Report: Kings agree to one-year contract with veteran shooter originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Kings have added some much-needed shooting depth ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season.
Free agent forward Doug McDermott agreed to a one-year contract with Sacramento on Wednesday, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported, citing sources.
Free agent F Doug McDermott has agreed to a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN. McDermott is a career 41 percent 3-point shooter and joins the Western Conference playoff contender for his 11th NBA season. pic.twitter.com/qw9kCfBGvS
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 16, 2024
McDermott, 32, shot 47 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range during his 10-year career.
He helps Sacramento check two areas of concern entering the new season with his size and shooting ability. At 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds, the former first-round pick should perfectly complement Mike Brown’s unique offense along with the team’s new Big Three in De’Aaron Fox, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis.
Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 2014 and then traded to the Chicago Bulls on draft night, McDermott has played for five different teams over the last decade and most recently played with the Indiana Pacers during the 2023-24 season.
His best stationary seasons came with the Pacers during his first stint with the team from 2020 to 2023, where he averaged 11.8 points on 48.9 percent shooting from the field and 40.7 percent from deep, adding 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 23 minutes. .
After trading Jalen McDaniels, a career 32.2 percent 3-point shooteron Monday, McDermott provides the Kings with a boost off the bench alongside resilient guard Malik Monk and fellow shooting guard Kevin Huerter, who is working his way back from shoulder surgery.
Sacramento, still winless in the preseason (whatever that means), is dead last in 3-point shooting (25 percent) among all NBA teams through four preseason contests. Sure, it’s the preseason. But the addition of McDermott can only help in that department as the Kings hope to return to the elite offense they were just two seasons ago.
