Overview
- Multiple outlets citing The Stein Line reported Tuesday that the Kings are evaluating either re-signing free agent Russell Westbrook or adding veteran Victor Oladipo to mentor No. 7 pick Darius Acuff Jr.
- Westbrook played 64 games for Sacramento in 2025–26, averaging about 15.2 points, 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds, and remains unsigned this offseason, making a reunion administratively possible but not confirmed.
- Oladipo staged a well-attended workout in Las Vegas after stints in the G League and CBA as he pursues an NBA comeback, but any signing would hinge on the Kings’ medical staff clearing his repaired left patellar tendon.
- Salary and roster math limit Sacramento’s flexibility: the team projects 13 standard contracts and sits close to tax and apron thresholds, so a minimum-cost deal for Oladipo is the most plausible roster path.
- No contract has been announced and reporting remains in a developing, source-driven phase, with the eventual choice likely to shape who handles early game minutes and the daily coaching of Acuff in 2026–27.