<!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/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-ny-eyeing-add-ex-kings-asset-nba-summer-league');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks eyeing to add ex-Kings asset amid NBA Summer League');   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/2025/07/Mike-Brown-1.jpg"><figcaption>Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Knicks eyeing to add ex-Kings asset amid NBA Summer League</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-14T05:53:12-07:00">July 14th, 5:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-14T05:53:12-07:00">July 14th, 5:53am</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks shocked the basketball world last month after firing Tom Thibodeau despite coaching the team to its first conference finals since 2000.</p><p>Fans felt it was a knee-jerk reaction after the Knicks’ tough loss to the Indiana Pacers. The front office, however, stressed that the squad needs to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-rumors-marcus-smart-named-potential-target-fill-out-roster">head in a new direction</a>.</p><p>Now leading the way for the Knicks is Mike Brown, who was also unceremoniously <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-mike-brown-shoots-down-kings-question-intro-presser">axed by the Sacramento Kings</a> in the middle of last season. In the aim of making it an easier transition for Brown, the Knicks are looking to add a familiar face.</p><p>According to The Athletic’s Fred Katz, citing a league source, New York <a href="https://x.com/FredKatz/status/1944528177994576041">plans to add</a> former Kings assistant coach Riccardo Fois to the coaching staff.</p><p>“Fois is sitting with the Knicks’ contingent at their Summer League game right now,” reported Katz on Sunday.</p><p>Having a trusted deputy should bode well for the 55-year-old Brown, who coached the Kings to a 107-88 record in his two-and-a-half-year stint. The Knicks are his fourth team to lead. He has also served as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Washington Wizards.</p><p>The 38-year-old Fois, meanwhile, served as a player development coach for the Phoenix Suns from 2019 to 2021. He also spent time at Arizona, Gonzaga, and Pepperdine in various roles. He’s currently an assistant coach of Italy’s national team.</p><p>Knicks president Leon Rose has <a href="https://www.nba.com/knicks/news/mike-brown-named-new-york-knicks-head-coach" rel="noopener">placed his full trust</a> in Brown, a two-time Coach of the Year, in steering the Knicks over the hump.</p><p>“Mike has coached on the biggest stages in our sport and brings championship pedigree to our organization. His experience leading the bench during the NBA Finals, winning four titles as an assistant coach, and his ability to grow and develop players will all help us as we aim to bring a championship to New York for our fans,” said Rose last month, as quoted by NBA.com.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks eyeing to add ex-Kings asset amid NBA Summer League

<!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-rumors-new-gm-holds-affinity-for-russell-westbrook-problem');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings rumors: New GM holds ‘affinity’ for Russell Westbrook, but there’s a problem');   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/2025/07/Russell-Westbrook.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kings rumors: New GM holds ‘affinity’ for Russell Westbrook, but there’s a problem</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-11T08:31:24-07:00">July 11th, 8:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-11T08:31:24-07:00">July 11th, 8:31am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings haven’t made many moves in free agency, but the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-sacramento-officially-completes-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-with-pistons">one thing they did was sign Dennis Schroder</a>. There’s a good chance that he’ll be the starting guard for the team, and they have depth behind him to help when he goes to the bench. It wouldn’t be bad to add more depth, and Russell Westbrook has been a name that has come up since the guard is still looking for a team to sign with.</p><p>Though general manager Scott Perry is fond of Westbrook, the depth issue <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZW1TTdbDzU" rel="noopener">is a problem</a>, according to The Athletic’s Sam Amick.</p><p>“The sense I had gotten was that the Kings and Scott (Perry) have a lot of affinity for Russ, without question,” Amick said. “But the backcourt is already pretty crowded, and there was concern about making it even worse. So I’ve certainly been leaning in the direction of thinking that’s not going to happen. Nothing has changed roster-wise to alter the logjam that a move like that would create. I mean, we know they’ve been active, but it’s obviously been pretty quiet recently.”</p><p>As of now, the Kings have Schroder, Devin Carter, Keon Ellis, and Malik Monk, who could play guard. Bringing in Westbrook would definitely be a log jam, especially if the Kings want to prioritize giving the young players on the team minutes. Westbrook may have a better chance with another team where he can play more meaningful minutes.</p><h2><b>Kings looking to stay competitive in West</b></h2><p>There were questions about what direction the Kings may decide to go in this offseason after they shook up some things last year, but it looks like they’re going to stay competitive. There are still some things that need clarity, as far as if the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-rumors-heat-linked-to-jazz-star-amid-jonathan-kuminga-demar-derozan-buzz">Kings still want to trade DeMar DeRozan</a>. It doesn’t seem like there is much of a market for him, but that can change as the months go by before the season.