The Sacramento Kings are trying to make a big push towards the playoffs with their new stadium opening soon and ownership along with the front office are looking to make a power move towards that goal.
While the Kings are on the search for a new general manager and head coach for next season it appears that isn’t stopping Vlade Divac from swinging for the fences.
The Chicago Bulls have been taking calls for Taj Gibson and Pau Gasol but the Spanish big man hopes to remain with Chicago beyond this season. Despite Gasol wanting to stay with the Bulls, it appears that Chicago is working on a deal with the Sacramento Kings involving the six-time All-Star.
Following from Chris Mannix and Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical on Yahoo! Sports.
The Bulls have discussed deals with multiple NBA teams on Gasol, but one discussion lingered on Wednesday, league sources told The Vertical’s Wojnarowski and Chris Mannix: Gasol and Tony Snell to the Sacramento Kings for Kosta Koufos, Ben McLemore and a lowering of the lottery protections on the 2016 first-round pick that Sacramento owes the Bulls.
The pick is protected Nos. 1-10, but the Bulls and Kings discussed lowering the protections further to give Chicago a better chance of obtaining use of the pick in 2016, league sources told The Vertical.
The Kings reached out to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, too, league sources said, because the Sixers have the right to swap picks with the Kings’ on the 2016 pick. The Kings wouldn’t be able to complete the deal involving the pick with Chicago unless they could reach an agreement with Philadelphia. The Sixers were preparing to ask for a further sweetener to allow the Kings to move on a deal with Chicago, league sources said.
