Over the last 12 hours, there have been increasing rumblings that Malik Monk would leave the Lakers after a career-best season to sign with the Sacramento Kings in NBA free agency.
Monk, who averaged career-highs of 13.8 points and 2.9 assists on 47.3% shooting over the course of the 2021-22 campaign in Los Angeles, was first linked to the Kings by Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report during an appearance on Spotify Live with veteran NBA insider Marc Stein:
“When Monk told (The Athletic) that he was willing to go back to the Lakers for under the mid-level, I was like ‘huh?