</p><p>Another player whose name has been in trade rumors is Monk, and with the logjam at the guard position, they could be looking to get some assets in return. If neither DeRozan nor Monk gets traded, the Kings will have a team full of talent once again, but they’ll have to figure out how to put it all together.</p><p>Head coach Doug Christie found a way to unlock them toward the end of the season, and he’ll have a full training camp to do so this time around.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings rumors: New GM holds ‘affinity’ for Russell Westbrook, but there’s a problem

<!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/sacramento-kings-biggest-mistake-2025-nba-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sacramento Kings’ biggest mistake in 2025 NBA free agency');   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/Kings-news-Sacramento-steals-Dennis-Schroder-from-Pistons-with-28-million-free-agency-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Sacramento Kings’ biggest mistake in 2025 NBA free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-11T02:19:19-07:00">July 11th, 2:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-11T02:19:19-07:00">July 11th, 2:19am</time><address><a>Rishav Bhat</a>Rishav is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings have had an eventful NBA free agency which most prominently saw them sign Dennis Schroder to a three-year, $45 million contract. The 31-year-old joins after playing a total of 75 games last season for three different teams, and was brought in to replace the void left by De’Aaron Fox. </p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-sacramento-officially-completes-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-with-pistons">The Kings were in thorough need of a playmaking guard</a> to complement Zach LaVine’s scoring prowess. However, rather than stabilizing the roster and getting a true playmaker, the Kings now owe a guaranteed $33 million and have limited their immediate financial capability to make further upgrades. </p><p>That suggests the acquisition may well prove to be the Kings’ worst mistake from the 2025 NBA free agency, one which they might struggle to undo in coming offseasons. </p><h2><b>Is Dennis Schroder the guard the Kings needed?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dennis-Schroder-i_bf195f.jpg"><figcaption>David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Schroder comes to Sacramento off the back of a turbulent season which saw him play for the Brooklyn Nets, the Golden State Warriors, and the Detroit Pistons. He played 28.1 minutes per game, starting 49 times and <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/schrode01.html" rel="noopener">averaging 13.1 points and 5.4 assists</a>, per Basketball Reference. However, he also converted only 40.6% of his overall attempts while going 34.2% from the three-point zone, something he has been criticized for throughout his career.</p><p>The Kings’ decision to allot considerable cap space to a player whose best years seem behind him suggests a lack of a coherent plan. The fact that they also gave away two future second-round picks suggests they will be handing the reins to Schroder for the upcoming season. </p><p>Furthermore, the move comes despite the Kings not making upgrades in other important areas. The loss of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-rumors-obvious-reason-nuggets-block-jonas-valanciunas-greece-move">Jonas Valanciunas means that the Kings</a> will be relying on the likes of Drew Eubanks and Dario Saric to provide backup to Domantas Sabonis at the center. </p><p>Saric was also brought in to make cap space for Schroder. However, neither him nor Eubanks have the interior presence or the rebounding prowess that Valanciunas boasted of. Sacramento, in their bid to bring in Schroder for their backcourt, may have depleted their frontcourt.</p><p>Still, fans will hope that the ever-improving Devin Carter’s presence alongside Schroder can fill the void De’Aaron Fox left behind. The current roster lacks direction in the sense that it is unclear how the Kings will line up. With Schroder expected to rotate with Carter and Malik Monk’s future looking uncertain, the Kings may have failed to improve a roster that finished with a 40-42 record last season.</p><p>While Schroder undoubtedly brings a wealth of experience, his numbers suggest that the Kings still require a playmaker to pull strings for an offence still looking for chemistry. However, with limited names available in free agency and the lack of financial room, Sacramento may be looking at another long season ahead. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sacramento Kings’ biggest mistake in 2025 NBA free agency

