Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: After signing JaVale McGee to a free agent deal, the Sacramento Kings are waiving centers Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta to give them a chance to play elsewhere. Both signed partially guaranteed one-year deals with Kings this summer.
Source: Twitter @wojespn
Source: Twitter @wojespn
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James Ham @James_HamNBA
Kings make series of moves, including waiving Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta, as well as the signing of Jordan Ford, official. pic.twitter.com/Liqf5tK9J7 – 9:05 PM
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Kings make series of moves, including waiving Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta, as well as the signing of Jordan Ford, official. pic.twitter.com/Liqf5tK9J7 – 9:05 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Sacramento Kings announcing the signing of Jordan Ford and the waiving of Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta. pic.twitter.com/8jvriGB88y – 9:02 PM
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Sacramento Kings announcing the signing of Jordan Ford and the waiving of Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta. pic.twitter.com/8jvriGB88y – 9:02 PM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC
Kings doing right by Noel & Queta is admirable, but I’m betting Mike Brown didn’t want to waste time with position battles.
Every day of training camp is going to be focusing on adding the next layer to the foundation the Kings built last season. No time for anything else. – 7:33 PM
Kings doing right by Noel & Queta is admirable, but I’m betting Mike Brown didn’t want to waste time with position battles.
Every day of training camp is going to be focusing on adding the next layer to the foundation the Kings built last season. No time for anything else. – 7:33 PM
Jason Anderson @JandersonSacBee
Here’s why Sacramento Kings are waiving Neemias Queta, Nerlens Noel before training camp sacbee.com/sports/nba/sac… – 7:12 PM
Here’s why Sacramento Kings are waiving Neemias Queta, Nerlens Noel before training camp sacbee.com/sports/nba/sac… – 7:12 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
The Sacramento Kings have waived Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta, per @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/p2at78ambu – 6:16 PM
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The Sacramento Kings have waived Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta, per @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/p2at78ambu – 6:16 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
League sources confirm the Sacramento Kings are releasing centers Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel. – 5:58 PM
League sources confirm the Sacramento Kings are releasing centers Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel. – 5:58 PM
Jason Anderson @JandersonSacBee
League source confirms the Sacramento Kings are waiving Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel to give them an opportunity to play somewhere else, as reported by Woj. – 5:58 PM
League source confirms the Sacramento Kings are waiving Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel to give them an opportunity to play somewhere else, as reported by Woj. – 5:58 PM
James Ham @James_HamNBA
League source confirms that the Kings are waiving both Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel so they can pursue other opportunities after the arrival of JaVale McGee. @wojespn first with the news. – 5:58 PM
League source confirms that the Kings are waiving both Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel so they can pursue other opportunities after the arrival of JaVale McGee. @wojespn first with the news. – 5:58 PM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: After signing JaVale McGee to a free agent deal, the Sacramento Kings are waiving centers Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta to give them a chance to play elsewhere. Both signed partially guaranteed one-year deals with Kings this summer. – 5:56 PM
ESPN Sources: After signing JaVale McGee to a free agent deal, the Sacramento Kings are waiving centers Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta to give them a chance to play elsewhere. Both signed partially guaranteed one-year deals with Kings this summer. – 5:56 PM
More on this storyline
Terms of the deal were not disclosed per team policy, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the Kings gave McGee a one-year guaranteed contract for the veteran minimum. A minimum contract for a player with 10 or more years of NBA service is nearly $3.2 million. Under the minimum salary exception, only about $2 million counts against the team’s salary cap. The guaranteed contract doesn’t guarantee McGee a spot on the roster, but it might give him an inside track. The Kings have six centers under contract: Sabonis, McGee, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel, Neemias Queta and Skal Labissiere. -via Sacramento Bee / September 4, 2023
Only Sabonis, Len and McGee have guaranteed contracts. Sources have told The Sacramento Bee the Kings plan to assign Labissiere to the G League Stockton Kings, so that will likely leave McGee, Len, Noel and Queta to compete for two roster spots. -via Sacramento Bee / September 4, 2023
John Hollinger: Neemias Queta is still two-way eligible and would make sense on a great many rosters. -via Twitter @johnhollinger / September 12, 2023