2021–22 Sacramento Kings season explained

Team:	Sacramento Kings
End Year:	2022
Wins:	30
Losses:	52
Division:	Pacific
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	12
Coach:	Luke Walton (fired) Alvin Gentry (interim)
Gm:	Monte McNair
President:	John Rinehart
Owner:	Vivek Ranadivé
Arena:	Golden 1 Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	SAC
Television:	NBC Sports California CBS 13
Radio:	KHTK Sports 1140

The 2021–22 NBA season was the 77th season for the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 38th season in the city of Sacramento, California, United States.^[1] The Kings entered the season with the longest NBA playoff appearance drought in league history with 15 seasons, tying the record with the Los Angeles Clippers.^[2] The last time the team had qualified for the playoffs was in 2006. In the 2021 NBA draft, the Kings selected Davion Mitchell from Baylor University with the ninth pick.^[3]

On November 22, head coach Luke Walton was fired after a mediocre 6–11 start; he was then replaced by Alvin Gentry on an interim basis.^[4] For the 16th season in a row, the Sacramento Kings failed to reach the Playoffs, and thus passing the Clippers for the longest playoff droughtin NBA history. Following the season, the Kings' fired Gentry as head coach.

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2021 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	9	Davion Mitchell	PG		Baylor (Jr.)
2	39	Neemias Queta	C		Utah State (Jr.)

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 4| Phoenix| | Harrison Barnes (18)| Richaun Holmes (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (5)| Golden 1 Center
N/A| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 6| @ L.A. Clippers| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Tristan Thompson (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (5)| Staples Center
8,122| 2–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 11| @ Portland| | Davion Mitchell (20)| Chimezie Metu (7)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Moda Center
N/A| 3–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 14| L.A. Lakers| | De'Aaron Fox (21)| Richaun Holmes (10)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Golden 1 Center
N/A| 4–0