<!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/the-move-sacramento-kings-still-must-make-in-2025-nba-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'The move Sacramento Kings still must make in 2025 NBA free agency');   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/2025/07/The-move-Sacramento-Kings-still-must-make-in-2025-NBA-free-agency.jpg"></figure><h1>The move Sacramento Kings still must make in 2025 NBA free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-09T20:32:17-07:00">July 9th, 8:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-09T20:32:17-07:00">July 9th, 8:32pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-rumors-major-front-office-change-before-play-in-tournament">Sacramento Kings are desperately looking to return</a> to the heights they reached during the 2022-23 season after two straight campaigns of missing the playoffs entirely. Being a play-in team is nothing to scoff at, especially when the Kings reside in the loaded Western Conference, but their roster, <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/sacramento-kings/yearly" rel="noopener">as presently constructed</a>, doesn’t suggest that they can make it far at all should they even make it to the playoffs.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-sacramento-officially-completes-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-with-pistons">Kings did add Dennis Schroder</a> to address their point guard needs following the departure of De’Aaron Fox back in February, but there is a lingering sense that Sacramento isn’t done wheeling and dealing quite yet. They have been one of the teams rumored to be in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/nba-rumors-kings-jonathan-kuminga-trade-warriors-zero-progress">hot pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga in restricted free agency</a>, and that is a move that they could, perhaps, still pull off provided that they open up the requisite space to do so.</p><p>But even if they end up falling out of the Kuminga sweepstakes, this is a move that makes some sense for a Kings team that’s in need of an upgrade on the defensive end of the floor.</p><h2><b>Trade Malik Monk for a defensive upgrade on the wing</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Malik-Monk.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Make no mistake about it, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-sources-trade-interest-kings-malik-monk">Malik Monk is a talented guard who fits the Kings’</a> breakneck style of play. He is an explosive scorer with shifty handles and a quick burst to the rim, and he can also do his damage on pull-up shots from the perimeter in addition to the pressure he puts on the opposing team’s paint.</p><p>But with Schroder now on the roster and the likes of Devin Carter and Keon Ellis also needing minutes at the guard positions, Monk appears to be the odd man out for the Kings. Monk may be talented on offense, a gifted scorer who acted as a dynamic one-two punch on the perimeter alongside Fox during their iconic Light The Beam season, but he’s not the best defender and is an iffy fit as a ball-dominant guard on a team with DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine on it.</p><p>Schroder is a better defender than Monk is and provides similar downhill pressure, and the Kings, by making Schroder their number one target in free agency, have essentially declared that Monk isn’t long for the team.</p><p>In fact, there were reports that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-rumors-pistons-kings-linked-malik-monk-dennis-schroder-trade">Kings were willing to include Monk</a> in a potential sign-and-trade with the Detroit Pistons for Schroder, and that they’ve also thought about the possibility of trading Monk in a deal that could bring Kuminga in.</p><p>Simply put, the Kings appear to have deemed Monk to be surplus to requirements. Many teams should be interested in a scorer of Monk’s caliber (17.2 points per game last season) especially when he’s on a relatively affordable contract (around $60 or so million for the next three seasons).</p><p>In particular, one team that could be interested in trading for Monk is the Orlando Magic. Sure, the Magic traded for Desmond Bane and signed Tyus Jones to remedy their offensive woes, but there is no such thing as too much depth in today’s NBA.</p><p>The Magic <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/magic/free-agency/espn-report-orlando-magic-free-agent-target-malik-monk-will-return-to-sacramento-kings" rel="noopener">were interested</a> in signing Monk when he was a free agent in 2024. Perhaps they still are interested in him, with the Kings asking for someone like Jonathan Isaac in return. Isaac is one of the best defenders in the league, but his injury history has made him a full-time bench player. But for a team like the Kings, having a rim-protector and a lockdown perimeter defender like Isaac on the roster would be golden alongside Domantas Sabonis.</p><p>Another player the Kings could pursue in exchange for Monk is Dillon Brooks. Brooks was recently acquired by the Phoenix Suns in the Kevin Durant trade, and he’s expected to play a huge role for Phoenix as they try to remain semi-competitive.</p><p>But the Suns don’t have a point guard yet again, and they will be tasking Devin Booker to run the offense. Having Monk around would be helpful for the Suns, and trading away Brooks paves the way for someone like Ryan Dunn to put the small forward position on a stranglehold.</p><p>Whatever the case may be, the Kings are leaning into a more defensive identity around their offense-oriented stars. Trading Monk away would allow them to fill an area of need, even if letting go of the 27-year-old guard would be a continued departure from what made the Kings so successful back in 2023.</p><p>But teams in the NBA must adapt lest they get left behind, and it’s looking likely that Monk is the next casualty.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The move Sacramento Kings still must make in 2025 NBA free agency

