Despite some speculation that they might shop him, the Kings aren’t believed to be entertaining trade offers for Bogdan Bogdanovic at this time, as one general manager tells Sean Deveney of Heavy.com.
“That’s not something they’re looking at too seriously now as far as anyone can tell,” the GM said. “They’re probably going to have to, but that’s not something to rush into. There would be a good market for Bogdanovic if they figure they can’t go far right now, but (the Kings) are still looking at how to make all of this work this season.”
There are number of factors contributing to trade speculation involving Bogdanovic. The Kings recently locked up Harrison Barnes and Buddy Hield to deals worth in excess of $20MM per season, and will likely have to invest heavily in De’Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley III within the next few years, creating uncertainty about whether the club would also want to pay big money to Bogdanovic. The Kings reportedly offered him a four-year, $51MM+ extension, but he hasn’t accepted it, and two ESPN reporters have heard he’s not thrilled about the idea of coming off the bench long-term in Sacramento.
On the other hand, Bogdanovic has denied that he’s unhappy with his role, and Deveney hears from a league source that the Serbian swingman hasn’t expressed any dissatisfaction to the Kings. It’s also worth noting that Bogdanovic could still accept that four-year extension offer during the season, since his eligibility didn’t expire on opening night. Plus, the Kings will face no cap restraints when it comes to retaining Bogdanovic and their other players, since he, Fox, and Bagley would all reach the market as restricted free agents. It could simply come down to how much Sacramento wants to spend.
The Kings have plenty of time to assess their options on Bogdanovic and see if they can turn things around after an 0-4 start. Even if they keep the 27-year-old through the 2019/20 season and bring him back as a restricted free agent, it wouldn’t prevent Sacramento from considering a trade down the road.
If Sacramento does listen to inquiries on Bogdanovic, the Knicks and Mavericks are expected to be among the clubs kicking the tires, according to Deveney, who notes that Dallas has had interest in the past. Deveney believes that the Kings should be able to get a first-round pick in return for Bogdanovic. Currently, New York owns two of Dallas’ future first-round picks.
Would be nice addition to the lakers. We need more scoring from the guard position as danny green is the only weapon there right now.
He’d be perfect for the Lakers. Problem is they traded all their first-round picks to New Orleans to get Davis.
Hope he signs. Kings should start him and have Barnes be the one off the bench
Trade Barnes to trail blazers and start Bobi
Which means they are DEFINITELY entertaining trade offers for Bogdanovic.
Well, it’s a shame that they won’t trade him considering that they don’t know how to play him or how to draft… The players they passed up to pick up Fox and Bagley not to mention the extra picks they would have gotten for trading down could have them as legit contenders. Unfortunately, they’re stuck keeping him because he’s their #2 in assists, because for some unknown reason, they have Yogi stuck as their 3rd guy at PG….
Imagine a Kings team that had a lineup of Malcolm Brogdon, Trae Young, Donovan Mitchell, Dillon Brooks, Pascal Siakam, and Kyle Kuzma… and yes, all of those guys were available for the Kings