Langston Galloway has decided to opt out of his contract with the Kings and will become a free agent on July 1, reports Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. Galloway’s player option for the 2017/18 season would have been worth $5.434MM.
A former Knick, Galloway signed a two-year pact with the Pelicans as a free agent last summer, and averaged 8.6 PPG on .374/.377/.769 shooting in 55 games for New Orleans. However, when New Orleans and Sacramento agreed to a blockbuster February trade involving DeMarcus Cousins, Galloway was part of the package sent by the Pelicans to the Kings. In 19 games for Sacramento, Galloway finished the season by averaging 6.0 PPG and shooting .404/.475/.917.
Galloway had a lesser role in New Orleans and Sacramento than he had with the Knicks, and this year’s free agent market isn’t expected to be quite as player-friendly as it was in 2016, so there’s no guarantee the Saint Joseph’s alum will land another multiyear contract worth $5MM+ annually. However, he’s still just 25 years old, and made 39.0% of his threes in 2016/17, so he should appeal to several teams.
With Galloway off their books, the Kings will create even more cap flexibility for the offseason. The club currently only has two players with guaranteed salaries worth over $4MM, and projects to have more cap room than virtually any other NBA team. Sacramento could attempt to retain Galloway by tendering him a qualifying offer and making him a restricted free agent, but I expect the team to let him walk.
Here’s the full list of player options decisions for 2017/18.
Eh, whatever. We got a good team
Who has a good team? Surely you can’t be referring to the Kings
I bet he gets $6-7 million from someone. He’s a good combo guard that can defend and shoot the 3
I can see my 6ers taken a look at him
That’d be nice. Went to SJU, familiar with the area. He can take on the Sergio Rodriguez role.
The Kings “have cap flexibility” but who wants to live in Sac-a-potatoes?
It’s Sac-a-tomatoes… And plenty of people love Sac. Better than living in Tiajuana with only the Padres to root for.
Go for it sixers.