<!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/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-mike-brown-shoots-down-kings-question-intro-presser');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mike Brown shoots down Kings question at Knicks intro presser');   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/2025/07/Mike-Brown_323178.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mike Brown shoots down Kings question at Knicks intro presser</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-08T15:00:26-07:00">July 8th, 3:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-08T15:00:26-07:00">July 8th, 3:00pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks have finally concluded their long search for a new head coach, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/knicks-news-mike-brown-next-head-coach-tom-thibodeau-firing">hiring former Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown</a> to be the new head man in charge in the Big Apple. On Tuesday, Brown was introduced as the new head coach of the Knicks, replacing Tom Thibodeau after a disappointing exit in the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>While Brown is looking ahead to his time with one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding his mysterious exit from Sacramento. Just a few years removed from winning Coach of the Year honors in 2022-23, Brown was fired early last season after a disappointing start.</p><p>Brown was asked about that during his introductory press conference, but he <a href="https://x.com/FredKatz/status/1942657773994397812" rel="noopener">didn’t have much to say</a> about his departure, via Fred Katz of The Athletic.</p><p>“I don’t want to get into it,” Brown said. “That’s behind me. I’m here in New York.”</p><p>The Kings clearly had high expectations for Brown last season, and he was not able to meet them as Sacramento spiraled out of the playoff picture in the Western Conference. Those expectations certainly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/knicks-news-mike-brown-lays-out-ultimate-goal-with-new-york">aren’t going anywhere with the Knicks</a>, but Brown will have a lot more to work with on the roster than he did in Sacramento.</p><p>However, the Knicks have shown that they are not going to have a ton of patience with this roster that is capable of making deep playoff runs. Despite an injury-riddled run to the second round of the playoffs in 2024 and an Eastern Conference Finals berth this spring, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/mike-brown-knicks-tom-thibodeau-nba-title">Thibodeau was still axed from his perch</a> on the end of the bench.</p><p>The Knicks certainly see plenty of opportunity in the Eastern Conference with both Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton set to miss next season with Achilles injuries. The Cleveland Cavaliers will enter the season as the likely favorites, but there aren’t a lot of secondary contenders on paper outside of the Knicks and maybe the Orlando Magic or the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><p>Brown is no stranger to the spotlight, having coached the LeBron James-led Cavs during his first stint in Cleveland. That attention will be on him once again next season, and he will have a target on his back coming into the year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike Brown shoots down Kings question at Knicks intro presser

<!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-sacramento-officially-completes-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-with-pistons');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings officially complete Dennis Schroder sign-and-trade with Pistons');   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/Dennis-Schroder-i_bf195f.jpg"><figcaption>Apr 10, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Dennis Schroder (17) moves the ball up court and directs a play against the New York Knicks during the second half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Reginek-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kings officially complete Dennis Schroder sign-and-trade with Pistons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-07T15:58:26-07:00">July 7th, 3:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-07T15:58:26-07:00">July 7th, 3:58pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-dennis-schroder-leaves-pistons-free-agency-contract">Dennis Schroder signed with the Sacramento Kings on a $45 million deal</a>, the terms of the situation became more clear in how the Detroit Pistons were involved. ClutchPoints’ NBA insider Brett Siegel would report that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/sources-kings-pistons-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-deal">Kings signing Schroder would come with a sign-and-trade</a> including the Pistons, which has now been made official.</p><p>The news would be confirmed by Siegel on Monday and, the deal was <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1942349196784267473" rel="noopener">“changed four different times,”</a> but it will ultimately be a sign-and-trade.</p><p>“Are you all finally ready for the confirmation? Dennis Schroder is heading to the Kings by way of a sign-and-trade, multiple league sources have confirmed to ClutchPoints,” Siegel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “This changed four different times, but it has finally been decided that this deal will be a S&amp;T.”</p><p>Schroder was with three teams last season, starting with the Brooklyn Nets, then being dealt to the Golden State Warriors in December before being traded to the Detroit Pistons before the deadline.</p><h2><b>The financial aftermath of the Kings getting Dennis Schroder</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dennis-Schroder_267fef.