{"id":193083,"date":"2025-07-25T04:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/193083\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T04:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T04:04:24","slug":"breaking-down-the-sacramento-kings-top-performers-during-nba-summer-league-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/193083\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down the Sacramento Kings\u2019 Top Performers During NBA Summer League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breaking Down the Sacramento Kings\u2019 Top Performers During NBA Summer League<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Kings had an impressive Summer League as they fell just short of winning their third Summer League championship.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento finished the Summer League with a 5-1 record with their only loss coming to the Charlotte Hornets in the championship game on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento Kings head coach Doug ChristieKelley L Cox-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

It was a great performance by the Kings and they also saw multiple of their young players show out in Las Vegas but these four stood out above the rest.<\/p>\n

Isaac Jones<\/p>\n

Jones had a great Summer League as he led the way for the Kings in scoring as he tries to earn a larger role next season after playing 40 games for the Kings last season.<\/p>\n

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In six Summer League games, the 25-year-old big man averaged 18.3 points, 67 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 64.6% from the field and 33.3% from three.<\/p>\n

With the Kings moving on from Jonas Valanciunas this offseason, Jones might have played his way into a roster spot next season.<\/p>\n

Nique Clifford<\/p>\n

All eyes were on Clifford during the Summer League after the Kings traded into the first round of the 2025 draft to select him 24th overall.<\/p>\n

In six Summer League games, the 23-year-old guard averaged 15.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 49.3% from the field and 45.8% from three.<\/p>\n

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With the Kings\u2019 lack of guard depth entering next season, Clifford should see a large role off the bench and he will also be a key piece to their future.<\/p>\n

Devin Carter\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 3, 2025; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Devin Carter (22) dribbles the ball against the Memphis Grizzlies during the first quarter at Golden 1 Center.\u00a9 Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Carter struggled during his rookie season in Sacramento last year but he showed improvements in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

In six games, the 23-year-old guard averaged 14.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game while shooting 40.5% from the field and 28.9% from three.<\/p>\n

While Carter does need to improve his outside shooting, he should have a large role next season as the Kings\u2019 backup point guard.<\/p>\n

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Maxime Raynaud<\/p>\n

Raynaud was another standout player for the Kings this summer after they selected him in the second round of the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n

In five games, the 22-year-old center averaged 12.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.4 assist and 1.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field and 25.0% from three.<\/p>\n

With Valanciunas gone, Raynaud will enter next season as Sacramento\u2019s backup center behind Domantas Sabonis and like Clifford, he will be a key piece to their future.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 22, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaking Down the Sacramento Kings\u2019 Top Performers During NBA Summer League originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Sacramento…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,920,7983,473,3208,4672,3457,4056,3538,177,6,854,986,477,4055,13711,3207],"class_list":{"0":"post-193083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-championship-game","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-devin-carter","13":"tag-domantas-sabonis","14":"tag-isaac-jones","15":"tag-kings","16":"tag-maxime-raynaud","17":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nique-clifford","20":"tag-sacramento","21":"tag-sacramento-kings","22":"tag-sacramentokings","23":"tag-summer-league","24":"tag-the-kings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114911895775317420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}