The Sacramento Kings are geared for a likely busy offseason.
After losing in the NBA Play-In Tournament, they'll have to make a tough decision: whether to keep striving for relevancy and try to win or blow it up.
Knowing the Kings, they'll likely strive for the latter.
It's tough to blame them, as they have the league's best rebounder in Domantas Sabonis.
The Kings stunned everyone by trading star guard De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs, but they were able to get Zach LaVine out of the deal.
The trade seemed odd for NBA fans, as Bulls fans in particular have seen the ceiling and limitations of what a team led by LaVine and DeMar DeRozan looks like.
As a result, new general manager Scott Perry could look to make his mark on the team, and that could start with trading DeRozan.
In a recent trade idea by ABC10's Matt George from Sacramento, he theorizes the Kings could be in the market for one of their former top trade targets: Kyle Kuzma.
"He's been connected to the Kings every summer since the dawn of time," George wrote. "Might as well continue the trend."
Trade 5: Kyle Kuzma...again.
— Matt George (@MattGeorgeSAC) May 9, 2025
He's been connected to the Kings every summer since the dawn of time. Might as well continue the trend.
Not a fan of this deal for the Kings, but at least his salary goes down over the final 2 seasons. pic.twitter.com/XE0hm12sml
Kuzma averaged 14.8 points per game in the regular season for the Washington Wizards and Milwaukee Bucks, but struggled mightily in the playoffs.
In the Bucks' five-game playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, he averaged just 5.8 points per game and even went scoreless in Game 1. Perhaps even worse, he failed to record single statistic outside of his two fouls committed.
The Bucks could use a player like DeRozan and the Kings, at least in the regular season, could use Kuzma's contributions.
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