The Kings announced today that they have waived two-way guard Adam Flagler. Flagler was signed to a two-way contract prior to Summer League along with Jonathan Mogbo. However unlike Mogbo, he struggled in most of his appearances in both Summer League and Preseason. The Kings also recently signed preseason standout Leaky Black to a two-way deal and could be making room to add another player on a two-way with Flagler’s waiving as teams can only have three two-way players under contract.
The Kings are also reportedly looking at scouring the waiver market for another Point Guard in the wake of Ben Simmons’ season-ending injury per Jake Fischer. One of the names being bandied about as a possible option for the Kings is Walter Clayton Jr., who was just waived by the Memphis Grizzlies. Clayton was the 18th pick in the draft just a year ago and split his rookie season between Utah and Memphis as he was part of the trade that sent Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Jazz. Memphis was facing a roster crunch and had to cut two players to make room. Per 1140’s Frankie Cartoscelli, the Kings were high on Clayton in last year’s draft, but he went 6 picks before the 24th pick where the Kings selected Nique Clifford. Clayton averaged 7.8 points, 4.0 assists and 2.1 rebounds as a rookie.
Fischer also mentioned Kevin Porter Jr. as a name the Kings could look to add. Porter Jr. was also cut today by the Milwaukee Bucks. Porter Jr. was the 30th pick in the 2019 NBA draft and has spent time with the Cavaliers, Rockets, Clippers and Bucks, averaging 14.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists. However Porter has had multiple issues both on and off the court, including a 2023 domestic violence arrest for which he took a plea deal. I can’t wait to see how the Kings justify how he fits in with Scott Perry’s pillars if they do sign him.
The Kings could also look to bring in a veteran like the recently cut Elfrid Payton who spent training camp and preseason with the team.
WCJ makes the most sense. Though he may have better options… he’d get good minutes here… so maybe.
KPJ seems most likely. Bad teams don’t care about character.
Elfrid Payton doesn’t seem like an NBA player anymore. Pass.
Agreed. There is a reason the Bucks wavied Porter Jr. after he just had damn near a career year. There is something off there with him being on 4 teams is 6 years.
I’d be 100% behind Clayton Jr. for that now opened 2-way spot. The kid was hot coming out of college, but did have a rather poor rookie season. Kick those tires.
Hard pass on Payton. Kings need to find diamonds not has beens.
Clayton does seem like the type of player they could look at. He is listed at 6’4, which is decent size. Might as well see if he could become a decent backup PG with the Kings.
He was excellent in college as a first team all american and a national champion, but plenty of dudes with those accolades can’t cut it in the NBA.
The Grizz could have cut a couple of different guys, including Kris Murray or Olivier-Maxence Prosper, but they chose to cut a guard and a team loaded with wings. By all accounts they tried to trade him, but couldn’t take a player back due to roster size. They had to cut someone and he was low man, I guess.
Kings could do far worse with their last 2-way spot, IMO.
Looks like the Mavs are his most likely landing spot:
https://x.com/TheSteinLine/status/2112613281030377781
Lol, so the story is the Kings really wanted to trade up to draft him, but he went early and they settled for Nique
Then, they were trying to swing a trade for him from Memphis, knowing Memphis was looking to move off his deal…and they still couldn’t get it done.
Now, he’s about to clear waivers and the Kings are once again trying and he’s like “Naw, I’m good. Gonna head to Dallas.”
Perry has been pretty shit at his job except for drafting roll players in the 2nd round.
Walter Clayton Jr didn’t get much playing time. As gator he was hot commodity. About Porter.Jr, he has some anger management issue. BTW Lakers waived Dalton Knecht …I would’ve waive Karavan and sign him. Knecht can play even with his defensive shortness. If he can get 20+ minutes… easily score 20 points…guaranteed (Charles Barkley).
who did the Grizz keep at PG ahead of WCJ?
Pippen Jr.
Why do i get the feeling that Perry will be going after Scoot when he becomes RFA next year?
Wouldn’t be bad at the right price.
Why chase Scoot when they already have Acuff? Aren’t they sorta cut from the same cloth?
I like the idea of signing Knecht. Seems like a player that may flourish with a change of scenery. He looked great before he thought he was traded from the Lakers only to awkwardly return once the trade fell apart. I’d also love to see him play angry against his former team.
Nba.com put out their team rankings today. Guess which team comes in last, lol.
not the Spurs, I’m guessing
No, Spurs are at the exact other end (the top).
Is Lonzo Ball available?
Lucille Ball would be more on brand.
Vivek is smarter than that. He would make the GM sign LaVar Ball!
Can we go back and undo trading Haliburton away? Huge mistake that will burn the Kings for years especially when he is inducted into the Hall of Fame. Does Perry think Nique Clifford is a poor man’s Haliburton? I know Ranadive won’t sell the team but I can dream. I really hate seeing that little worm when I go to Golden 1.
Carmichael Dave went off last night on Vivek. Dave just lost his mother (RIP), his station lost the agreement with the Kings and he took his gloves off, it seems.
If anything can help a fan movement to oust Vivek, it’s a figurehead with a large audience like him.
Hello 1140 employees and welcome to the party! You are a little late but let us break bread together!
There has got to be some follks over there that have good dirt on the franchise. Spill those beans!
Bleacher Report power rankings has the Kings at 29! and the LAC at 30- must win tonight.
And then Bucks, nets, Bulls and surprise the duds.
I care about getting 4th place, avoid relegation. 30 wins would do it. Have to win 3 or 4 out of every 10 game set That’s a tall order but the other losers must do the same. Cannot lose to any of the teams mentioned.
I see where you are coming from, but this team might struggle, no, will struggle to get to 20 wins. Even Portland, Phoenix, and Utah will beat up on us.
With Doug as coach, I’ll be shocked by any win.
Lol, I forgot the NBA scheduled games at 3pm Eastern time. Not even the East Coasters are off work during that time.
Have they always done this early game thing for opening night? It doesn’t seem like it would get the ratings.
I don’t recall it ever starting this early on opening night.
It’s good for the international crowd, so I approve.
Maybe that was the intent? The league seems determined to expand to Europe, so was this a litmus test to check out those ratings.
I am not a fan of American league football, basketball in Europe. It is all about money, money, money. Just stop already.
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