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The Sacramento Kings endured a roller coaster season that eventually led to a game without a trip to the playoffs.
Sacramento fires Coach of the Year 2023 during the season Mike BrownAssistant Coach Luke Loucks Leave jobs for Florida’s head coach, assistant general manager Wes Wilcox Stay and join the University of Utah as general manager. Finally, the general manager Monte McNair The king separates and then recruits Scott Perry.
While there are a lot of moves in Sacramento’s coach and front desk, the Kings are most famous for their team’s point guard De’aaron Foxin blockbuster transactions, Zach Lavine Become a king.
Looking ahead to the offseason, rival NBA executives are monitoring the trio Domantas Sabonis,,,,, Zach Lavineand DeMar DeRozan It is believed that Sacramento will explore the possibility of trading at least one of the players before the offseason or February trading deadline.
Sabonis, who led the league for three consecutive seasons, could be rejected in the past two All-Star games, owed $136.42 million in the next three seasons.
As the Kings, there is no more consistent player than Sabonis, who averaged 19.2 points with 13.2 rebounds and 7.1 assists.
However, if Sabonis continues to spit without showing more progress, rival executives are monitoring whether Sabonis will eventually ask for a deal.
After an injury to Chicago 2023-24 season, Lavine rebounded last season, shooting career-high from the field (.511) and ARC (.446) with a career-high average of 23.3 points.
The 30-year-old defender owes $47.5 million this season, has $48.97 million in player options in 2026-27 and 15% of trade kickers in contracts.
Worth mentioning BJ Armstronghe joined Sacramento’s new assistant general manager.
Perry said in November 2023: “There is no doubt that Zach Lavine can score basketball.
During Perry’s introductory press conference, he cleared his current position at Lavine and his relationship.
“I had the chance to talk to Zach,” Perry told reporters at a press conference. “I knew a little about Zach before I took the job. When he was a young UCLA player, I was scouting him and watching him a lot – great talent, sports, 40% of the career three-point shooter. He and I (what I said and I talked to me was a good conversation.”
Meanwhile, another top scorer in Sacramento, Derozan, is still influential, shooting 47.7% and scoring an average of 22.2 points. He turned 36 in August, with $24.57 million in books for the next season, and only $10 million out of his $25.74 million salary for the 2026-27 season.
Similarly, backup center Jonas Valanciunas He owed $10.4 million this season, and his $10 million salary in the 2026-27 season is unsecured.
Therefore, Derozan and Valanciunas are considered to be mobile paychecks.
