{"id":739976,"date":"2026-06-16T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739976\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:46:11","slug":"report-nba-veteran-re-signs-with-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739976\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: NBA veteran re-signs with champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Kings are reportedly finalising a deal to re-sign one of the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL26 champions.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Olgun Uluc, Torrey Craig is finalising a new one-year deal to return to the Harbour City.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Torrey Craig is finalising a new one-year deal to return to the Sydney Kings, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>New story on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESPNAusNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@ESPNAusNZ<\/a>, with details on how the defending NBL champions were able to retain the 8-year NBA veteran.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3vbFmazJJH\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/3vbFmazJJH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OlgunUluc\/status\/2066796387615088730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 16, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Craig, who joined the Kings as an injury replacement player for Bul Kuol, played a key role off the bench for the Kings as they charged towards their sixth NBL crown.<\/p>\n<p>Across his 15 appearances for Sydney,\u00a0 the NBA veteran averaged 12.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1 steal, and 0.8 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Kings, Craig had NBL stints with Cairns and Brisbane before playing 538 games in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Craig joins Xavier Cooks, Matthew Dellavedova, Jaylin Galloway, Keli Leaupepe, Makuach Maluach, Tyler Robertson and Jason Spurgin<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781606771_221_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Kings are reportedly finalising a deal to re-sign one of the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL26 champions. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-739976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739976","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=739976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}