Kings agree to one-year contract with backup point guard, per agent originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
The Kings have added another guard to their roster for the 2024-25 NBA season, this time in the form of a reliable veteran backup.
Free agent guard Jordan McLaughlin has agreed to a one-year contract with the Kings, his agent Greg Lawrence told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday night.
Free agent Jordan McLaughlin agreed to a one-year contract with the Sacramento Kings, agent Greg Lawrence of @wassbasquete says ESPN.
-Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2024
McLaughlin spent all of his first five NBA seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves after going undrafted in 2018. He is a former two-way player who received a multi-year contract with Minnesota in 2021.
The 6-foot point guard shone at USCstarting all 36 games his senior year and averaging 12.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
In 242 NBA games, McLaughlin has career per-game averages of 4.4 points, 3.1 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 15.4 minutes. He is a career 36.9% 3-point shooter, but has shot 47.2% from beyond the arc during the 2023-24 season.
Last season with the Wolves, he was over 5-to-1 in assists-to-turnover ratio, and his defense has improved drastically each season.
The 28-year-old gives Sacramento an experienced backup option at point guard behind De’Aaron Fox, though he won’t necessarily be part of Kings coach Mike Brown’s rotation every night. Think Matthew Dellavedova two seasons ago, during Sacramento’s magical 2022-23 season, but maybe even better.
