Yahoo Sports Kings targeting starting-level players, including Zach LaVine, Kyle Kuzma and Cam Thomas
Sacramento has explored the trade market for potential upgrades, such as Brooklyn’s Cam Johnson and previously Dorian Finney-Smith before he was traded to the Lakers, league sources said. This summer, Sacramento had checked in on Brandon Ingram, sources said. ESPN also recently reported the Kings circled the wagon on Zach LaVine, Kyle Kuzma, and Cam Thomas. Of the group, Johnson has been a consistent trade target for the Kings, league sources told HoopsHype.
Source: HoopsHype
What's the buzz on Twitter?
Bulls guard Zach LaVine was a seemingly mystery scratch before the game with the Hornets ... then he showed his toe to the media and mystery solved ... no, he wasn't pulled for a trade ...
Read it:
chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2024/12/… - 8:36 PM
Zach LaVine just showed us his ugly-ass purple toe. But did give a cya in DC ... meaning he expects to play Wednesday. - 5:51 PM
Bulls are 1-3 without Zach LaVine this season. - 5:45 PM
LaVine out vs Hornets with a toe injury (nail/joint) 5:45 CT pre @670TheScore - 5:40 PM
Zach LaVine out - toe - 5:32 PM
Kyle Kuzma (ribs) off the injury report for Wizards-Knicks rematch - 6:19 PM
Final: Magic 102, Nets 101
Cam Thomas misses a fadeaway three on the buzzer to seal an epic collapse.
Orlando closed the game on a 22-4 run over the final seven minutes. Brooklyn did not make a field goal during that stretch. - 6:11 PM
Cam Thomas missed a go-ahead three with the Nets down one with six seconds remaining, but Jalen Wilson got fouled while going for an offensive rebound.
The Magic are over the bonus, so Wilson is heading to the line. Orlando is on a 20-2 run over the last seven minutes. - 6:03 PM
man, I'd be heated if I were Jamahl Mosley too. Not a gaping chasm of difference between the contact that rewarded Cam Thomas three free throws and what Cole Anthony got on that heave at the end - 5:27 PM
Cam Thomas has 10 points and three assists on 4/6 shooting in his first six minutes.
Doesn’t appear to be much rust to knock off. - 4:14 PM
The Nets lead the Magic 27-21 at the end of the first. They're shot 11/16 (69%) from the field and 4/6 (67%) from three.
Cam Thomas posts five points and two assists on 2/4 shooting in his first quarter back. - 4:08 PM
Nets starters today at Magic:
Simmons
K. Johnson
C. Johnson
Clowney
Claxton
Cam Thomas will come off the bench in his first game in over a month. - 3:04 PM
Zach LaVine cracking jokes when asked about the importance of backcourt players boxing out and rebounding: “Well, you know, Vooch can’t jump that high.” - 10:45 PM
Zach LaVine is shooting 45.6% from 3-point range on high volume of 7.6 per game. Insane. - 8:53 PM
Nets: Cam Thomas set to return from extended injury absence vs. Magic
clutchpoints.com/nets-news-cam-… - 4:59 PM
Both Cam Thomas (left hamstring strain) and Cam Johnson (right hip contusion) are probable for tomorrow vs. the #Magic. Thomas, the #Nets' leading scorer, has missed the last 13 games. Brooklyn is just 4-9 in that span. #NBA - 4:45 PM
More on this storyline
There’s been growing pessimism that Chicago Bulls two-time All-Star Zach LaVine would be traded to the Denver Nuggets in a package for Michael Porter Jr., league sources told HoopsHype. Chicago doesn’t want to absorb Zeke Nnaji’s four-year, $32 million contract and would need to offload him to a third team, such as the Detroit Pistons, who have $14 million in cap space going into the trade deadline to be a third party facilitator in trades to acquire future draft capital. -via HoopsHype / December 31, 2024
KC Johnson: Zach LaVine is out vs. Hornets, per Donovan. Has a toe issue. Got stepped on last game. Went through shootaround and it got worse. -via Twitter @KCJHoop / December 30, 2024
KC Johnson: LaVine said he plans to play Weds in DC. His left big toenail is purple and bloody. -via Twitter @KCJHoop / December 30, 2024
Chase Hughes: Kyle Kuzma describes his injury rehab, says he broke a rib and at first had trouble breathing for a few days. Kuz also explained how he learned a lot about himself while sitting out. -via x.com / December 30, 2024
The Kings inquired about Chicago's Zach LaVine, New Orleans' Brandon Ingram, Brooklyn's Cam Thomas and Washington's Kyle Kuzma, league sources said. They looked at smaller moves, "just to change things up," as one source put it. They even asked Brown if there were moves to make with the roster or the staff that might help, sources said. -via ESPN / December 30, 2024
Josh Robbins: The Wizards and Kyle Kuzma have identified Monday’s game as Kuzma’s potential return to action, team sources told @TheAthleticNBA. Kuzma has missed Washington’s last 12 games because of sprained rib cartilage — an injury similar to the injury Darrell Green suffered during the NFC playoffs in early 1988, when Green hurdled the Chicago Bears’ Cap Boso for a 52-yard punt return for a touchdown at Soldier Field. Kuzma suffered his injury on Nov. 27. A determination on Kuzma’s playing status is expected in the hours leading up to Monday night’s game against the Knicks at Capital One Arena. -via Twitter @JoshuaBRobbins / December 29, 2024
Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Cam Thomas: "Yeah. so he'll be on a restriction. I'm not going to tell you guys the minutes for obvious reasons. And I'm not going to tell you if he starts...but we need CT to be CT. We all know how efficient he's been. His superpower is scoring." #Nets -via Twitter @NYPost_Lewis / December 29, 2024
Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Cam Thomas' return: “He's done a great job to get himself healthy and ready to play with his teammates...We're excited to have him back. His teammates were excited. He was excited, had a smile on his face. So it's a good day for us.” #Nets #Magic -via Twitter @NYPost_Lewis / December 29, 2024
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