“So will that compel them (even more) to make moves in these next couple hours before the 3 p.m. ET deadline? Only if the price is right. And don't expect any high-profile moves.
While the Kings are known to have interest in a number of players who remain available, from Brooklyn's Dorian Finney-Smith and Royce O'Neale, to the Wizards' Delon Wright (a former King) and Miami's Caleb Martin, those aren't the kinds of players to likely inspire them to give up too much of the draft stock they would need for a bigger move down the line. But those kinds of players, team sources tell The Athletic, are still in play. As McNair made clear in our interview last summer, the Kings' ability to upgrade in a major way if this current group wasn't getting the job done is a major part of their plan.
And to set the record straight on a related front, I'm told the Kings don't see Washington's Kyle Kuzma as that sort of player.
Team sources say there have been no talks on the Kuzma front for months, and that the Kings have no interest in losing any of the rotation players who would need to be sent out to match his salary ($25 million this season before declining to over the course of the next three years). Even beyond Kuzma, all signs point to the Kings keeping their current core (and then some) intact while trying to add to it without losing any of their main rotation players.” Amick Athletic
While the Kings are known to have interest in a number of players who remain available, from Brooklyn's Dorian Finney-Smith and Royce O'Neale, to the Wizards' Delon Wright (a former King) and Miami's Caleb Martin, those aren't the kinds of players to likely inspire them to give up too much of the draft stock they would need for a bigger move down the line. But those kinds of players, team sources tell The Athletic, are still in play. As McNair made clear in our interview last summer, the Kings' ability to upgrade in a major way if this current group wasn't getting the job done is a major part of their plan.
And to set the record straight on a related front, I'm told the Kings don't see Washington's Kyle Kuzma as that sort of player.
Team sources say there have been no talks on the Kuzma front for months, and that the Kings have no interest in losing any of the rotation players who would need to be sent out to match his salary ($25 million this season before declining to over the course of the next three years). Even beyond Kuzma, all signs point to the Kings keeping their current core (and then some) intact while trying to add to it without losing any of their main rotation players.” Amick Athletic
