Veteran sharpshooter Doug McDermott is re-signing with the Kings on a one-year contract, agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
According to Charania, McDermott will earn $3.6MM in 2025/26, which is the veteran’s minimum for a player with 10-plus years of experience.
James Ham of TheKingsBeat.com confirms the news (via Twitter).
McDermott is entering his 12th NBA season and second with Sacramento. He appeared in 42 games last season but didn’t play much, averaging 3.5 points while shooting 43.6% from long distance in a career-low 8.1 minutes per contest.
The 33-year-old forward was a lottery pick back in 2014 (No. 11 overall) after a standout college career at Creighton. While McDermott hasn’t made the same sort of impact in the NBA that he did in college, he remains a dangerous shooter and off-ball cutter who needs to be accounted for at all times on offense, though he is often targeted on the other end of the court.
We’ll have to wait and see whether or not McDermott’s new contract is guaranteed. He will be the 15th player on the Kings’ standard roster, as our tracker shows.