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-rumors-kings-player-dubs-want-jonathan-kuminga-sign-and-trade">Kings involved in rumors for Jonathan Kuminga</a> and other players, the addition of Schroder is an interesting one, as the team gets a veteran point guard who could fill a role easily. Siegel would give insight into the financial ramifications of the deal, saying that to take on the contract of the 31-year-old, <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1942349700171997433" rel="noopener">the team will be utilizing</a> Kevin Hueter’s $16.8 million exception.</p><p>“The Kings are using their Huerter $16.8M exception to take on Schroder’s contract,” Siegel wrote on the social media platform X. “Detroit creates about a $14.8M TPE that can be utilized over the next year at the cost of a second-round pick. Kings will keep their MLE intact.”</p><p>Last season through three teams, Schroder would average 13.1 points, 5.4 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 34.2 percent from beyond the arc. Sacramento looks to improve after finishing with a 40-42, which put them ninth in the Western Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings officially complete Dennis Schroder sign-and-trade with Pistons

<!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/denver-nuggets/nuggets-rumors-obvious-reason-nuggets-block-jonas-valanciunas-greece-move');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets rumors: 1 ‘obvious’ reason Denver wants to block Jonas Valanciunas’ Greece move');   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/2025/01/Jonas-Valanciunas.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets rumors: 1 ‘obvious’ reason Denver wants to block Jonas Valanciunas’ Greece move</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-06T09:09:49-07:00">July 6th, 9:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-06T09:10:12-07:00">July 6th, 9:10am</time><address><a>Rishav Bhat</a>Rishav is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets find themselves embroiled in one of the most intriguing stories of the NBA offseason <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-denver-pushing-jonas-valanciunas-trade-kings">with their pursuit of Jonas Valanciunas</a>. While the Lithuanian veteran is eyeing a contract with EuroLeague giant Panathinaikos, he is still under an NBA contract and cannot sign unless released by the Nuggets.</p><p>Valanciunas met with Panathinaikos officials this weekend and is reportedly eyeing a $12 million deal with the Greek side. This comes after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jonas-valanciunas-denver-future-in-jeopardy-amid-euroleague-move">Denver was poised to land him as Nikola Jokic’s backup</a> after agreeing to a swap with the Sacramento Kings for Dario Saric. While the Nuggets view Valanciunas as the ideal Jokic backup, the Kings need Saric’s reduced salary in order to see through the Dennis Schroder acquisition they have already agreed upon.</p><p>In addition to him being seen as the ideal fit, the Nuggets <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-best-lots-of-fresh-nba-free?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=167647434&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=39f60&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="noopener">also seem hard-pressed due to the lack of alternatives</a>, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Valanciunas potentially forfeiting even all of his $10.4 million salary would unlock Denver’s $14.1 million mid-level exception, but the pickings are slim.</p><p>The Nuggets could potentially offer Al Horford a one-year deal. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/warriors-rumors-marc-stein-al-horford-pursuit">Horford is expected to join the Golden State Warriors</a> despite Dub Nation only having the $5.7 million taxpayer mid-level left to offer him, with no other attractive pivots available to Denver. This has led to the Nuggets officials being currently determined to enforce Valanciunas’ contract and see him join the roster for next season, per Stein.</p><p>This is despite the player seemingly wanting to sign this three-year deal with Panathinaikos, who have already promised a celebratory reception at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in around 10 days. A similar situation had played out before Sasha Vezenkov’s transfer to Olympiacos last July. </p><p>The player had acquired the requisite letter of clearance after forfeiting his entire salary for the 2024-25 season, an option which remains available to Valanciunas as well. However, it is up to the Nuggets to accept, as things stand, they look poised to enforce the contract. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets rumors: 1 ‘obvious’ reason Denver wants to block Jonas Valanciunas’ Greece move

<!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/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-denver-pushing-jonas-valanciunas-trade-kings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets pushing forward with Jonas Valanciunas trade with Kings');   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/2025/07/Nuggets-trade-for-Valanciunas.jpg"><figcaption>John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets pushing forward with Jonas Valanciunas trade with Kings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-06T07:11:03-07:00">July 6th, 7:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-06T07:11:03-07:00">July 6th, 7:11am</time><address><a>Rishav Bhat</a>Rishav is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets look set to move ahead with their trade for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/jonas-valanciunas-trade-grades-for-nuggets-kings">Sacramento Kings’ Jonas Valanciunas</a> despite firm interest in him from EuroLeague’s Panathinaikos. </p><p>The Lithuanian center was in Greece earlier this weekend to meet team officials despite being <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jonas-valanciunas-denver-future-in-jeopardy-amid-euroleague-move">under contract with the Kings.