<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-sources-trade-interest-kings-malik-monk');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sources: Raptors maintain trade interest in Kings’ Malik Monk');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Raptors-maintain-trade-interest-in-Kings-Malik-Monk.jpg"></figure><h1>Sources: Raptors maintain trade interest in Kings’ Malik Monk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-17T11:08:38-07:00">June 17th, 11:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-17T11:12:09-07:00">June 17th, 11:12am</time><address><a>Kris Pursiainen</a>Kris Pursiainen is an Associate Editor for all sports based in the NJ/NYC area. Kris brings several years of experience reporting on and writing about professional teams to the table. With experience all over the country as a New York Knicks, New York Jets, New York Mets, Super Bowl LVIII, and Big East beat reporter, Kris has been breaking news and reporting on the NBA, NFL, MLB, and college basketball landscapes for years. Kris is a proud graduate of Fordham University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Even with the NBA Finals in progress, offseason headlines are already upon us. Reports mentioning the Toronto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-rumors-insider-reveals-toronto-is-willing-to-gamble-on-kevin-durant">Raptors as a team looking to make major changes</a> this summer continue to surface. Could the Sacramento Kings be a potential trade partner for the Raptors?</p><p>The Raptors are willing to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-rumors-what-jake-fischer-hearing-kevin-durant-trade-pursuit">deal either RJ Barrett or Immanuel Quickley</a> for “a significant roster upgrade,” per Jake Fischer. They have the ninth pick in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft. Fischer added that pick is “increasingly viewed as perhaps the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-rumors-no-9-pick-most-likely-top-10-picks-traded">most likely top-10 pick in the draft to be traded</a>.”</p><p>If a trade with the Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant doesn’t end up happening, league sources tell ClutchPoints they have other targets in mind. The Raptors have demonstrated interest in acquiring Kings guard Malik Monk in a potential trade, with that interest dating back at least to February’s trade deadline.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/sources-domantas-sabonis-kings-future-raptors-trade-rumors">Kings weren’t actively shopping</a> their marquee players then. But the team is now under new management. The extent to which GM Scott Perry is actually willing to deal any of Sacramento’s marquee players is unknown.</p><p>League sources say the Kings have been listening to trade offers from other teams. But that could be Perry simply gathering intelligence on his new roster. The Durant trade saga playing out will allow other pieces of the NBA offseason to fall into place. If Sacramento decides that trading Monk could potentially serve them best long term, they’ll have at least one suitor for him in Toronto.</p><p>Perry, because of his time with the New York Knicks, has preexisting relationships with at least two Raptors. Barrett and Quickley could be worth monitoring as part of any potential return in a deal for Monk. One question remains paramount in any hypothetical, though. Do the Raptors think that Monk is the ‘significant roster upgrade’ they’d trade one of the two former Knicks for?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sources: Raptors maintain trade interest in Kings’ Malik Monk

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-malik-monk-sheds-light-future');   ga('set', 'title', 'Malik Monk sheds light on Kings future');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kings-guard-Malik-Monk.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Malik Monk sheds light on Kings future</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-17T14:10:52-07:00">April 17th, 2:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-17T14:10:52-07:00">April 17th, 2:10pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After letting coach Mike Brown go mid-season, the Sacramento <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-monte-mcnair-fired-immediately-after-play-in-loss-mavericks">Kings fired GM Monte McNair after Wednesday’s loss</a> to the Dallas Mavericks as the franchise’s future was a topic reporters asked Kings guard Malik Monk about. After Wednesday’s 120-106 loss, Monk affirmed his commitment to Sacramento, and is looking forward to coming back next season as their 2024-25 campaign comes to an end.</p><p>When a reporter asked Monk if he’d have to reassess his future with the Kings, Malik responded <a href="https://twitter.com/James_HamNBA/status/1912943040320422222" rel="noopener">he’d stick around</a> with certainty, per James Ham’s X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“I’m all in. No question,” Monk said. “No question about that. It’s terrible to end the season on the bench not helping your team, especially when you know you can. It’s tough to watch that. But it’s a bright future for us I feel like, especially with the down year we had this year. I feel like it only can go up. This year been crazy. So, I’m looking forward to next year.”</p><p>Before a reporter could finish asking if he’d ever experienced a season like 2024-25, Monk knew his answer instantly.</p><p>“No [expletive] like this,” Monk replied before the reporter finished his question. “Nothing at all. I haven’t seen anything like this before.”</p><p>Monk doesn’t know of a clear-cut solution for the Kings. However, improving is the ultimate goal between now and 2025-26.</p><p>“I really can’t pinpoint what we need to do, obviously, it’s win more games,” Monk added. “I just feel like we got to come out here with pride every night, especially in front of this home crowd, and I’m going to do my best to preach that.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Malik Monk said he’s “all in” on Sacramento and how he had to play multiple different roles throughout the season. <a href="https://t.co/1mgqhGT2Ep">pic.twitter.com/1mgqhGT2Ep</a></p><p>— James Ham (@James_HamNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/James_HamNBA/status/1912943040320422222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kings forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-why-demar-derozan-holds-zero-regrets-joining-sacramento">DeMar DeRozan doesn’t regret joining the Kings</a>. Perhaps the offseason will give fans a better impression of what the future will look like in Sacramento this summer.</p><h2><b>Doug Christie’s strong statement after Kings’ play-in exit</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kings-coach-Doug-Christie_12f7d8.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After Wednesday’s loss, Kings interim head coach Doug Christie says he’s committed to his team. Despite the disappointing finish, Christie <a href="https://x.com/BrendenNunesNBA/status/1912734163465302233" rel="noopener">expressed interest</a> in returning next season, per Sac Town 1140’s Brenden Nunes.</p><p>“This is where I want to be. I think you guys know that,” Christie said. “I need to finish what I started.”</p><p>The Kings finished the regular season with the tenth-best record (40-42) in the Western Conference, and after their 14-point loss, surrendered their only ticket in the the playoffs via the Play-In Tournament. The Mavericks will face the Grizzlies for the 8th seed on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Malik Monk sheds light on Kings future

