The Kings have agreed to a training camp deal with undrafted guard Matt Coleman, according to Jeremy Woo of SI.com (Twitter link), and have done the same with undrafted guard DJ Steward, per Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Coleman spent all four of his college seasons with Texas, averaging a career-high 13.2 PPG on .485/.377/.813 shooting in 27 games (34.4 MPG) as a senior in 2020/21. He was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team in both 2020 and 2021.
Steward declared for the draft this spring after just one year at Duke, where he put up 13.0 PPG, 3.9 RPG, and 2.4 APG with a shooting line of .426/.341/.811 in 24 games (30.8 MPG). He earned a spot on the ACC All-Freshman team.
Although the reports from Woo and Charania don’t specify the terms of Coleman’s or Steward’s contract, a non-guaranteed deal with an Exhibit 10 clause seems likely for each player. An Exhibit 10 contract can be converted to a two-way deal or can ensure a player receives a bonus if he ends up joining his team’s G League affiliate.
Perfect, more guards.
Let’s see here, there is a HUGE logjam at both Guard Positions, but by all means, lets get more guards. Time to FIRE the GM for screwing up this Draft !! Even all the Sports analyst are scratching their heads and wondering what the hell are we doing and what went wrong !! AND, the ONLY reason we lost out on that Trade yesterday, is because we sat back and drug our feet, instead of pulling the trigger. Now we still have that Lame A** Hield and his $24m Contract and will Obviously lose out on resigning Holmes, because of it !!