{"id":372596,"date":"2026-06-24T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372596\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:32:13","slug":"kings-acquire-draft-rights-to-uconns-alex-karaban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372596\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings acquire draft rights to UConn&#8217;s Alex Karaban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sacramento Kings could have been content with the selection of Arkansas star Darius Acuff Jr. in the first round of the NBA draft, but they didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings made a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers to acquire the draft rights to UConn standout Alex Karaban, the 29th overall pick, in exchange for the 34th pick in this year\u2019s draft and a future second-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Karaban, 23, is a 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward who helped UConn win back-to-back NCAA championships in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Karaban earned first-team All-Big East Conference honors as a senior this season. He averaged 13.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 46.4% from the field and 37.4% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/221350135\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SAC_Jason_Anderson_Author_Mug.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Jason Anderson\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/221350135\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Jason Anderson has been the Sacramento Kings beat writer for The Sacramento Bee since 2018. He is a Sacramento native who is proud to provide coverage that is as passionate and dedicated as the loyal Kings fan base.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings could have been content with the selection of Arkansas star Darius Acuff Jr. in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-372596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}