</a></p><p>Valanciunas is not allowed to sign with the EuroLeague team unless he is released from his NBA contract. However, the Nuggets will <a href="https://x.com/TheSteinLine/status/1941617338886861275" rel="noopener">acquire him in a swap</a> for Dario Saric and hope to convince Valanciunas to stay in the NBA as a backup to Nikola Jokic, per Marc Stein of The Stein Line.</p><p>Earlier, Panathinaikos officials had claimed that there will be an official reception for Valanciunas in the coming days in Greece. </p><p>“In about 10 days we will be here again,” a Panathinaikos spokesperson said, hinting at a celebratory reception at Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport which <a href="https://hoopshype.com/rumor/panathinaikos-confident-jonas-valanciunas-will-join-team-in-about-10-days/" rel="noopener">would be attended by “thousands of friends,”</a> per HoopsHype.</p><p>Valanciunas has agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract with Panathinaikos. However, the Nuggets intend to move ahead with the trade in a situation that is akin to how <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/raptors-news-mysterious-sasha-vezenkov-contract-situation">Sasha Vezenkov’s transfer to Olympiacos</a> played out last year in July. However, unlike the Toronto Raptors, who were willing to let Vezenkov return to Europe, the Nuggets seem intent on trying to keep Valanciunas.</p><p>Valanciunas will enter the second year of a three-year, $30 million contract he signed as part of a sign-and-trade with the Washington Wizards, and will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2026-27 season. The 33-year-old center was drafted fifth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. In his 937 games in the NBA thus far, he has averaged 13.1 points and 9.3 rebounds, almost a double-double. </p><p>He averaged 10.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last season, playing 81 times combined for the Wizards and the Kings. The Nuggets view the veteran as a capable backup to Jokic and seem intent on keeping him. However, Valanciunas may have already played his last game in the NBA if they fail to do so.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets pushing forward with Jonas Valanciunas trade with Kings

<!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/golden-state-warriors/warriors-rumors-kings-player-dubs-want-jonathan-kuminga-sign-and-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors rumors: The Kings player Dubs want in Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade');   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/2025/07/Jonathan-Kuminga-warms-up-before-a-Warriors-game.jpg"><figcaption>Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Warriors rumors: The Kings player Dubs want in Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-03T20:46:24-07:00">July 3rd, 8:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-03T20:47:04-07:00">July 3rd, 8:47pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Whatever offseason plans the Golden State Warriors may have are seemingly on hold until they sort out <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-rumors-jonathan-kuminga-free-agency-situation-not-close">the Jonathan Kuminga situation</a>. The restricted free agent’s future in the San Francisco Bay Area is becoming foggier by the day, with a possible <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-sign-and-trade-proposal-for-jonathan-kuminga-after-dennis-schroder-deal">sign-and-trade partner</a> emerging in the form of the Sacramento Kings.</p><p>However, sending a young and incredibly athletic forward to an in-state rival and divisional foe is not appealing to the Dubs, per ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel. It may take an attractive haul in return to facilitate a Warriors-Kings swap. Specifically, general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/siegels-scoop-warriors-jonathan-kuminga-free-agency-holdup-trade-market-intel">wants a promising talent</a> who can potentially match or exceed the value Kuminga provides. Sacramento has other ideas.</p><p>“The Warriors are said to have a lot of interest in 2022 fourth-overall pick Keegan Murray and would open negotiations with the Kings should the 24-year-old be on the table, sources said,” Siegel wrote in a recent article. “That doesn’t seem to be a path for the Kings at this moment, as they would obviously much rather see players like Monk, Devin Carter, or newly acquired center Dario Saric walk out the door in a Kuminga deal.”</p><h2><b>How will Warriors and Kings proceed?</b></h2><p>Murray made an immediate impact on the Kings upon entering the NBA, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-keegan-murray-surpasses-donovan-mitchell-steph-curry-with-insane-rookie-3pt-feat">breaking the record</a> for most made 3-pointers by a rookie and helping the franchise end a 16-year playoffs drought in 2023. He regressed significantly from distance in his sophomore campaign but remained an impactful contributor on both offense and defense. His shooting further declined last season, though — 44.4 percent from the field and 34.3 percent from 3-point range, making it a bit difficult to fully invest in him.