{"id":208823,"date":"2025-08-02T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/208823\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:33:28","slug":"sacramento-kings-make-roster-decision-amid-russell-westbrook-rumors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/208823\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings Make Roster Decision Amid Russell Westbrook Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento Kings Make Roster Decision Amid Russell Westbrook Rumors<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After going 40-42 and watching their season end in the play-in tournament against the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings are looking to build out their roster for another playoff run.<\/p>\n

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NBA insider Michael Scotto<\/a> reported on Wednesday that the Kings signed guard Daeqwon Plowden to a two-way contract. The team is also considered a front-runner to sign free agent guard Russell Westbrook.<\/p>\n

What Plowden Brings to Sacramento<\/p>\n

Plowden played with the Atlanta Hawks last season. In six appearances, he averaged<\/a> 7.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12.0 minutes per game. He shot 64% from the field and 52.9% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Plowden was traded earlier this summer<\/a> to the Phoenix Suns in a massive seven-team deal which was headlined by 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant being sent from Phoenix to the Houston Rockets. The deal also included the Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n

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The Sacramento Kings logo on the shorts of a player during a game.Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Plowden was released by the Suns and was a free agent until signing with Sacramento. At 6-foot-6 and 216 pounds, he might be able to make an impact on the Kings’ roster, which is highlighted<\/a> by DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk, Keegan Murray, Zach LaVine, Markelle Fultz and Domantas Sabonis.<\/p>\n

Kings Continue to Have Interest in Westbrook<\/p>\n

The Kings are interested in adding Westbrook<\/a>, the nine-time NBA All-Star, to their roster. He would slot into the backcourt alongside Monk, Fultz and LaVine.<\/p>\n

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But Sacramento has also been mentioned in trade rumors involving Jonathan Kuminga of the Golden State Warriors, which could hold up a Westbrook decision.<\/p>\n

Related: Mike Brown News Emerges After Joining Knicks<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 30, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings Make Roster Decision Amid Russell Westbrook Rumors originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After going 40-42 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[208,7,247,18687,149,3213,4672,164,194,867,3210,938,4056,150,1267,6893,152,6,472,36856,254,986,477,4055,3207,3212],"class_list":{"0":"post-208823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-daeqwon-plowden","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-demar-derozan","14":"tag-domantas-sabonis","15":"tag-golden-state-warriors","16":"tag-houston-rockets","17":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","18":"tag-keegan-murray","19":"tag-kevin-durant","20":"tag-kings","21":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","22":"tag-malik-monk","23":"tag-markelle-fultz","24":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","25":"tag-nba","26":"tag-phoenix-suns","27":"tag-plowden-brings","28":"tag-russell-westbrook","29":"tag-sacramento","30":"tag-sacramento-kings","31":"tag-sacramentokings","32":"tag-the-kings","33":"tag-zach-lavine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114958958832520287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208823","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=208823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}