The Sacramento Kings are interested in signing JaVale McGee, who was waived and stretched by the Dallas Mavericks, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report and TNT.
McGee played in 42 games for the Mavericks last season. He averaged 4.4 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 64.0% from the floor and 58.5% from the free-throw line. The three-time NBA champion signed a three-year, $17.2 million contract with the Mavericks last summer.
McGee, 35, has career NBA averages of 7.8 points and 5.2 assists in 863 games with the Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns.
The Kings won 48 games last season and made the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2006. Even though Sacramento lost to Golden State in the first round of the 2023 NBA postseason in seven games, the team has a bright future with Domantas Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox, Keegan Murray, Malik Monk, Kevin Huerter and Harrison Barnes leading the way.
During an interview with NBA writer Kyle Irving of The Sporting News, Sabonis said he expects teams to “come at” the Kings next season since they are no longer flying under the NBA radar.
“We definitely know it’s going to be the hardest year yet. Last year, there was no expectations,” Sabonis said during the NBA interview. “We were a top-three seed. People are going to come at us. It’s not going to be easy. … We gotta be mentally strong to come out, block out all the noise and just be us. Getting better on defense, adding things on our offensive end so teams can’t scout us. It’s gonna be a lot of fun for us.”
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