{"id":819537,"date":"2026-08-20T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819537\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T05:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:04:09","slug":"kings-to-host-veteran-workouts-starting-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819537\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings To Host Veteran Workouts Starting Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kings will be working out a group of veterans in the coming days, the Stein Line\u2019s Jake Fischer reports (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeLFischer\/status\/2090241965958852961?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The workouts will begin on Thursday with 32-year-old point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/payneca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cameron Payne<\/a>. The 11-year veteran played 22 games last season for the Sixers following a productive 2024\/25 campaign with the Knicks that included several big playoff moments. He averaged 7.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 1.1 steals in 17.0 minutes per game for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer adds that another ball-handler the Kings are considering taking a look at is 32-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paytoel01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elfrid Payton<\/a>. Payton\u2019s most recent NBA action came in the 2024\/25 season, when he split his year between the Pelicans and Hornets and averaged 3.5 points in 21.3 minutes while shooting 32.8% from the field. He spent last season with the Austin Spurs in the G League, averaging 6.3 points in 22.3 minutes over 29 total games.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings have maintained an interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/oladivi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Oladipo<\/a>, as has been previously <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/08\/kings-considering-russell-westbrook-victor-oladipo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>, Fischer notes. The 34-year-old held a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/07\/victor-oladipo-to-hold-pro-day-in-las-vegas-on-tuesday.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pro day<\/a> in Las Vegas in July, and the Kings were one of the teams in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>After <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/07\/kings-to-waive-demar-derozan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">waiving<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/derozde01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> earlier in the offseason, the Kings currently have 13 players under contract, leaving them with two possible openings as they head into training camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kings will be working out a group of veterans in the coming days, the Stein Line\u2019s Jake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[25157,347531,355,99,347532],"class_list":["post-819537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cameron-payne","tag-elfrid-payton","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-victor-oladipo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819537","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=819537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}