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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- There might be a shortage of wins in Kings Land of late, but there is no shortage of trade chatter.So to follow up on some of the diligent work of ESPN.com's Marc Stein regarding the futures of Omri Casspi and Carl Landry, allow me to expound on their respective situations and that of Samuel Dalembert as well. One disclaimer regarding all: the signs remain strong that there is a directive from on high for Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie to avoid taking on any salary unless it's a can't-miss opportunity, which obviously limits the possibilities in play here.
As proof of the Preserve Cap Space For Post-Lockout 2011 mission being pushed by Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof, we present the most recent and dramatic example: the Kings had a chance to basically steal Michael Beasley from Miami in July, absorbing his rookie-scale contract ($4.9 million this season, $6.2 million next season and restricted free agency in the summer of 2012) in their salary cap room in the process while raising their talent pool by adding the No. 2 pick in the 2008 draft. Instead, they watched that train go by and saw him go to Minnesota for a 2011 second-round pick and the rights to swap a first-round pick in the future.
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/06/kings-could-be-sellers-in-trade-market/
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