I think it would be pretty easy to move Ford IMO. Quite a few teams need PGs and lets be honest, he is still a pretty darn good one. In the NBA, no one is untradeable because of the cap - the raps can always take on a questionable contract in exchange for TJ Ford, which might help them improve a little bit.
If I wanted to build a team around a guy, it is Calderon without a doubt. Coming off screens, the guy is deadly with his jumper and is a better distributer than Ford is, and doesn't turn the ball over. Ford drives a lot more and makes his counterpart work more though, and definitely has better "tools" than Calderon does.
I'm beginning to question if Sam Mitchell is the right guy for this team because for whatever reason the players don't seem to be getting the message. Ford wasn't on board for the game plan in the 4th. Kapuno didn't get the ball like he should have and Neither did Rasho. Both were having amazing games and they didn't even get involved in the 4th. Neither one can create their own shots, so the PG HAS to feed it low to Rasho, or drive and kick to Kapuno. The Kings had ZERO low post defense, and the Raps for whatever reason, even with their questionable bigs, didn't exploit it for the whole game. Only at times. That cost them the game.
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