Regular season

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 20| @ Portland| | Harrison Barnes (36)| Richaun Holmes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Moda Center
17,467| 1–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 22| Utah| | Harrison Barnes (25)| Harrison Barnes (15)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 1–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 24| Golden State| | Harrison Barnes (24)| Richaun Holmes (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Golden 1 Center
13,876| 1–2|-style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 27| @ Phoenix| | Buddy Hield (26)| Richaun Holmes (12)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Footprint Center
14,678| 2–2|-style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 29| @ New Orleans| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Harrison Barnes (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Smoothie King Center
17,507| 3–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 6| October 31| @ Dallas| | Richaun Holmes (22)| Richaun Holmes (13)| Harrison Barnes (5)| American Airlines Center
19,231| 3–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 2| @ Utah| | Harrison Barnes (23)| Richaun Holmes (10)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Vivint Arena
18,306| 3–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 3| New Orleans| | Harrison Barnes (23)| Harrison Barnes (8)| Davion Mitchell (8)| Golden 1 Center
12,480| 4–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 9| November 5| Charlotte| | Buddy Hield (26)| Richaun Holmes (20)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Golden 1 Center
14,905| 5–4|-style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 7| Indiana| | Harrison Barnes (22)| Richaun Holmes (9)| Davion Mitchell (6)| Golden 1 Center
12,993| 5–5|-style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 8| Phoenix| | Harrison Barnes (26)| Richaun Holmes (8)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Golden 1 Center
13,566| 5–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 10| @ San Antonio| | De'Aaron Fox (37)| Richaun Holmes (12)| Fox, Mitchell (6)| AT&T Center
15,065| 5–7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 12| @ Oklahoma City| | Harrison Barnes (21)| Richaun Holmes (15)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Paycom Center
12,881| 5–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 15| @ Detroit| | Buddy Hield (22)| Chimezie Metu (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Little Caesars Arena
10,092| 6–8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 17| @ Minnesota| | De'Aaron Fox (28)| Tristan Thompson (9)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Target Center
13,108| 6–9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 19| Toronto| | De'Aaron Fox (17)| Jones, Metu (9)| Davion Mitchell (4)| Golden 1 Center
13,159| 6–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 17| November 20| Utah| | Richaun Holmes (22)| Harrison Barnes (8)| Harrison Barnes (5)| Golden 1 Center
13,180| 6–11|-style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 22| Philadelphia| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Richaun Holmes (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Golden 1 Center
13,948| 6–12|-style="background:#cfc;"| 19| November 24| Portland| | Buddy Hield (22)| Bagley III, Thompson (8)| Haliburton, Fox (6) | Golden 1 Center
14,997| 7–12|-style="background:#cfc;"| 20| November 26| @ L.A. Lakers| | De'Aaron Fox (34)| Len, Metu (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 8–12|-style="background:#fcc;"| 21| November 28| @ Memphis| | Buddy Hield (14)| Chimezie Metu (11)| Davion Mitchell (6)| FedEx Forum
12,844| 8–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 22| November 30| L.A. Lakers| | Richaun Holmes (27)| Chimezie Metu (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Golden 1 Center
12,459| 8–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 1| @ L.A. Clippers| | De'Aaron Fox (24)| Richaun Holmes (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Staples Center
17,217| 9–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 4| L.A. Clippers| | Terence Davis (28)| Marvin Bagley III (11)| Fox, Haliburton (5)| Golden 1 Center
15,004| 10–14|-style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 8| Orlando| | De'Aaron Fox (33)| Tristan Thompson (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Golden 1 Center
14,364| 11–14|-style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 10| @ Charlotte| | De'Aaron Fox (31)| Marvin Bagley III (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Spectrum Center
16,335| 11–15|-style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 11| @ Cleveland| | Buddy Hield (21)| Marvin Bagley III (7)| Davion Mitchell (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 11–16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 13| @ Toronto| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Marvin Bagley III (11)| Davion Mitchell (6)| Scotiabank Arena
19,463| 11–17|-style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 15| Washington| | De'Aaron Fox (28)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Golden 1 Center
13,806| 12–17|-style="background:#fcc;"| 30| December 17| Memphis| | Tyrese Haliburton (21)| Chimezie Metu (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Golden 1 Center
14,659| 12–18|-style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 19| San Antonio| | Buddy Hield (29)| Damian Jones (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Golden 1 Center
15,091| 13–18|-style="background:#fcc;"| 32| December 20| @ Golden State| | Tyrese Haliburton (24)| Tristan Thompson (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Chase Center
18,064| 13–19|-style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 22| L.A. Clippers| | Tyrese Haliburton (22)| Chimezie Meru (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (13)| Golden 1 Center
15,386| 13–20|-style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 26| Memphis| | Tyrese Haliburton (18)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Golden 1 Center
15,685| 13–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 35| December 28| Oklahoma City| | Tyrese Haliburton (24)| Damian Jones (14)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Golden 1 Center
14,750| 14–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 36| December 29| Dallas| | De'Aaron Fox (16)| Chimezie Metu (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Golden 1 Center
16,071| 15–21|-style="background:#fcc;"| 37| December 31| Dallas| | Tyrese Haliburton (17)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Damian Jones (8)| Golden 1 Center
15,833| 15–22|-|-style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 2| Miami| | Buddy Hield (26)| Damian Jones (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (12)| Golden 1 Center
13,699| 16–22|-style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 4| @ L.A. Lakers| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Marvin Bagley III (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Staples Center
17,919| 16–23|-style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 5| Atlanta| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Marvin Bagley III (12)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| Golden 1 Center