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He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings have been on a roll of late, but they just received some bad news on the injury front. Amid a three-game win streak, the Kings learned that guard Malik Monk will need more time away from the action <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1910102452860518769" rel="noopener">to deal with a lower-body issue</a>, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.</p><p>“Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk will be re-evaluated in two weeks due to a left calf strain, sources tell ESPN,” Charnia said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.</p><p>As further noted by Charania, the timetable update on Monk likely means that the former Kentucky Wildcats star will not see action for the remainder of the 2024-25 NBA regular season and in the play-in.</p><p>With that update, the 27-year-old Monk wraps up his eighth season in the NBA with averages of 17.2 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds across 65 games while shooting 43.9 percent from the field and 51.3 percent from behind the arc.</p><p>Monk <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-hit-brutal-malik-monk-news-amid-play-in-push">most recently suited up for the Kings in last Monday’s 127-117 victory</a> on the road over the Detroit Pistons. However, he only played for six minutes off the bench in that contest, as he exited late in the first quarter with a calf injury. Monk had two points on 1-for-3 shooting from the floor with an assist and a turnover when he left the court.</p><p>The Kings have already secured a berth in the play-in tournament, as they have a 39-40 record through Tuesday –just a game in front of the Dallas Mavericks, who will be playing the Los Angeles Lakers this Wednesday evening.</p><p>While they no longer have a shot at making it to a top-six spot in the Western Conference standings, the Kings still have something to play for. Apart from the desire to finish the regular season with at least an aesthetically better .500 record or better, the Kings surely want to lock up the No. 9 seed to win the homecourt advantage when they play the No. 10 seed in the play-in tournament, which the Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns are also still in play for.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/nuggets-vs-kings-prediction-odds-pick-spread-4-9-2025">Kings’ last three games will be against the Denver Nuggets</a> this Wednesday night, Los Angeles Clippers on Friday and Suns on Sunday — all at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings guard Malik Monk’s play-in status in jeopardy after latest injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-hit-brutal-malik-monk-news-amid-play-in-push');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings hit with brutal Malik Monk news amid play-in push');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Sacramento-Kings-guard-Malik-Monk-0-shoots-during-pregame-warm-ups.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kings hit with brutal Malik Monk news amid play-in push</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-07T18:28:28-07:00">April 7th, 6:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-07T18:28:28-07:00">April 7th, 6:28pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/kings-vs-pistons-prediction-odds-pick-spread-4-7-2025">Sacramento Kings are playing the Detroit Pistons on the road</a> Monday night, as Doug Christie’s team looks to strengthen their chances of clinching a berth in the NBA Play-in Tournament.</p><p>However, they absorbed a blow mid-game when shooting guard Malik Monk was <a href="https://x.com/JandersonSacBee/status/1909396708452413942" rel="noopener">ruled out for the rest of the contest</a> with an apparent lower-body issue, according to Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee.</p><p>“Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk will not return to tonight’s game vs. the Detroit Pistons due to a left calf injury,” Anderson shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>The former Kentucky Wildcats star logged in just six minutes of action on the floor and off the bench against the Pistons before getting sidelined for the remainder of the tilt with just two points on 1-for-3 shooting from the field, and assists and a turnover.</p><p>The Detroit game was Monk’s seventh since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-malik-monk-leaves-mavericks-game-with-apparent-injury">missing three consecutive games in March</a> due to an illness. In six games before the date with the Pistons, Monk <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/monkma01/gamelog/2025#517-522-sum:player_game_log_reg" rel="noopener">averaged 11.3 points</a>, 3.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting just 36.9 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from behind the arc. Through 64 games this season, Monk has averaged 17.4 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds while posting a 43.9 field goal percentage and a 51.3 effective field goal percentage.</p><p>It remains to be seen whether Monk will need to miss at least a game to deal with his leg issue. Apart from Monk, other Sacramento players dealing with injuries are forwards Keegan Murray (back) and Jake LaRavia (fractured thumb).  The likes of Keon Ellis and Devin Carter could see increased playing time if Monk would need to get sidelined in the coming games.</p><p>The Kings are amidst a tight battle for a play-in spot in the Western Conference. They entered Monday ninth in the standings in the West with a 38-40 record  — half a game in front of the Dallas Mavericks, who are at the No. 10 spot, and three games ahead of the Phoenix Suns, who are 11th.</p><p>Monk can be considered questionable at the moment for the Kings’ next assignment, which will be a matchup against the Denver Nuggets in Sacramento on Wednesday — the first leg of a three-game homestand to finish their schedule in the 2024-25 NBA regular season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings hit with brutal Malik Monk news amid play-in push

