Why Bradley Beal, OG Anunoby rumors have meaning for Sacramento Kings

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This is the new norm in Sacramento. Since Monte McNair and Wes Wilcox took over the Kings’ front office, there has been a steady stream of rumors and reports. The Kings are seemingly attached to every big name player that becomes available, whether in reality or as a throw-in to spice up the pot.

Thursday came with a new and exciting round of chaos. Not one, but two big rumors hit social media, attaching the Kings to both Bradley Beal and OG Anunoby in separate rumors.

Our friends Damien Barling and Kenny Caraway started the Beal conversation on ESPN 1320.

Shortly after came confirmation from The Athletics’ Shams Charania and Sam Amick.

This initial bit of information is important for the Kings’ franchise. Whether Beal ever puts on a Kings uniform and takes the court in a starting backcourt alongside De’Aaron Fox is unlikely. His contract is obscene and the amount of finagling it would take to make it all work takes a masters level education in capology.

Sacramento has some cap space to work with, but Beal is owed $46.7 million this season, $50.2 million in 2024-25, $53.7 million in 2025-26 and he has a player option for $57.1 million in 2026-27.

Beal is on the books for $207.7 million over the next four years and that is for a player who is about to turn 30 and has played in 207 of a potential 308 games over the last four seasons.

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