{"id":451804,"date":"2026-02-06T04:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451804\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T04:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:02:10","slug":"kings-convert-dylan-cardwell-to-four-year-standard-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451804\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Convert Dylan Cardwell To Four-Year Standard Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6:24 pm: Ham provides the details of Cardwell\u2019s new contract (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/James_HamNBA\/status\/2019566325191045356\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>): $871K for the remainder of 2025\/26, $2.15MM (guaranteed) in \u201926\/27, $2.53MM in \u201927\/28, and $2.74MM in \u201928\/29. The final two years are non-guaranteed, Ham confirms, and \u201928\/29 is a team option.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-463187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dylan-Cardwell-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>5:43 pm: The Kings have officially promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cardwdy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-05_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dylan Cardwell<\/a> from his two-way contract to a multiyear standard deal, the team announced in a press release (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/James_HamNBA\/status\/2019555864693338196\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a> via James Ham of The Kings Beat).<\/p>\n<p>Cardwell\u2019s new deal covers four seasons and the first two are fully guaranteed, agent Corey Marcum tells Shams Charania of ESPN (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2019555459460657650\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A Georgia native, Cardwell played a fairly limited role in five college seasons at Auburn. The 24-year-old big man went undrafted last June, but quickly agreed to a two-way contract with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his modest stats with the Tigers, Cardwell has quickly become a fan favorite in Sacramento, providing a much-needed infusion of energy, enthusiasm, rebounding, and interior defense. He has made 25 appearances as a rookie, averaging 4.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 20.0 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings opened up two spots on their standard roster when they <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/cavaliers-to-acquire-ellis-schroder-in-three-team-trade.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sent out<\/a> three players for one in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huntede01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-05_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De\u2019Andre Hunter<\/a> trade. Charania suggested at the time that Cardwell might be promoted, which Ham later <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/trade-rumors-williams-blazers-kings-strus-dieng.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento technically was under no obligation to convert Cardwell\u2019s contract right after the trade deadline \u2014 he has only been active for 31 games, 19 shy of his 50-game limit. Instead of waiting, the Kings decided to reward him early. Cardwell <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/scott-perry-hopes-to-turn-kings-into-sustainable-winner.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">earned praise<\/a> from GM Scott Perry at the start of the new year.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings now have one standard roster opening and one two-way vacancy in the wake of Cardwell\u2019s promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6:24 pm: Ham provides the details of Cardwell\u2019s new contract (Twitter link): $871K for the remainder of 2025\/26,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[188531,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-451804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-dylan-cardwell","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}