Few things in life are more certain than the Sacramento Kings coveting Jonathan Kuminga.
To this end, Andscape’s Marc J. Spears says they’re expected to show interest in the 23-year-old now that he’s a free agent. On the flip side, The Athletic’s Sam Amick reports Sacramento does not plan to pursue him.
Forced to choose, we should bet on the Kings continuing to Kings and sniffing around Kuminga again. They don’t currently have a young and athletic combo forward comfortable with generating his own shot, and there will be room to redistribute usage if they move on from Domantas Sabonis or DeMar DeRozan (partially guaranteed).
The absolute peak version of Kuminga can lighten the workload for rookie Darius Acuff Jr. Between Maxime Raynaud, Keegan Murray, De’Andre Hunter, Malik Monk and Zach LaVine, the Kings could also have enough shooters at (virtually) every other position to help offset some of JK’s worst offensive tendencies and limitations.
Money is the primary roadblock to any pursuit in Sacramento. The Kings remain over the tax even after dumping Devin Carter. They’ll need to continue cutting costs if they want to dangle all or part of the $15 million MLE in front of Kuminga.
