Sam Amick

Like if Pirtle doesn't play on Wednesday night, then you can say goodbye to this a bonus possibility because teams –

who are maybe looking at or who are looking at Pirtle, they want to see him play.

And if he's still on the shelf, then they're going to just take a pass.

I mean, it's a combination of figuring out what this roster looks like going forward and obviously, you know, shedding a lot of the leftover baggage from before.

I mean, I mentioned the Fox trade.

And, you know, it just, again, it's aged so poorly.

Like Zach Levine, we had seen this movie before with DeMar DeRozan.

So the idea that they did that again, and that was a previous front office regime that did that with Monty McNair leading the way.

And to be clear, Vivek Ranadive, the King's owner, having everything to do with that decision, he had an affinity for Zach.

So I guess I'll unpack it that way as Zach...

is, and I wrote this today, he's going to pick up his player option for this summer.

It's like a no-duh moment, but we got to at least make sure that that's what his people are saying, and they are.

So, you know, it's getting off of money like Zach DeMar.

The Sabonis thing, they like Sabonis, but they're trying to pivot here.

So all that being said, you know, it has not been a great couple days.

when it comes to their roster building.

That three-team trade for Hunter, it did advance their agenda, but the fact that it included a guy, Dennis Schroeder, who they picked up last summer and then quickly wanted to get off his money because it didn't work out, that one didn't age well.

It's easier said than done.

But to me, if you look at...

what they had last summer.