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Jason Anderson: I'm told Sacramento Kings forward De'Andre Hunter was reevaluated this morning for ongoing left eye iritis. At that time, Hunter was diagnosed with a retinal detachment, which led to the decision for him to undergo surgery. More to come at http://sacbee.com.
Chris Haynes: BREAKING: Sacramento Kings forward De’Andre Hunter will undergo season-ending eye surgery, league sources tell @TheSteinLine and me. : @SacramentoKings
Yossi Gozlan: Kings now down to 12 active players including two-ways. They have an open standard & two-way roster spot to fill for help. They'll also qualify for a hardship extension soon with Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, & De'Andre Hunter out for the year + Dylan Cardwell out for a while.
James Ham: Doug McDermott has been upgraded to available on the NBA's injury list this morning. Zach LaVine (pinky finger), Malik Monk (illness), Domantas Sabonis (back), De'Andre Hunter (eye) and Keegan Murray (knee) are all out.
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Scott Perry on De'Andre Hunter: In this league now you need those 6-7 to 6-10 wing type players who can guard multiple positions. Keegan Murray has been guarding one through five though since I've been here. The irony is when De'Andre first came in the league in Atlanta, he was that guy for Atlanta. ‘Oh, you need to go guard Steph. Oh, go guard Jokic tonight. Oh, go guard this guy tonight.’ So, he's had that experience in guarding just about every position on the floor, too. So now if you can put those two guys on the floor at the same time, it'll be interesting to see how that comes.
Hunter, who will make $23.3 million this season as part of a four-year $90 million rookie contract extension he signed with the Hawks in 2022, expressed his excitement to get going in Sacramento and becoming acclimated with his new team. "It's good energy here," Hunter told reporters after his first Kings practice. "A lot of great coaches that have a lot of experience in the league. Very experienced players who have been here in the league for a while, I'm just excited for a new opportunity."
Hunter anticipates playing with Murray because their abilities to do some of the same things on the floor. "Playing with a guy like Keegan, he's another versatile guy who can defend, who can shoot, who can score. I think it'll be fun," Hunter said. "Definitely (exciting). Like I said, he's another guy with size, another guy that guard one through four. As a guy that could do that, it's always good to see another dude on the court that can help you out when you're a little tired."
Sam Amick on Cavaliers: They're the only second apron team in the league. My understanding is that the De’Andre Hunter deal, the three-team trade with the Kings and the Bulls, essentially the amount that they need to get out of the apron and to be able to do some of this stuff, that cut off about a third of it and they still have a ways to go and I don't I've not crunched all the numbers but if you find a new home for Jarrett Allen and get that salary off your books which that is something that would be appealing to a lot of teams out there, then it opens up these possibilities. Yes. you know, first and foremost, the the idea of them jumping into the Giannis sweep stakes, which is very unlikely given everything we're kind of laying out, but Giannis is one of those players that if you have any chance to go after him, you do. If it's not Giannis, I didn't write this part last night, but like they've shown interest in Domantas Sabonis in the past. I think doing something like that, is on their board, but it's just really tough to get there.
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League sources tell The Stein Line — amid multiple reports about a potential Harden-for-Darius Garland swap with Cleveland — that discussions regarding such a trade have not yet reached an advanced stage. The most serious recent talks between the Clippers and Cavaliers, sources say, focused on players such as LA's John Collins and Bogdan Bogdanović in potential deal structures for De'Andre Hunter, who was traded to Sacramento instead.
Sam Amick: Could Hunter get moved again? Sure. But I’m not hearing that right now. And specifically, on the speculation about the Warriors and a possible Kuminga tie-in: the Warriors have made it really clear that they don’t want any money past this year. So, for folks who were wondering about that part, I don’t see it happening either.
Tim Bontemps: People around the league are watching the Donovan Mitchell situation. He's got one guaranteed year left on his contract. He has not made it out of the second round of the playoffs in his career. And if the Cavs don't make a playoff run this year when they came into the season, coming off winning 64 games and losing in really disappointing fashion… Many people had them ahead of the Knicks, but at worst they were co-favorites with the Knicks to make the finals and instead they've been somewhere from seventh to fifth most of the season. They're fifth right now. They've gotten out of the plan, there's pressure there for the Cavs to make a run this year. And as constituted right now, I don't think Dennis Shroeder… like this trade was fine. I would rather have Keon Ellis than De’Andre Hunter, but this is not going to be enough in my opinion to get the Cavs where they need to go this year to satisfy um the the pressure that's on them. So, is there a move they can make between now and Thursday afternoon that is going to be able to do that? Now, we'll see if something comes up.
