aflalo gives them wing scoring and perimeter defense in an affordable veteran package (feel like Aflalo could've done better or at least gotten the same deal with a better team). Barnes is a useful wild card on a good team, but he's just waste of space on a bad team. Tolliver can hit corner 3's. Temple is...uh....who is he? Papagiannis is one of those prospects that only appeared on anyone's radar at the last minute making him a virtual unknown. Richardson had a nice tournament run for a freshman on a so-so Syracuce team. Skal was a disappointment at Kentucky (on his way to being a disappointment in the NBA).

From last year they've lost Rajon Rondo (to Bulls), traded Marco Belinelli (to Hornets), James Anderson (to a Turkish team, I believe), Seth Curry (to Mavs), Quincy Acy (currently unsigned, could be back in a Sac uni), Wayne Ellington (to Heat). Rondo was never a good fit for Sacramento (or anyone, really), so not a big loss. Belinelli was not a good fit. Anderson was not a good player. Seth Curry is gonna be everyone's favorite mascot for the next few years, an in demand roster filler for years to come. Acy and Ellington are pro basketball players...and no one can take that away from them.

Their Summer League team features some interesting prospects: Arturas Gudaitis, Luka Mitrovic, Jarrod Uthoof have all had some acclaim over the last coupla drafts, Sacramento is as good a place as any for them to debut. And the current rumor is they're shopping Rudy Gay. And some good news: Darren Collison plead not guilty in his domestic abuse case.

Starting five: PG Collison, SG McLemore, SF Gay, PF Cauley-Stein, C Cousins with Richardson (as backup PG?), Aflalo, Barnes, Tolliver, Temple, Butler, Gudaitis, Papagionnas, Labisserie off the bench. They're trying to suck, right? What else could be going on here? Man, I don't see how they win any games at all with that lineup. Cousins sinks further into ignominy until he can finally get to a real NBA city. Brutal.