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NBA Trade Deadline: The trade each team must make

By Michael Dunlap

May 15, 2013; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Reggie Jackson (15) and center Kendrick Perkins (5) watch the game against the Memphis Grizzlies from the bench during the second half of game five of the second round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Grizzlies defeated the Thunder 88-84. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
May 15, 2013; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Reggie Jackson (15) and center Kendrick Perkins (5) watch the game against the Memphis Grizzlies from the bench during the second half of game five of the second round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Grizzlies defeated the Thunder 88-84. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 4, 2015; San Antonio, TX, USA; Orlando Magic small forward Tobias Harris (12) shoots the ball past San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan (21) during the second half at AT&T Center. The Spurs won 110-103. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 4, 2015; San Antonio, TX, USA; Orlando Magic small forward Tobias Harris (12) shoots the ball past San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan (21) during the second half at AT&T Center. The Spurs won 110-103. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

A Royal Pain (Sacramento Kings)

Sacramento sends Derrick Williams, Nik Stauskas, Draft Pick to Orlando for Tobias Harris, Dewayne Dedmon

Well, this escalated quickly, didn’t it?

In the span of two months, the Sacramento Kings went from being the darlings of the NBA’s criminally tough Western Conference, to being the red-headed step child of the NBA. The fans that once embraced the Kings’ transformation into a team that worked hard and entertained, has now turned on the team the same way Whoopi Goldberg turned on Danny Glover in The Color Purple.

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“Whatever you done to me, already been done to you.”

Not only did Whoopi cursed Glover, but she also cursed the Kings as well. A Kings front office that looked so promising, has now made some tremendously bone headed moves, such as firing coach Michael Malone when the Kings were just two games below .500, and promoting a coach who has no business being a head coach not even in the D-League.

But in truth, the real problem with the Kings lie within the lineup, where it is obvious the Kings have a bunch of square pegs that just doesn’t fit the overall vision of the Kings, whatever that vision is.

So, how do the Kings fix their roster problems? By trade of course, because we all know that no sane free agent want’s to willingly come to Sacramento, no matter how much money they offer. So, I proposed this trade to help fix the Kings’ woes, via the Orlando Magic.

Why would this trade work you ask? Because the Kings need a starting small forward, and Harris has grown into a legitimate scoring threat that Orlando bizarrely treats like damage goods. His scoring, rebounding and defense will be tremendous beside DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay. It will be Sacramento’s own version of the big three.

And Dedmon is a solid center who did an admirable job starting when Nikola Vucevic was out earlier in the season. Dedmon can play defense, and has a nice touch around the basket. He has the potential to push Jason Thompson to the bench, which is desperately needed.

But then again, what is desperately needed in Sacramento, is a complete overhaul of this roster.

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