Report: The Kings have six players on the radar in possible trades first appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The pressure is on for fun the Kings 12th place as they hope to turn around their 2024-25 NBA season before it’s too late.
Improving a record is an important consideration at this point of the season, with general manager Monte McNair and Co. specifically looking for a boost in the back office and / or wing positions, The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Anthony Slater reported, said team sources.
Six players in particular are on Sacramento’s radar, Amick and Slater added, citing league sources.
Those players include the Portland Trail Blazers forward Jeremy GrantUtah Jazz forward John Collinsand a pair of Washington Wizards teammates, center Jonas Valančiūnas and further Kyle Kuzma.
In addition, Brooklyn Nets forward Johnson Camera we had Dorian Finney-Smith is causing interest, although Finney-Smith’s interest is “less than reasonable,” for Amick and Slater.
Sacramento adding a big player like Zach LaVine or Brandon Ingram, who have been linked to rumors with the Kings and other teams, is “impossible,” for Amick and Slater, but McNair can still explore any and all of those it is possible.
Along with De’Aaron Fox is the future in Sacramento becomes more and more uncertain, for Amick and Slater, if Fox and the Kings do part way, it will make the most sense for him to be through trade to avoid him leaving in free agency for anything in back.
Fox has not requested a trade, but teams are already preparing themselves to be in a position to receive it, as well the San Antonio SpursAmick and Slater reported, said league sources.
For now, though, the Kings are focused on the present, and it’s only a matter of time until a big change occurs.
