{"id":262392,"date":"2025-11-04T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262392\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:08:07","slug":"kings-precious-achiuwa-agree-to-one-year-deal-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262392\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings, Precious Achiuwa agree to one-year deal, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO — The Kings<\/a> have agreed to a one-year veteran minimum deal with free agent center Precious Achiuwa<\/a>, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, adding some needed frontcourt depth to a struggling team.<\/p>\n

In a corresponding move to generate roster space, the Kings released second-year center Isaac Jones<\/a>, sources said, opting for a more veteran presence to bolster their rotation.<\/p>\n

Achiuwa is in his sixth NBA season. He was drafted by the Miami Heat<\/a> in 2020 but delivered his most production during a three-season run in Toronto<\/a>, averaging around 8.9 points and 6.1 rebounds in 21.6 minutes during his Raptors tenure, which spanned 153 games.<\/p>\n

Achiuwa was sent to the New York Knicks<\/a> as part of the OG Anunoby<\/a> trade in December 2023, re-signed as a free agent in the summer of 2024 and served as a capable bench option much of the previous two seasons. Achiuwa appeared in 17 playoff games for the Knicks, starting twice.<\/p>\n

He joins a struggling Kings franchise attempting to generate some early season momentum. Sacramento is 2-5 after a loss in Denver<\/a> on Monday night. Their defensive rating (118.3 points per 100 possessions) is fourth-worst in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Fourth-year wing Keegan Murray<\/a>, the entrenched starter at power forward, tore the UCL in his left thumb in the preseason and is still rehabbing. Russell Westbrook<\/a>, another veteran signed on a one-year minimum deal, has been starting in Murray’s place. Achiuwa is an immediate candidate to grab a bench role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO — The Kings have agreed to a one-year veteran minimum deal with free agent center Precious Achiuwa,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-262392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}