After trading Jonas Valanciunas to the Denver Nuggets earlier today, the Kings needed to add a bit more frontcourt depth. Shams Charania is reporting that the Kings will be signing veteran forward/center Drew Eubanks to a one-year deal after he is waived by the Los Angeles Clippers. His contract will almost certainly be for the veteran’s minimum although exact terms have yet to be announced.
Eubanks is a 7 year NBA veteran who spent last season between the Utah Jazz and L.A. Clippers. Eubanks is a bit small for an NBA Center at just 6’9 but he is a solid rebounder and is relatively efficient with his touches. Eubanks is not a stretch player, operating almost entirely in the paint throughout his career. For his career he has averaged 5.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist while playing around 15 minutes a game. As of right now, he’ll likely be filling a similar role in backing up Domantas Sabonis, assuming rookie Maxime Raynaud isn’t capable of immediately filling that role.
Eubanks joins Dennis Schröder and Dario Saric as Scott Perry’s first player additions this summer.
What a time to be alive.
The SacraMEHnto Train chugs along …
If there’s one thing you can say with certainty about Drew Eubanks, it’s that he’s still in the NBA.
Has been signings. Vivek stealth tank is going strong
Naw.
Dumping okay players to sign more meh players is a Kings tradition like none other!
Moving around deck chairs…. except the new deck chairs are from Ikea and all in pieces….
Everything from Ikea is in pieces.
Who is this guy? When I saw the name I drew eublank.
Had to log back in just to upvote this one. Bravo!
Well done ????
It’s not much but it’s honest work.
One thing that remains constant being a Kings fan: Never get your hopes up. It’s bad for your health.
hopefully end of the bench body….
You can’t spell Drew without “ew.”
Shroder and Eubanks. Championship incoming!
Sounds like a last option law firm.
Might be Perry’s best move yet.
I mean. The bar is so low for the Kings they are more likely to trip over it than have to jump over it.
Can’t wait to see how the local King’s talking heads justify this move.
We are gonna end up with Kuzma, aren’t we.
Derozan for Kuzma? Things really are bleak.
Oh no.
DeMar for Kuzma/Livingston works.
Eubanks joins Dennis Schröder and Dario Saric
To think that we’ve gone from one of the most entertaining teams in the NBA to this. Does anyone actually want to watch this mess?
Are we sure this guy is not actually a game show host?
I thought he was Jay Leno’s band leader
Masterful work by the new Kings front office. Doers of…something.
The draft left me feeling in a good spot. Then free agency happened, now it’s back to darkness.
But why? So far, this feels like a stealth tank, which is what most of us want. As long as 2 of DDR, LaVine, Monk, or Sabonis are gone by the trade deadline, I’ll feel pretty great about the 2029-30 Kangz chances. The last thing I want this year is a play-in berth. Fuck that shit.
There’s light. It’s just coming from the flames of our burning franchise.
Last year, JV was one of the most efficient players in the NBA (PER), and has consistently elevated the play of players around him. Most guys love to play with him and hate to play against him.
Every time I saw JV’s name pop up in a mock trade, I thought “who would be dumb enough to trade him?” He was one of the most coveted players at the last deadline.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2025-2026 SacraMEHntoooooooo Kaaaaaaaannggzzz”
Welcome to Sac Drew. Wish you and all the new guys the best of luck.
They’ll need it…
What’s funny to me about this Kings moves thus far is that I bet they believe they are making the team better. They aren’t obviously. This team is even worse than it was a few days ago which is saying something because this team was really bad a few days ago. So they’ll salary dump a couple guys and be horrible next year but probably get the 9th pick. Same as it ever was.
Oh and I’ll just go on record saying that Schroeder is going to be terrible in a Kings uniform. I’ve seen this movie too many times before. He’ll be Corey Joseph or something similar. A poorly run franchise continues to do really dumb things in service of… I don’t know. Existing? Is the Kings purpose to exist? I can’t really glean any reason other than collecting revenue sharing checks. Well, they accomplished the goal. They exist.
No way they get the 9th pick. They are going to be ass like the early 90s Kings. No fucking way they get 30 wins. I expect chemistry to implode once the first 10 games hit and the burden big money guys demand to leave. This team has the worst defense in the league, got smaller, and zero paint protection. We already know their perimeter sucks. You are way too damn positive. This team is going to be garbage, which is good. I hope they get below 20 wins honestly. They deserve to suffer as they get a top 3 pick hopefully.
