Report: Kings ‘team to watch’ for DeRozan to sign, trade to Bulls originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
The Kings have been pretty quiet this NBA off-season, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t working behind the scenes to get a big name star.
Sacramento has been talking about a possible DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade deal with the Chicago Bulls, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reportedadding that a third team would need to be involved to achieve this.
Wojnarowski joined Sports Center on Friday morning and further analyzed the discussions.
“Well, certainly DeMar DeRozan played his last game for the Chicago Bulls. The only team approaching him and trying to find a sign-and-trade scenario is the Sacramento Kings. will need a third team involved in a Chicago sign-and-trade, though they would certainly be willing to help DeMar DeRozan get more than the mid-level exception on a team that doesn’t have cap space, they. They don’t want to withdraw contracts. They will need a third team to forward a higher salary.
“But those conversations continue and I think there are other scenarios for DeMar DeRozan, but I think Sacramento right now is the team to watch between now and when the moratorium ends here in the next 24 to 48 hours.”
During the 2023-24 season with Chicago, DeRozan averaged 24.0 points, 5.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game.
The six-time NBA All-Star is tied with several other teams, but Sacramento has apparently been of interest in recent days, with ESPN’s Zach Lowe reporting on Wednesday that the Kings are a “sneaky” candidate to land DeRozan.
“I think the Kings still have a move to make in the offseason… I think they sniffed out DeRozan,” Lowe said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Lowe Post” podcast.
After missing the playoffs last season, Kings general manager Monte McNair and Co. will certainly have their work cut out for them this summer to put together a revamped roster capable of competing in the stacked Western Conference.
And a player like DeRozan would certainly help in those efforts.