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celebrity/kings-deaaron-foxs-wife-malik-monk-caught-beefing-in-heated-exchange');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ De’Aaron Fox’s wife, Malik Monk caught beefing in heated exchange');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kings-news-DeAaron-Foxs-wife-Malik-Monk-caught-beefing-in-heated-exchange.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings’ De’Aaron Fox’s wife, Malik Monk caught beefing in heated exchange</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-11T09:18:14-07:00">March 11th, 9:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-11T16:57:13-07:00">March 11th, 4:57pm</time><address><a href="http://designsux.com">Burtland Dixon</a>As an avid enthusiast of entertainment, Burtland Dixon is a passionate individual who revels in the magic of movies, sports, music, and pop culture. Whether it's catching the latest blockbuster, watching the marquee matchup of the week, attending live concerts, or getting immersed in the world of gaming, Burtland finds joy in all forms of entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/spurs-news-deaaron-fox-revealing-admission-sacramento-kings-return">De’Aaron Fox’s first game back in Sacramento</a> since being traded to the San Antonio Spurs in February had all the makings of a homecoming—except the focus quickly shifted to an intense courtside confrontation. Fox’s wife, Recee Fox, <a href="https://athlonsports.com/nba/deaaron-fox-wife-gets-into-it-with-malik-monk-after-spurs-kings" rel="noopener">was caught in a heated exchange</a> with his former Kings teammate and longtime friend, Malik Monk, after Sacramento dominated San Antonio, 127-109, per AthlonSports.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DG8XEC7peDj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DG8XEC7peDj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by San Antonio Spurs Memes (@spursmemes_)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Courtside Tension Raises Eyebrows</b></h2><p>As the final buzzer sounded, Recee Fox and Monk were seen engaged in a fiery discussion. Witnesses noted that Recee was forcefully pounding her fist into her hand, an unmistakable sign of frustration, while Monk appeared just as animated in his response. The argument escalated to the point where another individual attempted to intervene before Monk eventually walked away.</p><p>Fox and Monk share deep basketball roots, having played together at the University of Kentucky before reuniting in Sacramento. Their bond seemed solid, but Fox’s trade and his comments afterward hinted at lingering tensions. The All-Star guard suggested his new team in San Antonio felt more like a family, a statement Monk didn’t take lightly.</p><p>“It was crazy, ’cause he was one of the reasons I came here,” Monk admitted following the trade. “But we got to move on. I know it’s a business. By the looks of it, they said he wanted to be out of here, so he got what he wanted.”</p><h2><b>Fallout From Fox’s Departure</b></h2><p>Fox didn’t let Monk’s words slide, quickly responding on social media before deleting his post. “Everybody has the same story about the dysfunction but yeah it’s my fault,” he wrote, seemingly addressing the Kings’ internal struggles and refuting the idea that he alone wanted out.</p><p>Beyond Monk’s reaction, Fox’s dissatisfaction with Sacramento had been brewing for a while. He reportedly had issues with head coach Mike Brown, and after Brown was fired in December 2024, Fox’s exit soon followed.</p><p>Despite the off-court drama, Fox’s return performance was unremarkable, finishing with 16 points on 6-of-17 shooting. “I haven’t made a shot in two weeks, man,” he said postgame. He acknowledged the emotions of playing his former team but maintained that the tribute video was a touching gesture.</p><p>As for the courtside clash, the full story remains unclear. However, when a player’s wife gets involved in a dispute with an ex-teammate, it usually signals unresolved issues beyond basketball. Whether Monk or Fox will provide more clarity remains to be seen, but for now, Sacramento’s drama continues even without Fox in the lineup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.9	3.8	5.9	0.7	1.0

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.9	3.8	5.9	0.7	1.0

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