I’m just going to state that I am a shitty person, and you seem a thousand times worse.
(Aside from mental illness) Being miserable is a choice, and getting there about a basketball team? Well, that is a choice.
Fans have been in Hell over this shit team. It’s time for the players to suffer and cleanse the filth of this sewage of a franchise.
You seemed to have softened a bit in the last few years Andy… so maybe you are not shitty just a little flatuant once in a while…
For the record, I can do both.
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Yeah, I was thinking George Hill instead of Corey Joseph, but potatoe-potato.
That’s probably a good comp although I really liked George Hill when we got him. Boy was I wrong!
Honestly, the Hill contract, signing Dedmon, those were objectively good moves by the front office. Both were very good players, and both were terrible in Sacramento. The results are what they are, but if either had played to even their career averages, those teams would have been significantly better.
I’m sure it happens to other teams, but the list of players who’ve come to Sacramento and just fallen off is not a short one. And without fail, a player’s free throw percentage always dips when they put on a Kings uniform.
100% agree on Hill and 75% agree on Dedmon.
Hill was a good player in his prime who went on to have good years with other franchises. The issue with Hill was he signed up to be a “veteran mentor” for Fox and Hield and got paid very nicely for that role and then 20 games into the season decided he wasn’t happy with it. But based on every article prior to and after his signing, I find it hard to believe that Vlade and Perry hadn’t communicated their intentions to him. I mean he said all the right things as his introductory press conference. I place far more blame on Hill than the FO.
Demon, I mostly agree in that he was a good player. Only nit I have is that both the Spurs and Hawks had used him situationally and I think it was clear at the time that was his best role in the NBA. We signed him to be a 30mpg+ starter and it was quickly exposed why the other teams had used him situationally. Though to be fair, he also went on an epic shooting cold streak, which was mostly really bad luck.
Schroeder’d.
And we’re back.
Part of that is that most players (a) thrive in a good scheme/system and (b) play better when they are surrounded by good teammates.
The Kings have been lacking in both categories for most of the last 18 or so seasons.
No lies detected.
Another Sacramento layover on the way to Shanghai Sharks.
He strikes me as more of a Guangdong Flying Tiger.
The Kings can actually trade LaVine to the Bucks for dead Dame money. They fucking may as well because you don’t have to give up any picks and can use that money to sign and trade Murray and give Keon an extension. This move also allows Clifford to get minutes.
LaVine is a net negative asset. This is the only deal you’ll get that costs nothing else. Why not do it?
But the Bucks need to waive and stretch Dame to do the Turner deal, right?
They did that but are still taking dead Dame money. Basically Kings absorb dead Dame Lillard money and the Bucks get LaVine. Once Dame signs elsewhere next season when he is recovered, that dead money the Kings trade LaVine for is gone. There is absolutely zero fucking reason to keep LaVine.
But the dead money now becomes about $22m/year over 5 years, once stretched. That’s doesn’t match the LaVine $47 million.
Damn. Fuck his contract then.
Yeah. Maybe this deadline, more likely next offseason, and even more likely following trade deadline he could be moved. Just gonna be stuck with him for a while.
Yeah I think Lavine will have a market next year as an expiring contract. With the new second apron rules, large expiring contracts have decent value so I think your timeline is right.
Also, I don’t love LaVine, but I’d rather just pay him for two years and potentially see if he has any trade value as an expiring contract rather than take on 5 years of dead money.
Is that an option since Lillard’s contract was stretched? I truly have no idea.
Yes. It’s still hitting their capspace from a report I read.
He was waived, so no. You can’t trade a player who no longer is under contract to play for you. They still owe him money the though, the stretch is just for cap accounting purposes.
Oddly enough, I think ChatGPT might run the franchise more competently – albeit not legally, according to the CBA.
C’mon. Let’s really make this Basketball 3.0.
Give me new GM ChatGPT.
I asked because I genuinely couldn’t find an answer on the web and this comment chain clears that. Thanks.
Out: Lyles, LaRavia, JV
In: Schroeder, Saric, Eubanks.
Poverty franchise that still the audacity to charge $6 for a bottle of water. So embarrassing for the city.
Sounds like the fans need to get their heads out of the sand and stop going to games. But the average fan just likes having a professional team in the city (ibuse professional very lightly)
correct
Didn’t go to a game last year, looks like it’ll be the same this year.