</p><p>The arrivals of DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, as well as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-deaaron-fox-trade-combination-factors">De’Aaron Fox’s departure</a>, thrust Murray into a challenging adjustment period that could eventually work itself out. The former Iowa Hawkeyes star has still done enough positive things early in his NBA career to amass decent trade value, hence why the Warriors are interested in acquiring him. And that is also why the Kings want to keep him.</p><p>The idea of having both Jonathan Kuminga and Keegan Murray on the roster surely delights Sacramento. The franchise would have two players who can potentially comprise its core for the long term, thereby sending a message to the worn-down fan base that it does indeed have a plan, or at least the semblance of one. Golden State is not overly sympathetic to its fellow California squad’s cause, however. The Dubs will help out the Kings only if it is worth their while.</p><p>Despite the issues they have encountered during Kuminga’s first four years in the league, they recognize what he can do on a basketball court. He averaged 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 45.4 percent from the floor last season. If healthy and dialed in, the former top-10 pick can offer important supplemental production in the present and high-end value down the road.</p><p>And so, the Warriors will keep searching for the right trade, whether it be with the Kings or another team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors rumors: The Kings player Dubs want in Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade

Siegel’s Scoop: Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga free agency holdup, trade market intel

<!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-sign-and-trade-proposal-for-jonathan-kuminga-after-dennis-schroder-deal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ sign-and-trade proposal for Jonathan Kuminga after Dennis Schroder deal');   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/2025/07/758053155-kings-sign-and-trade-proposal-for-jonathan-kuminga-after-dennis-schroder-deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings’ sign-and-trade proposal for Jonathan Kuminga after Dennis Schroder deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-03T13:43:49-07:00">July 3rd, 1:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-03T13:43:49-07:00">July 3rd, 1:43pm</time><address><a>Bailey Bassett</a>Bailey Bassett is a sports writer from Denver, Colorado, covering major sports events and athlete backgrounds at ClutchPoints. He has experience covering and writing on high school, collegiate, and professional sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jonathan Kuminga has had an up-and-down career with the Golden State Warriors. The 2021 seventh overall pick has flashed stardom at times during his career, but he has often been in and out of Steve Kerr’s rotation. His days in Golden State seem numbered, and the G-League Ignite product will likely find a new home this offseason.</p><p>With almost no teams having cap space this offseason, it may take a sign-and-trade for Kuminga to find the deal he feels he is worth with a new team. The Sacramento Kings already did a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/sources-kings-pistons-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-deal">sign-and-trade deal that brought in Dennis Schroder</a>. Perhaps they will continue making moves. After all, they are one of the teams with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/nba-rumors-kings-interested-in-malik-monk-trade-for-jonathan-kuminga">reported interest in Kuminga.</a></p><h2><b>Kings’ potential trade offer for Jonathan Kuminga</b></h2><p><b>Kings receive:</b> Jonathan Kuminga (four-year, $88 million)</p><p><b>Warriors receive:</b> Malik Monk</p><p>The Kings’ biggest need coming into the offseason was at point guard. They filled that need when they made a sign-and-trade deal for Schroder. The team may not be done adding point guards, either, as they’ve made free-agent <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25219265-russell-westbrook-malcolm-brogdon-reportedly-linked-kings-ahead-nba-free-agency" rel="noopener">meetings with</a> Russell Westbrook and Malcolm Brogdon.</p><p>The team needs help all over the place, though, especially because the Western Conference is stacked, and teams such as the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets have only gotten better.</p><p>Kuminga is the star gamble that would be worth it for Sacramento. Kuminga has predominately been limited to being a role player with the Warriors. That means he can find success alongside former All-Stars such as Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Domantas Sabonis.</p><p>Kuminga also has enough potential that he could take the Kings to the next level, though. Kuminga averaged 16.1 points per game two seasons ago because he is a freaky athlete and one of the best forward creators in the NBA.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/nba-rumors-kings-interested-in-malik-monk-trade-for-jonathan-kuminga">Kings are reportedly looking to get rid of Monk</a>, so they’d surely be happy to send him out for Kuminga. In a new system and potentially with a coach that trusts him more, Kuminga could soar.</p><h2><b>Will the Warriors trade Jonathan Kuminga?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Warriors-Jonathan-Kuminga-heads-down-the-court.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Kuminga is a restricted free agent, but the Warriors seem unlikely to bring him back. He and Kerr have butted heads over the forward’s role with the team, and he is coming off of an injury-plagued season in which his production was down. Kuminga can sign an offer sheet with any team, but the Warriors would have the right to match any deal.