I can't believe he signed for that little, also that Sacramento didn't tender him a qualifying offer. McLemore is who I wanted the Suns to draft in 2013 but we took Len instead. We probably wouldn't have drafted Booker if we had McLemore though, so I guess it's a good thing we didn't take him. It's odd that the Kings gave up on him like that. He's started 74% of the games in his career, 216 out of 293, is only 24, shot 38% from 3 last year, and averages 9.4 points for his career. His 3 point percentage has gone up every year also. It's not like $5.5 is an overpayment or too much for a backup SG either. He's not the pro I thought he'd be, or most scouts for that matter, the 2013 draft is one of the worst ever, but he was seen as one of the most "can't miss" picks in the lottery. He still has potential at his age though.
I feel bad for the fans in Sacramento. They fought to keep the Maloof's from moving their team and then to keep them from selling to the Seattle group who planned on buying them and moving them immediately. The group that owns them now is headed up by Vivek Ranadive who was the Vice President for the Warriors and a co-owner there. He sold his shares and resigned to head up the bid for the team to keep them in Sacramento but he's been very hands on and is behind their deal that netted them just Buddy Hield for Cousins, which their own GM came out and said he had better offers but they took that one because of Ranadive thinking Hield will be the next Steph Curry. 2 years after Ranadive left the Warriors they won their first title in 40 years, which has to sting for him, but who knows how much say he had with the Warriors.