Ditto. I figure it cost about $250/game. Tix, parking, gas, dinner for two. Hell, I’ll just stay home and drink my own beer.
My buddy dropped over a grand to take his family to the Minnesota game just to watch them get crushed by 40. Oooof. Yeah I’m off and on the boycott train for years. No one will do it though. Kings games are an event and the only one here so Vivek can keep feeding them slob and they’ll smile. The billboard was cool though.
It does kinda feel like ibuse
That’s Apple’s new device for the S&M crowd.
You are correct. If this the team comes out really bad to start the year I can see attendance tanking. I do think people are pretty fed up with the product at this point.
I want to add to this…
LaRavia signed with the Lakers for $6M, Kings had JV under contact for $10.3M, and Lyles is likely getting the vet minimum of $2.4M. That’s a total of $18.7M
King have now brought in Schroeder at the MLE $14.1, Saric at $5.4M and Eubanks at $2.3M for a total of $21.8M.
They are spending more but have gotten worse! Money aside, would any basketball mind trade JV, Lyles, and LaRavia straight up for Schroeder, Salic, and Eubanks? It’s just mind numbing.
If I didn’t know better I’d say they were tanking, but overpaying for Schroeder proves that they are not. What the hell are they doing?
I am holding out some hope that a bigger trade is coming involving Derozan, but I don’t think it will happen. I think this is the roster that will be going to training camp.
I fear you are right. Will Z. just posted that there is no market for Monk either
Overpaid, dime a dozen scoring combo guard who doesn’t play defense. Fun at times, aggravating at other times.
Are you talking about Monk or Schroeder?
Monk more than Schroeder. Schroeder plays better defense, but probably going to be just as frustrating to watch.
Personally, I am not worried about the roster going into training camp.
I think it will take time to unwind the old FO’s mistakes without having to attach assets (which thankfully Perry hasn’t done yet).
I am far more concerned with what our roster looks like at the end of the season. I am hoping that especially around the trade deadline DDR and Monk will make more sense for teams looking to add talent and looking to make a run (or filling gaps due to injuries).
I’m also hoping that Monk can rehab his value a bit. He’s in his prime and was a 6th MOTY candidate the two prior years before injuries, drama, and roster imbalance led to a down year. But I don’t think he’s fallen off a cliff or is deteriorating heading into his age 27 season. And his contract is really nice.
The NBA landscape and value changes quickly. One solid first half and an injury or two or a team thinking they need some scoring punch to be a real contender and he’s netting a FRP in return.
DDR is probably mostly for expiring contracts. Maybe we get a 2nd or very very late first. But his best role at this point is probably 6th man scoring punch off the bench and DDR will have to decide he’s willing to do that to chase a ring instead of needing to be a starter and go-to scorer.
This. With the current CBA, teams are going to have to unload good players more frequently. The Kings just need to tank and be in position to move on some of those players. Teams are significantly jumping up and down in the standings from year to year. This roster will look drastically different on 7/2/26 than it does right now (I hope!).
SuperCrappy team butyoungold and expensive!!!Did Trey sign somewhere?
Not yet, but he does I can’t imagine it’s more then the vet minimum. No one has space left at this point.
If that’s the case, I hope he stays. I’m a fan.
I mean, don’t go. Vote with your wallet. The last game I attended in person was when fatass Doncic steamrolled Monk and the Kings’ playoff hopes. I feel great about that decision, lol.
Kangz still complete trash but TKH commenters humor still solid gold. You guys are the real MVP, we should go on strike, the franchise doesn’t deserve us…
He became a Kings fan for the jokes!
Why keep pretending? Just change the name to the Washington Generals and enjoy other teams Globetrotting over us.
Kings are just an exhibition team.
Might as well start the fire sale now.
Hear the Lakers need a center. Domas for a half bag of chips, maybe the NBA will give us the Maverick’s deal. The Sacramento version, the 4th pick in the 2026 draft.
Welp, wonder who I’ll be rooting for in next year’s playoffs because it sure won’t be the Kings with this roster that is supposedly “competing”.
So, in what order will the trade demands be made over the next few month by Sabonis, DDR, and Monk?
I got DDR, then Monk, then Domas.
I think DDR has already made a trade request/demand.