</p><p>Likewise, they could also deal him elsewhere in a sign-and-trade. This would allow the Warriors to get something back in return. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/nba-rumors-kings-jonathan-kuminga-trade-warriors-zero-progress">Golden State reportedly doesn’t want Monk,</a> but that may change if Kuminga seems destined to sign a big deal elsewhere that would leave the Warriors without anything in return.</p><p>Monk is a sparkplug bench scorer who averaged 17.2 points per game last season. Golden State could use a scorer who can get buckets when Stephen Curry is taking a breather. The two-guard is effective in catch-and-shoot situations or off of the bounce. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-trade-proposal-for-lebron-james-pairs-nba-legend-with-steph-curry">Warriors have been rumored in deals for a number of stars this offseason, including LeBron James</a> and Damian Lillard.</p><p>Monk is a more realistic acquisition option. Also, he is a much younger player. Of the teams with reported interest and a trade package that could realistically get the job done, the Kings might be the most ideal trading partner for the Warriors. The two haven’t made progress on a deal, but it may get done sooner rather than later.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings’ sign-and-trade proposal for Jonathan Kuminga after Dennis Schroder deal

<!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/nba-rumors-kings-jonathan-kuminga-trade-warriors-zero-progress');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Kings’ Jonathan Kuminga trade efforts with Warriors make ‘zero progress’');   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/2025/07/Warriors-Jonathan-Kuminga-vs.-Kings.jpg"><figcaption> D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Kings’ Jonathan Kuminga trade efforts with Warriors make ‘zero progress’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-03T07:37:45-07:00">July 3rd, 7:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-03T07:38:13-07:00">July 3rd, 7:38am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt started as an editor at ClutchPoints in 2018 and became the Editorial Director in 2022. He also co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings are trying to make a push to acquire <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/siegels-scoop-latest-warriors-jonathan-kuminga-nba-free-agency-intel">Golden State Warriors restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga</a> in a sign-and-trade deal, but The Athletic’s Sam Amick says there has been <a href="https://x.com/sam_amick/status/1940636046297039200" rel="noopener">“zero progress”</a> made in those talks.</p><p>The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer previously reported the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/nba-rumors-kings-interested-in-malik-monk-trade-for-jonathan-kuminga">Kings’ interest in Kuminga</a>, noting interest in a possible trade involving Malik Monk. Matt George of ABC10 and Locked On Kings reported Wednesday night on Sacramento trying to <a href="https://x.com/MattGeorgeSAC/status/1940627589405855835" rel="noopener">“put pressure”</a> on Golden State to make a Kuminga deal instead of paying a player who doesn’t want to be there. George also mentioned the Kings <a href="https://x.com/MattGeorgeSAC/status/1940601950908919965" rel="noopener">dangling players like Devin Carter and Dario Saric</a> plus draft compensation to entice the Warriors to make a trade, but Keegan Murray <a href="https://x.com/MattGeorgeSAC/status/1940609958636408996" rel="noopener">wouldn’t be involved</a>.</p><p>But as Amick noted, nothing appears to be moving forward in these talks. ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel highlighted how the Dubs have <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1940589832214102420" rel="noopener">“zero interest”</a> in trading Kuminga to the rival Kings and are in no rush to make a move with the young forward. The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported <a href="https://x.com/anthonyVslater/status/1940624482877816873" rel="noopener">“nothing is near the finish line”</a> when it comes to the Warriors and Kuminga.</p><h2><b>Kings staying busy this offseason</b></h2><p>New Kings general manager Scott Perry has been busy this offseason trying to retool his roster. In addition to the Jonathan Kuminga discussions, Sacramento is in the process of working out a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/sources-kings-pistons-dennis-schroder-sign-and-trade-deal">sign-and-trade deal with the Detroit Pistons for Dennis Schroder</a>, while both Monk and DeMar DeRozan have continuously come up in trade rumors. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/kings-rumors-russell-westbrook-pg-options-turning-down-trae-young-trade-pursuit">Russell Westbrook has also been linked to the Kings</a> as they try to fix their point guard situation. Furthermore, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/jonas-valanciunas-trade-grades-for-nuggets-kings">Sacramento traded Jonas Valanciunas</a> to the Denver Nuggets for Saric.</p><p>It doesn’t appear as if Domantas Sabonis or Zach LaVine will be going anywhere, but Perry remains hard at work trying to make other moves. Will the Kings wind up executing a Kuminga deal? As or right now, it doesn’t appear likely, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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