The Sacramento Kings are acquiring free agent guard DeMar DeRozan via a three-year, $67 million sign-and-trade that includes the trade of forward Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
Los Sacramento Kings are acquiring the free agent guard DeMar DeRozan via a three-year, $67 million sign-and-trade contract that includes the transfer of forward Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
Los Kings They are also trading guard Chris Duarte, two second-round draft picks and cash to the Chicago Bulls as part of the deal, sources said.
Los Kings They searched for DeMar DeRozan to partner with All-Star guard De’Aaron Fox, All-Star center Domantas Sabonis and promising young forward Keegan Murray in an attempt to become a more explosive offensive team in the Western Conference.
DeMar DeRozan celebrates with Zach LaVine during the play-in game against the Raptors. Photo: Getty
DeRozana six-time All-Star who turns 35 next month, is coming off an impressive three-year run with the Bulls in which he made the All-Star team in each of the first two seasons before averaging 24 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists last year. He also finished second to Stephen Curry in NBA Player of the Year voting.
DeMar DeRozan traveled to Sacramento on Saturday to meet with team officials and Kings coach Mike Brown, who signed a contract extension in the offseason. Brown led the franchise to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2006.
DeRozan, a three-time All-NBA selection, was the ninth overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in 2009 and has played for the Raptors, Spurs and Bulls over his 15 NBA seasons. He has averaged 21.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists in his 1,110 career NBA games.
The Spurs signed Barnes to join free agent newcomer Chris Paul alongside unanimous Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama. Barnes, who has played 82 games in each of the past two seasons in Sacramento, averaged 12.2 points and three rebounds for the Kings while shooting 47.4 percent overall and 38.7 percent from 3-point range on 4.7 attempts per game.
Barnes, who won a title in 2015 with the Golden State Warriors, spent the past five and a half seasons with Sacramento after arriving from the Dallas Mavericks in a trade deadline deal. He has career averages of 14 points and 4.9 rebounds since the Warriors selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.
The Spurs will need to get Barnes to make the deal work.
Duarte, 27, averaged 3.9 points in 59 games for the Kings last year, who traded two second-round picks to acquire him from the Indiana Pacers last summer.
2024-07-07 02:34:00
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