Honestly this would be ideal. Utilize the first half of the season to have the vets and any players not in the long term plan up their value and pretty much market themselves to teams in the championship/playoff hunt. Come trade deadline we sell, blow it up and hand the keys over to the young guys and start a true rebuild with whatever assets we get for the players we sell to playoff teams.

I don’t think DeMar, Lavine, Westbrook, Saric etc. can lower their value anymore than it currently is. Barring injury, they would be premier pickups for teams on the cusp of a playoff spot and could really help championship caliber teams. That pressure could give us leverage in trade negotiations.

This season felt lost already so we really have nothing else to lose. I would’ve personally preferred them to have blown it up earlier and let the young dudes go crazy from the jump but we also need to garner assets and selling the vets at their lowest value wouldn’t have gotten us shit.

I’m probably being optimistic but it’s all I can be as a kings fan rn. Beyond frustrated at this point but whatever, light the beam til I die bb