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Jake Fischer: For Malcolm Brogdon—I don’t think Milwaukee is still a landing spot for him, especially after they brought in Cole Anthony on a buyout from Memphis. But teams like: Sacramento New Orleans Minnesota Golden State ...still have plenty of interest in Brogdon.
K.C. Johnson: You ever golf with Caruso? He's pretty good. Matas Buzelis: No, I haven’t. I was supposed to golf with Zach LaVine. Interviewer: Also good. Matas Buzelis: Yeah, he’s also— He’s not better than me, though. K.C. Johnson: You hear that, Zach? Zach, you're not better than me. I saw him play. He’s all right. He’s not better than me.
Dumars strongly stated that he loved his job as the NBA’s disciplinarian. In recent months, Dumars declined the vice president of basketball operations job with the Kings and Phoenix Suns, a source told Andscape. But returning to New Orleans and Louisiana as an NBA team executive was too much for Dumars to pass on.
Sean Cunningham: Kings GM Scott Perry on Malik Monk: "I've had conversations with him both on the phone and in person here recently, and it's been very good. So we knew each other a little bit, getting to know each other a lot better now, so (I) look forward to working with him."
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Michael Scotto on Jonathan Kuminga: If the market doesn't dictate what he wants, ultimately, you can use that trade kicker to get back some of that money you feel like you may not be able to get at this point in the market given the teams that just don't have a lot of cap space. And with him, you'd have to be doing a sign-and-trade deal. I know some people have mentioned Brooklyn. I don't see that ultimately from my sources. So, I think that narrows it down a bit. Big picture, there's been talk about you guys in Sacramento for sure, but I also think if that's going to happen, there's got to be a moving of parts here, whether it's a Malik Monk to DeMar DeRozan, even if it's not to go somewhere like a three-team deal. So, there's a lot of variables to whether Jonathan Kuminga can go to Sacramento or anywhere. So ultimately there is a decent chance that he could stay in Golden State, get a deal that you can potentially look to flip going into the February trade deadline or possibly even a little bit before that. But essentially that's kind of where that situation is right now.
Sean Cunningham: Sacramento Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud will not play in today’s Summer League game against the Suns due to right wrist soreness, suffered in Saturday’s win over Orlando.
Jonas Valanciunas remains noncommittal on his future
Launching preparations for the EuroBasket 2025 with the senior national team of Lithuania, Jonas Valanciunas showed up on the opening day of training camp. “Let’s talk about the national team,” he responded to an initial question about being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA, amid strong interest from Panathinaikos Aktor.
Fred Katz: The Knicks plan to add former Kings assistant Riccardo Fois to Mike Brown’s coaching staff, league source tells @TheAthletic. Fois is sitting with the Knicks’ contingent at their summer league game right now.
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Kings keen on Russell Westbrook?
Sam Amick: The sense I had gotten was that the Kings and Scott (Perry) have a lot of affinity for Russ, without question. 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."
"The Warriors have not made a move yet this offseason because a lot of what they're going to do, or trying to do, hinges on his restricted free agency," said ESPN's Shams Charania on SiriusXM. "Does he come back on a deal? Or are you signing and trading him? That's held up their movement over the offseason. You have a full NBA team whose actions have been held up so far because they're waiting on that. "The three teams that have had a level of interest in Jonathan Kuminga this offseason: the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls, the Sacramento Kings. But having an interest and getting a deal done [are] two totally different things. Nothing quite yet there. We're still a ways away from that."
Cameron Payne eyeing move to Sacramento?
There will be even more of a whole in the roster if the Kings trade Malik Monk, which has been heavily rumored this offseason. While the Kings have an abundance of guards, they're in the unfortunate position of that still being a roster issue. Sactown Sports 1140's Kyle Draper stated today on The Drive Guys that there's a veteran point guard who has his eye on coming to Sacramento to help fill the possible gap in the roster. "I know of another guard that would love to come and play in Sacramento. His representative are trying to angle him to Sac. Cam Payne," Draper stated.
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