{"id":388501,"date":"2026-07-06T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:15:31","slug":"sacramento-kings-waive-veteran-guard-derozan-making-him-a-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/388501\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings waive veteran guard DeRozan, making him a free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/basketball\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>\u00b7New<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings waived veteran guard DeMar DeRozan on Monday, making him a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Six-time All-Star hits open market, expected to join contender<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 06, 2026 6:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A basketball player stands sideways.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>DeMar DeRozan of the Sacramento Kings during a game against the Toronto Raptors at Golden 1 Center on Jan. 21, in Sacramento, California. (Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images) (Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings waived veteran guard DeMar DeRozan on Monday, making him a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>A six-time All-Star who has started at least 74 games in each of the past five seasons and 77 apiece in his two years with the Kings, DeRozan became a casualty of a rebuilding franchise creating financial flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Now he&#8217;s one of the top free agents on the market.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old DeRozan averaged 20.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds playing 33.6 minutes per game during his two seasons with Sacramento<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA\u00b7New The Sacramento Kings waived veteran guard DeMar DeRozan on Monday, making him a free agent. Six-time All-Star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-388501","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\/388501","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=388501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}