[Evilmav2]

A lot of the King's fans have been claiming that Sac traded Keon to facilitate a resigning of Jimmy Jackson, but they are dead wrong.

Sacramento is still over the salary cap and they still possess their full MLE. Trading away Keon does absolutely nothing that allows Sacramento to pay Jackson a higher salary, or allow them to retain him without "paying double" because of the luxury tax. After locking up monstrous amounts of long-term money in Webber, Bibby, and now Miller, the Maloof brothers have shown very clearly over the last year that they are not interested in signing players in luxury tax land, unless they offer an indisputable upgrade in talent- and the vaunted depth of the Kings is being sacrificed on that altar of thrift...

If my guess is right, for precisely the kinds of salary cap reasons that prompted Sac to bribe Utah to get Keon off of their roster, Petrie is going to continue to wait and see what kind of offers Jackson actually gets before trying to lowball him, late in the Summer, with the paltriest one year deal they can get away with.

The Keon trade was fostered by the Maloofs dislike of paying the luxury tax, and the King's attitude toward resigning Jackson is the same...