The Kings are interested in signing veteran center JaVale McGee once he clears waivers, Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report and NBA on TNT tweets.
The Mavericks officially waived McGee on Monday and he’ll become an unrestricted free agent on Thursday.
Sacramento has 13 players on guaranteed contracts and two more frontcourt players — Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel — on partially guaranteed deals. The Kings also have Alex Len behind Domantas Sabonis in the center spot with Trey Lyles another possibility in small-ball lineups.
McGee could join the battle for backup minutes behind Sabonis. He’d be on his ninth NBA team since entering the league in 2008.
McGee signed a three-year, $17MM+ contract with Dallas last offseason, but only spent seven games in the starting lineup and subsequently fell out of the rotation altogether. The 35-year-old averaged 4.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in a career-low 8.5 minutes per game across 42 appearances during his second stint as a Maverick.
hopefully he won’t want to be 5th string center. go dubs!
Scared? I’d be scared if I were a L fan
Sometimes I wonder why the Mavs are ran so horrible? Is it Cuban or their GM. McGee is s useful back up so why let him go? All that money they wasted on Irving when they should have signed they PG.
I don’t think this transaction reflects negatively on Cuban or Harrison. They signed Williams and Jones Jr. then drafted Lively and traded for Prosper and Holmes. They already had Powell, Kleber and McGee. That’s a lot of bigs and someone had to go, most likely McGee or Holmes. If nobody wanted to trade for McGee or Holmes you waive one of them.
LOL just listen to yourself. Who’s to blame for your team having 7 centers… hmmmmmm
Getting McGee in the first place was a mistake. They needed wings and a scoring replacement for Brunson. If they wanted an actual defensive C, there were options on the minimum instead of old-a** JaVale McGee. If it were three years ago, maybe that’s a good deal. But in 2022? Nah. Nah. Not for the middy.
Also, Arc, the answer is Cuban. Owners in general should stop sticking their fingers into roster management. Trust the competent professionals they hired for that exact purpose instead of thinking they know anything because they have a lot of (often largely inherited) wealth.
Kings should definitely do it. I’m a big Sabonis guy. I think his best position is PF. I know everyone goes small today. Sabonis at the 4 is unstoppable .
Nah. He can’t shoot and he’s too slow to actually deal with PFs, or any wings for that matter. He’s not a good defender in general, but he’s big and strong enough to handle Centers 1-v-1, where foot speed doesn’t matter as much. The best plan is having him at the 5 and running a top-shelf defender at the 4 with reliable backups behind him and the 4. The Pacers tried Sabonis at the 4 and the results were very mid, even with Turner handling the 5 next to him.
A year ago I would agree with you Al but last season and especially in the playoffs he looked almost scared to shoot from anywhere outside the paint. He had countless wide open shots from the elbow/high post against the Warriors and Looney gave them to him because he wouldn’t shoot it.
Kings rely on Sabonis at the 5 too much on offense to play him at the 4. The offense is built on the pistol 5 and dribble hand offs through Sabonis, Fox’s elite ability to get to the lane off screens, and the roster of shooters around those two.
While he’s not the elite defender that would make Sac unstoppable, he’s agile enough to pull down rebounds and led the league in boards last year. Unless he’s playing the Warriors.
…..I’ll never forgive you Kevon Looney
Take him…he’s yours!
hooray!