13,104| 16–24|-style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 7| @ Denver| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Alex Len (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Ball Arena
15,966| 16–25|-style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 9| @ Portland| | Tyrese Haliburton (17)| Alex Len (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Moda Center
16,408| 16–26|-style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 10| Cleveland| | Tyrese Haliburton (21)| Bagley III, Len (10)| Tyrese Haliburton (8) | Golden 1 Center
12,110| 16–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 12| L.A. Lakers| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Marvin Bagley III (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (10) | Golden 1 Center
12,199| 17–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 45| January 14| Houston| | De'Aaron Fox (27) | Marvin Bagley III (13) | Tyrese Haliburton (12) | Golden 1 Center
12,857| 18–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 16| Houston| | Buddy Hield (27)| Chimezie Metu (7)| Davion Mitchell (7)| Golden 1 Center
13,601| 18–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 47| January 19| Detroit| | Terence Davis (35)| Marvin Bagley III (9)| De'Aaron Fox (8) | Golden 1 Center
12,907| 18–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 22| @ Milwaukee| | Harrison Barnes (29)| Buddy Hield (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (12)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 18–30|-style="background:#fcc;"| 49| January 25| @ Boston| | Buddy Hield (11)| Richaun Holmes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 18–31|-style="background:#fcc;"| 50| January 26| @ Atlanta| | Harrison Barnes (28)| Harrison Barnes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| State Farm Arena
15,080| 18–32|-style="background:#fcc;"| 51| January 29| @ Philadelphia| | Tyrese Haliburton (38)| Bagley III, Holmes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Wells Fargo Center
20,380| 18–33|-style="background:#fcc;"| 52| January 31| @ New York| | Tyrese Haliburton (21)| Richaun Holmes (7)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Madison Square Garden
15,925| 18–34|-|-style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 2| Brooklyn| | Harrison Barnes (19)| Chimezie Metu (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Golden 1 Center
13,153| 19–34|-style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 3| @ Golden State| | Davion Mitchell (26)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Davion Mitchell (8)| Chase Center
18,064| 19–35|-style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 5| Oklahoma City| | Harrison Barnes (24)| Maurice Harkless (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (17)| Golden 1 Center
14,097| 20–35|-style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 8| Minnesota| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Chimezie Metu (8)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| Golden 1 Center
12,409| 20–36|-style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 9| Minnesota| | Harrison Barnes (30)| Domantas Sabonis (14)| Davion Mitchell (7)| Golden 1 Center
12,527| 21–36|-style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 12| @ Washington| | De'Aaron Fox (26)| Domantas Sabonis (11)| Domantas Sabonis (7)| Capital One Arena
14,169| 22–36|-style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 14| @ Brooklyn| | De'Aaron Fox (26)| Domantas Sabonis (9)| De'Aaron Fox (3)| Barclays Center
16,873| 22–37|-style="background:#fcc;"| 60| February 16| @ Chicago| | De'Aaron Fox (33)| Domantas Sabonis (12)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| United Center
19,166| 22–38|-style="background:#fcc;"| 61| February 24| Denver| | Domantas Sabonis (33)| Domantas Sabonis (14)| Domantas Sabonis (5)| Golden 1 Center
15,855| 22–39|-style="background:#fcc;"| 62| February 26| @ Denver| | De'Aaron Fox (26)| Domantas Sabonis (16)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Ball Arena
19,520| 22–40|-style="background:#cfc;"| 63| February 28| @ Oklahoma City| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Domantas Sabonis (16)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Paycom Center
13,945| 23–40|-|-style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 2| @ New Orleans| | De'Aaron Fox (25)| Domantas Sabonis (14)| Domantas Sabonis (7)| Smoothie King Center
15,490| 23–41|-style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 3| @ San Antonio| | Harrison Barnes (27)| Domantas Sabonis (12)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| AT&T Center
13,049| 24–41|-style="background:#fcc;"| 66| March 5| @ Dallas| | De'Aaron Fox (44)| Domantas Sabonis (10)| Fox, Sabonis (6)| American Airlines Center
20,060| 24–42|-style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 7| New York| | De'Aaron Fox (24)| Domantas Sabonis (13)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Golden 1 Center
14,720| 24–43|-style="background:#fcc;"| 68| March 9| Denver| | De'Aaron Fox (32)| Trey Lyles (9)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Golden 1 Center
14,697| 24–44|-style="background:#fcc;"| 69| March 12| @ Utah| | De'Aaron Fox (41)| Richaun Holmes (6)| De'Aaron Fox (11)| Vivint Arena
18,306| 24–45|-style="background:#cfc;"| 70| March 14| Chicago| | De'Aaron Fox (34)| Trey Lyles (11)| Barnes, Fox (6)| Golden 1 Center
15,943| 25–45|-style="background:#fcc;"| 71| March 16| Milwaukee| | Domantas Sabonis (22)| Trey Lyles (12)| Fox, Sabonis (7)| Golden 1 Center
15,864| 25–46|-style="background:#fcc;"| 72| March 18| Boston| | Domantas Sabonis (30)| Domantas Sabonis (20)| Donte DiVincenzo (8)| Golden 1 Center
15,313| 25–47|-style="background:#fcc;"| 73| March 20| Phoenix| | Davion Mitchell (28)| Domantas Sabonis (12)| Davion Mitchell (9)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 25–48|-style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 23| @ Indiana| | Davion Mitchell (25)| DiVincenzo, Jones (6)| Donte DiVincenzo (8)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
14,227| 26–48|-style="background:#cfc;"| 75| March 26| @ Orlando| | Davion Mitchell (22) | Trey Lyles (18)| Davion Mitchell (9) | Amway Center
16,366| 27–48|-style="background:#fcc;"| 76| March 28| @ Miami| | Davion Mitchell (21) | Chimezie Metu (9)| Davion Mitchell (9) | FTX Arena
19,600| 27–49|-style="background:#cfc;"| 77| March 30| @ Houston| | Jones, Lyles, Mitchell (24)| Damian Jones (9)| Davion Mitchell (8) | Toyota Center
13,365| 28–49|-|-style="background:#cfc;"| 78| April 1| @ Houston| | Harrison Barnes (25)| Damian Jones (17) | Davion Mitchell (10)| Toyota Center
14,857| 29–49|-style="background:#fcc;"| 79| April 3| Golden State| | Harrison Barnes (18)| Harrison Barnes (10)| Davion Mitchell (9)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 29–50|-style="background:#fcc;"| 80| April 5| New Orleans| | Damian Jones (22)| Harrison Barnes (6)| Davion Mitchell (17)| Golden 1 Center
16,047| 29–51|-style="background:#fcc;"| 81| April 9| @ L.A. Clippers| | Davion Mitchell (22)| Chimezie Metu (10)| Davion Mitchell (7)| Staples Center
17,568| 29-52|-style="background:#cfc;"| 82| April 10| @ Phoenix| | Jones,Holiday, DiVincenzo (19)| Lyles, Metu (7)| Davion Mitchell (15)| Footprint Center
17,071| 30-52

