{"id":534,"date":"2022-06-30T23:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T23:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kings-rumors-malik-monk-will-sign-with-sacramento-in-nba-free-agency\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T23:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T23:54:38","slug":"kings-rumors-malik-monk-will-sign-with-sacramento-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kings-rumors-malik-monk-will-sign-with-sacramento-in-nba-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Rumors: Malik Monk will sign with Sacramento in NBA free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malik Monk has officially reached an agreement to sign with the Sacramento Kings, according to multiple reports. Monk will rejoin his college teammate De’Aaron Fox in Sacramento on a two-year, $19M contract. <\/p>\n

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Malik Monk is signing with Sacramento on a two-year deal approaching $20 million, according to his agent Jeff Schwartz of @excelbasketball<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 30, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

This move follows 12 hours of increasing rumblings that Monk would leave the Los Angeles Lakers after a career-best season in 2021-22.<\/p>\n

Monk, who averaged career-highs of 13.8 points and 2.9 assists on 47.3% shooting over the course of the 2021-22 campaign in Los Angeles, was first linked to the Kings by Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report during an appearance on Spotify Live with veteran NBA insider Marc Stein (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Monk told (The Athletic) that he was willing to go back to the Lakers for under the mid-level, I was like ‘huh?’ Because I had heard that he basically could go back to the Lakers for the mid-level right now, if he wanted to. It seems like there is very mutual interest there. But he definitely is looking for more, a bit more, the numbers I’ve heard are between $8 million and $12 million, which the taxpayer is at $6 (million). The one team I heard \u2014 and I’m not saying this is a done deal or it’s gonna happen \u2014 (and) it’s a very different situation than LA, but I know that there’s mutual interest, the one team that I’ve heard to look out for, for him not to go to the Lakers, is the Sacramento Kings<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Monk, 24, doesn’t do much to address Sacramento’s horrific defense, but he does help their lack of team shooting in a major way. Monk is at just 35.5% from three in his career, but has hovered around 40% in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

Looking at the roster currently, it seems that Monk will slot next to his college buddy at shooting guard, forming one of the most athletic backcourts in the league.<\/p>\n

In his two seasons as general manager, Monk is comfortably the best player that Monte McNair has signed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the rest of Sacramento’s free agency, Monk received most of the team’s non-taxpayer Mid-Level-Exception, meaning Sacramento is financially limited in improving its roster via free agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n