BREAKING: Sacramento Kings Sign 10-Year Veteran Wing

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, NBA veteran Kent Bazemore and the Sacramento Kings have agreed on a one-year contract.

The Sacramento Kings have been making moves left and right this offseason to try and end what is now a 16-year playoff drought and on Sunday, they added yet another experienced, veteran player to their roster to try and make their dreams reality during the 2022-23 season.

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Kings and 10-year veteran wing Kent Bazemore agreed to a one-year deal on Sunday.

Free agent forward Kent Bazemore has agreed to a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 7, 2022

Bazemore, 33, played with the Sacramento Kings during the 2019-20 season after being traded to the Kings from the Portland Trail Blazers.

Kent Bazemore 😳 pic.twitter.com/v7QoQMbqCA

— NBA TV (@NBATV) July 25, 2020

The veteran wing has also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors and most recently, the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2021-22 season. Playing in 39 games this past year with the Lakers, Bazemore averaged 3.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and shot 32.4% from the floor in about 14.0 minutes per game.

For his career, he has averaged 8.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and has shot 35.6% from three-point range.

Joining the Kings on a new one-year contract, Kent Bazemore is reunited with Mike Brown, who was the assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors when Bazemore was with the team during the 2020-21 season.

An experienced talent that has been to the playoffs before, Bazemore will supply the Kings with some much-needed depth on the wing and should be yet another veteran that the team can utilize as a mentor for rookie forward Keegan Murray.

Coming off of a 30-52 season, a year which ended in them missing the playoffs once again, Sacramento has added Malik Monk, Kevin Huerter, KZ Okpala, Matthew Dellavedova and now Kent Bazemore this offseason.