Then I’m winning. 😉
Hopefully this is a sign to Vivek that the players on the roster aren’t wanted around the league, and moving them will cost the Kinhs assets (aside from Keegan and Keon). I think Domas isn’t valued highly around the league either, mainly because he is also overpaid. Just a shit show.
And nobody wants him. #Coldworld
Lol, I can imagine Sabonis wasn’t thrilled to have his buddy Jonas traded.
Shoot.
At this point, you signed:
Drew,
Dennis, and a
Dario to go along with a
Domas,
DeMar,
Devin.
Why stop here. Trade for Draymond and Dyson, sign DeAndre and bring back Doug.
D’s get degrees, and we will have them all.
And it matches the grades for all the trades and signings
eating a bag of d’s. Welcome to the Scott Perry experience
Schroeder.. Only the Kings would pay 15mil for a journeyman Pg. Saric and Eubanks are both laughably bad at this point in their careers. The only team I see worse in the West might be the Jazz. The Blazers, Spurs will both elevate. Pels will be healthy. Top 5 pick may be possible for next years drafts
But if the idea is to do, for lack of a better term, an ethical tank, I could get behind it.
The Kings are mainly filling roster spots at this point. I suspect that more moves are likely, but again, if the roster wins just twenty-three games as is, that would (could) be a strategic victory.
Wonder where Dame lands: Miami, Lakers, Clippers, Minnesota
Kaiser rehab facility for the next 12 months.
Fuck Vivek
The nuggets are killin it. I think they’re back at the top of the West.
Cam Johnson
JV
Bruce Brown
Hardaway
haha Bruce Brown.
A midget that stood on the shoulders of a giant and assumed that he was ten feet tall.
I’ve never heard of this person.
Only one year, vet minimum. I guess so. Makes Lyles expendable.
I see this signing by The Knicks and actually get depressed.. why can’t get som guys like this.. New York Knicks just signed Guerschon Yabusele yesterday, locking him in on a two-year, $12 million deal (with a player option in year 2), using the taxpayer mid-level exception.
• Versatile frontcourt boost: After shining for France at the 2024 Olympics and logging 11.0 PPG and 5.6 RPG for Philly, Yabusele instantly becomes a high-value addition alongside Towns and Mitchell Robinson.
• Efficient floor spacing: He shot 50% from the field and 38% from three last season—ideal traits in today’s small-ball rotational system.
• Defense + toughness: A physical, switchable stretch-four who can guard 3s and 4s, and even play center in small-ball lineups.
• Team-friendly expense: $6M per year for this type of impact? That’s a bargain mid-tier contract on an NBA contender.
six million per year and can guard 3’s and 4’s his usage was low at 16.3 and PER 14.7.. this would’ve been a great person to pair with Sabonis and Keegan on the front court switch ability decent shooter outside strong rebounder wouldn’t take the ball out of Keegan’s hands, allowing him to hopefully blossom. I don’t understand the kings is it because he doesn’t have a household name or do they just prefer aging slow, tall, white dudes
Or a place his peers and agent told him to avoid.
Probably true the dismissive little chap likes Household names and not everyone appreciate Farm to Fork!
Avoiding the Train ViWreck
I wish Boucher was younger as he would be good for kings.. still hoping we can find a young developing person to play the four trading DDR but here are a couple potential low risk potential upgrades at the four who might be worth a shot
Keion Brooks Jr. is a 6’7” forward with a scoring punch and developing versatility. In limited minutes with the Pelicans last season, he averaged 10.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG in under 24 minutes while shooting nearly 49% from the field and 33% from three. He’s a low-usage player (17% usage rate) who doesn’t need the ball to be effective—spacing the floor, cutting well off the ball, and crashing the glass. His 58.1% true shooting and athletic frame make him a promising stretch forward or energy wing off the bench. While he needs to improve defensively and expand his playmaking, his efficient scoring and size could make him a valuable depth piece next to high-usage stars like Fox and Sabonis.
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl offers a more polished, steady presence as a hybrid PF/C. At 6’9” and 230 lbs, he averaged 6.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, and 1.3 APG in 19 minutes per game for New Orleans while shooting 34.1% from deep and 83.6% from the line. He’s not flashy, but he’s smart, physical enough to hold his own defensively, and can space the floor without needing plays run for him. His rebounding and IQ stand out in short stints, and he rarely makes costly mistakes. While his ceiling may be limited, he profiles as a reliable low-usage rotation big who could complement Keegan Murray or serve as a stabilizing frontcourt option behind Sabonis in small-ball lineups.
