The power of playing in a major market cannot be understated. Often times, players are more valuable when they do. Look at Tyreke Evans for example. He’s plenty talented, but we don’t get a chance to see him play that often, so we don’t know how good he actually is. Evans is going from Sacramento to New Orleans in a 3-team trade, where he is signing for 4-years and $44 million. Sounds like a great deal for someone with his talent.
The Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers have a verbal agreement on a deal that will send restricted free agent Tyreke Evans to the Pelicans, point guard Greivis Vasquez to the Kings and center Robin Lopez and guard Terrel Harris to the Portland Trail Blazers, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
The Kings also get two second-round picks from Portland in the trade, one coming in 2014 and the second either the New York Knicks’ pick in 2016 or the Blazers’ in 2018. The people spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the trade can’t be formalized until July 10.
H/T: USA Today
