Kings guard Terence Davis won’t accept his modest $1.9MM qualifying offer in free agency this offseason, according to Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee, who reports that Davis is expected to seek a new contract worth in the neighborhood of $9MM annually.
Davis, who signed with the Raptors as an undrafted free agent in 2019, earned a spot on the All-Rookie Second Team a year ago, then was traded to the Kings at the 2021 trade deadline. He played some of the best basketball of his career down the stretch in Sacramento, averaging 11.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game on .439/.372/.784 shooting in 27 games (21.5 MPG).
Near the end of the season, Davis spoke about a desire to re-sign with the Kings, and the team will have the ability to match any offer he receives, since he’ll be a restricted free agent.
Anderson likens Davis’ situation to that of Grizzlies guard De’Anthony Melton, who reached restricted free agency in 2020 after two NBA seasons. Melton – whose offensive numbers weren’t as strong as Davis’ but whose reputation as a defender is stronger – signed a four-year contract worth just shy of $35MM, without a full guarantee on the fourth year. Based on Anderson’s report, Davis will be looking to match or top that deal.
Although the Kings don’t hold Davis’ full Bird rights, they’ll have his Early Bird rights, giving them the ability to sign him directly to a new contract or to match any offer sheet he signs with another team.
A rival suitor could put pressure on Sacramento by backloading a three- or four-year offer via the Gilbert Arenas provision. However, I’d be surprised if bidding on Davis is that competitive — his track record is limited and the domestic assault allegations he faced earlier in his career may make teams wary of investing significantly in the 24-year-old.
Let’s be honest, he ain’t worth 9M per year. At this point I’d rather get an undrafted kid from college, get him a shooting expert to work on his game and save up all that money for a big fish one day!
That would describe the Davis plan, an athlete who raised to 38%3, but HC Nurse did not like his defense. Maybe he expected too much for a rookie?
No his D is pretty meh. Basically time to find another Terence Davis.
As a Kings fan, do not count on a big fish ever landing in Sacramento
Well to be fair Luka landed on Kings lap but they passed on him for a made from glass mediocre PF!! You can thank Divac for that!
Hey you don’t have to keep slam it in our face I think is kings fan get the point Divac is a bad GM
Sorry kid, that is far too rich for everyone. That said, more than the qualifying offer for sure.
Coming off last year, he had a stronger chance. I think he can approach that, but probably not quite as much. Just under. Something in the #7 million range
His range is 3-7 million per
He will have something like 3*15 or 1*7, absolutely no more
The Kings Should not offer him until another te does and then see if it is worth matching. They blew it on Bojo. He looked great For the Hawks.
Hawks were already trying to get out of that deal lol.
Just pay him it’s only money
That’s the Marty McRae method of running an NBA franchise.
Watch his team give Curry another supermax deal next summer after he turns 34.
The salary cap is just a concept and the luxury tax is not real.
Calling out numbers are what agents are for, so players can get the most possible while deny they were ever in on that number. Kings will match the 3 years/13-15 million he gets offered.