Last week the Sacramento Kings announced that, among other moves, they has declined the fourth year option on Harry Giles. We’ve already detailed the impacts of that decision, how it almost guarantees that Giles doesn’t have a future with the Kings despite the team’s words to the contrary. What I’m still struggling with is why the Kings did this.
Future cap flexibility around the luxury tax is the most likely explanation. Jeff Siegel wrote for Early Bird Rights about the possible cap impacts of keeping or not keeping Harry.