3:30pm: Dozier’s second 10-day deal is now official, the Kings announced in a press release.
6:49am: The Kings will sign guard PJ Dozier to a second 10-day contract, agent Kevin Bradbury tells Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Dozier’s first 10-day deal expired on Wednesday night following Sacramento’s win over the Lakers.
Dozier didn’t play much during his first 10 days with Sacramento. He logged just under seven total garbage-time minutes in three blowout victories last week, then didn’t play on Sunday or Wednesday. Still, the Kings – who had lost three of four games before signing Dozier – won all five games with him on the roster, so perhaps the team just doesn’t want to change what seems to be working.
Dozier, 26, appeared in 105 games across five seasons for the Thunder, Celtics, and Nuggets from 2017-21, recording averages of 6.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per night during that time. He’s just returning from an ACL tear that he suffered in December 2021.
The Kings will take on another $105,522 cap hit for Dozier’s second 10-day contract, while he’ll earn $122,602. Sacramento could officially complete the signing later today or wait until Friday — in either scenario, he’d be available for the team’s next five contests.
Dozier belongs in the league somewhere. Good defender, good distributor, plays hard.
They should try a new lineup for a few days, just to see how it works out :
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PF 6-11 Sabonis, back up 6-9 Lyles
SF 6-8 Barnes, back up, 6-8 Murray
C 6-10 Holmes, back up, 6-9 Metu
SG 6-7 Huerter, back up 6-5 Monk
PF 6-3 Fox, back up 6-0 Mitchell