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	77	77	33.5	.469	.394	.826	5.6	2.4	.7	.2	16.4
	75	19	27.7	.418	.316	.659	2.2	4.2	.7	.3	11.5
	60	20	21.3	.452	.306	.780	5.6	1.0	.9	.5	8.9
	59	59	35.3	.473	.297	.750	3.9	5.6	1.2	.4	23.2
	56	15	18.2	.658	.345	.718	4.4	1.2	.5	.8	8.1
^†	55	6	28.6	.382	.368	.870	4.0	1.9	.9	.3	14.4
^†	51	51	34.5	.457	.413	.837	3.9	7.4	1.7	.7	14.3
	47	24	18.4	.459	.307	.714	2.4	.5	.6	.5	4.6
	45	37	23.9	.660	.400	.778	7.0	1.1	.4	.9	10.4
	39	10	15.9	.534	.286	.651	4.1	1.2	.3	.6	6.0
^†	30	17	22.1	.463	.242	.745	7.2	.6	.3	.4	9.3
	30	11	17.9	.423	.329	.818	3.1	1.3	.8	.4	10.4
^†	30	3	15.2	.503	1.000	.533	5.4	.6	.4	.4	6.2
^†	25	25	25.6	.348	.342	.762	2.2	1.5	.8	.6	8.3
^†	25	1	26.6	.362	.368	.839	4.4	3.6	1.5	.2	10.3
^†	24	20	22.8	.489	.365	.851	5.6	1.3	.3	.3	10.6
	19	0	7.1	.414	.278	.500	.7	.4	.1	.1	3.2
^†	17	0	18.9	.403	.302	.846	3.5	1.8	.5	.5	7.9
^†	15	15	33.6	.554	.235	.743	12.3	5.8	.9	.3	18.9
	15	0	8.0	.447		.647	2.1	.4	.1	.5	3.0
^†	12	0	10.3	.347	.176	.714	1.5	.4	.4	.3	4.3
	12	0	3.5	.125	.250	1.000	.9	.3	.1	.1	.6
	10	0	10.4	.319	.296	.700	1.2	.9	.2	.1	4.5
^†	3	0	5.0	.125	.000		.3	.7	.0	.0	.7
	2	0	5.5	.000		.750	.0	2.0	.5	.0	1.5
	1	0	1.0				.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions.