Boucheron makes some sense, so you can write him off as not wanted by the FO.
I don’t know much about Brooks but he sounds intriguing. I like Caleb Houstan, a 6’8″ 205 lb 22yr SF that shot 40% from 3.
Boucher…f’n spell check
Looks like Mike Brown may be going to the Knicks.
MB goes from being HC of the Kings to the Knicks.
JV goes from backing up Domas to backing up Joker.
Some guys just level up like it’s nothing.
Will Mike Brown pull out his laptop in a post game presser in NY?
Beam Team NYC:
Jordi Fernandez in Brooklyn
Mike Brown at MSG
I think Scott Perry was given two years to tear apart and reshape his own roster and is expected to be winning by year 3. These moves seem to coincide with that timeline. I expect next offseason and the trade deadlines will be wild; and some semblance of a “plan” will be visible.
Dude, this IS the plan. Negligible moves around the margins and try to make it out of the play-in. Fire the coach, fire the GM, do it all again.
If your theory is true, then that 3rd year will most likely be a vastly different roster that then will need time to gel. So maybe year 4? Or 5? Or 6? Should I keep going?
From what I find, the only salaries on the books for 2027/2028 are:
Domas’ final year at $48.6m
Schroder’s final year at $15.75m
Malik Monk’s player option $21.5m.
Devin Carter’s team option $7.4.
I’m underwhelmed with the current state of the roster. I can also squint and see an opening for competent moves to be made – and a timeline that surrounds or jettisons the above contracts for long-term, upgraded talent.
Very unlikely to happen; but what other choice do I have than to hope the team figures it out?
To be fair, most NBA teams have less than 5 dudes under contract by the 2027/28 season. It’s just how the cap is structured these days. Few contracts go beyond 3 years outside of rookie scale contracts and max deals.
I have questions, why has Perry been given reign to reshape the roster but McNair wasn’t? I can’t imagine Monte liked the roster, but he was given a directive to win. When the team didn’t win he got the axe
I have no idea what the Kings are doing to be honest, I remember going to the Bucks game last year being depressed at how blah the team was. Walk it up at play iso heave offense
This roster looks like it was pieces bought at goodwill, there are probably some decent NBA talent, maybe some 4-5 NBA starters and some bench talent. But in the Western Conference good luck hoping this team can win and make the playoff
If Schroders deal is 45 for 3 and the last year is a team option, how much is me making for the guaranteed portion of his deal, if its 20 mill per year and say the last year is say 5 mill, this is just poor as who else was going to pay him anything close to that
I get that players won’t sign here (and I get that), but why can’t they make moves with other teams. Look at Utah I can’t imagine players want to go there but they make moves, Ace Bailey says I don’t want to play in Utah and they pick him anyway. This front office acts like a bottle in the ocean just floating around in search of god knows what
Utah makes move because their owner seems okay with winning less than 25 games for a while, where as Vivek won’t do that. Utah absorbs bad contracts, tore down their playoff team for picks, and holds on to those players for something mostly meaningful. (They just haven’t drafted well).
Kings take on bad players and their massive contracts to try and get in the play-in. It’s a sad thing being a Kings fan.
I guess you can look at it that way, but I can’t imagine Vivek going along with it.
Looks like Perry wants Clifford and Raynaud to play right away, but can they do it?
I also think that the drafting of Clifford and restricted free agent designation are connected. By the latter 3rd of the season, the Kings may decide to cut loose Keon and play Clifford instead. Perry traded up so that he can let Keon go without paying him.
Duncan Robinson to Detroit (3 yr/$48M) for Simone Fontecchio in S&T
This essentially kills Malik Monk to Detroit and may also damper the hope of DeRozan to Miami (though not necessarily. Terry Rozier keeps popping into my head)
Kings are stuck with what they have, in my opinion. Run it back while adding Schroeder. Your 2025-2026 Sacramehnto Kings!
We would’ve been better off just running it back than than whatever this is.
Detroit won’t take Monk for Schroeder. Perry moves Valanciunas for a guy who played 16 games last year, so he can sign Schroeder outright. That’s our new backup 4. Then he replaces Valanciunas with a guy who was waived. So Monk is still here. And DeRozan is still here!
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