JULY 17: The Kings have officially signed Lydon, the team announced today in a press release.
JULY 14: The Kings have agreed to a two-year deal with free agent forward Tyler Lydon, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojarowski (Twitter link).
The agreement is for the league minimum and also contains a partial guarantee, Sean Cunningham of ABC10 Sacramento tweets.
Lydon appeared in 25 games with the Nuggets last season, seeing an average of 3.8 minutes per contest. He was traded to Denver shortly after being selected No. 24 overall in the 2017 draft by Utah, spending part of his professional career in the NBA G League.
“I feel like I’m good enough to play in this league, and I’ll believe that ‘til the day I die,” Lydon said last week before agreeing to his deal, according to Stephen Haynes of the Poughkeepsie Journal. “It’s like, ‘Give me one chance to prove that I belong.’”
Lydon started his career with a deep Denver team that was unable to give him a clear role. His season was cut short after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus, with the 23-year-old working extensively to improve his strength and shooting skills since then.
Sacramento now has 18 players on its active roster, including two-way players Kyle Guy and Wenyen Gabriel.
I bet the Nuggets wasn’t that Lyles and Lydon for Donovan Mitchell trade back
Why can’t people properly type anymore?
Propper typng is overheated
I think that but then again their team is stacked. But a Murray and Mitchell backcourt would’ve been pretty darn good.
Wouldn’t regret it, since they never did it. The pick was traded prior to the draft. They may regret trading it or trading it for Lyles/late pick, but Mitchell wasn’t a part of the equation.