Trades

August 7, 2021^[5]	Three-team trade
	To Sacramento Kings Tristan Thompson (from Boston)	To Atlanta Hawks Delon Wright (from Sacramento)
	To Boston Celtics Kris Dunn (from Atlanta) Bruno Fernando (from Atlanta) 2023 second-round pick (from Atlanta)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Richaun Holmes^[6]	August 6, 2021
Terence Davis^[7]	August 6, 2021
Maurice Harkless^[8]	August 7, 2021

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
D. J. Steward^[9]	July 30, 2021	Duke
Alex Len^[10]	August 13, 2021	Washington Wizards
Emanuel Terry^[11]	September 8, 2021	Agua Caliente Clippers
Matt Coleman^[12]	September 25, 2021	Texas
Damien Jefferson^[13]	October 14, 2021	Creighton
Ade Murkey	October 14, 2021	Iowa Wolves
Justin Robinson^[14]	December 17, 2021	Milwaukee Bucks
Ade Murkey^[15]	December 22, 2021	Stockton Kings
Emmanuel Mudiay^[16]	December 22, 2021	Basketball Club Žalgiris

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Hassan Whiteside^[17]	Free agency	Utah Jazz
Justin James^[18]	Waived	Utah Jazz
Kyle Guy^[19]	Free agency	Cleveland Cavaliers
Matt Coleman^[20]	Waived	Stockton Kings
D. J. Steward	Waived	Stockton Kings
Damien Jefferson^[21]	Waived	Stockton Kings
Ade Murkey	Waived	Stockton Kings
Emanuel Terry^[22]	Waived	Stockton Kings
Justin Robinson^[23]	Contract expired	Detroit Pistons
Ade Murkey	Contract expired	Stockton Kings
Emmanuel Mudiay	Contract expired

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sacramento Kings Franchise Index. basketball-reference.com. October 29, 2021.
2. Web site: Kings Miss Playoffs for 15th Straight Season, Tying All-Time Record. Sports Illustrated. October 29, 2021. May 13, 2021.
3. Web site: Kings Select Davion Mitchell in the First Round of NBA Draft 2021. NBA.com. October 29, 2021. July 21, 2021.
4. Web site: Kings fire coach Luke Walton after 6-11 start, name Alvin Gentry as interim coach. NBA.com. November 23, 2021. November 22, 2021.
5. Web site: Kings Acquire Tristan Thompson. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 7, 2021.
6. Web site: Kings Re-Sign Richaun Holmes. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 6, 2021.
7. