Kings Stretch DeMar DeRozan's Remaining $10M Salary
The move drops Sacramento below the luxury tax and gives the Kings room to add veteran minimum signings, according to reporting.
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Kings Stretch DeMar DeRozan's Remaining $10M Salary
The Sacramento Kings are stretching the remainder of DeMar DeRozan's $10 million salary, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. DeRozan will be on the books for $3.33 million over the next three years. DeRozan signed a one-year deal with the Nuggets last week.
DeMar DeRozan’s Kings buyout details revealed
The Sacramento Kings will carry DeMar DeRozan’s remaining $10 million salary over the next three seasons after stretching the money following his buyout, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Scotto reported Tuesday that Sacramento will have a $3.33 million charge for DeRozan in each of the next three seasons, covering 2026-27 through 2028-29. DeRozan had […] The post DeMar DeRozan’s Kings buyout details revealed appeared first on TalkBasket…
Kings To Drop Below Tax Line By Stretching DeRozan's Salary
The Kings have chosen to stretch DeMar DeRozan’s remaining $10MM salary for the 2026/27 season over a three-season period, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype tweets. DeRozan will be on Sacramento’s books for $3.33MM during each of the next three seasons. DeRozan was waived by the Kings in early July in a cost-cutting measure. He was due $25.74MM salary for the 2026/27 league year but the contract was only partially guaranteed for $10MM. Sacramento wor…
Kings stretch DeMar DeRozan’s salary to drop below luxury tax line
DeMar DeRozan is gone. His salary isn’t quite as gone. The Kings will use the stretch provision on the remaining $10 million guaranteed portion of DeRozan’s contract, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. That means Sacramento will carry a $3.33 million cap hit in each of the next three seasons, rather than taking the entire $10 million charge in 2026-27. There’s a reason for it. As cap expert Yossi Gozlan noted, stretching DeRozan drops the…
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