Yogi Ferrell agrees to 2-year, $6.2M deal with Kings

[Yahoo Sports]

Yogi Ferrell appears to have settled on a new team. After changing course on a contract to return to the Dallas Mavericks, guard Yogi Ferrell has agreed to a two-year, $6.2 million deal to sign with the Sacramento Kings. Ferrell is known as a good locker-room presence and is a fit in the backcourt.

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[NBC Sports BayArea]

The Sacramento Kings jumped into the free agent market Friday afternoon, inking point guard Yogi Ferrell to a two-year, $6.2 million contract NBC Sports California has confirmed. Ferrell had a deal in place to remain with the Dallas Mavericks, but pulled out after learning the specifics of the contract. The Kings jumped at the opportunity to add the talented 25-year-old, who went undrafted out of Indiana in 2016.

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[Reuters]

Free agent guard Yogi Ferrell will sign with the Sacramento Kings for two years and $6.2 million, according to a Yahoo Sports report on Friday, hours after he spurned a reported deal with the Dallas Mavericks. Ferrell's agent told Yahoo Sports earlier Friday that his client, after sleeping on it, was backing out of a two-year, $5.3 million deal he agreed to with the Mavericks. "We felt uncomfortable and will weigh our options," agent Cervando Tejeda said Friday morning.

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[NBC Sports]

Yogi Ferrell has been a solid backup point guard for the Mavericks the past couple of years, and this summer he wanted to re-sign with them — but he did so on a bad contract for him. Ferrell backed out of that deal — not a good look, even if it was the right move for him. Quickly, he found a better one with the Sacramento Kings, reports Shams Charania of The Vertical at Yahoo Sports.

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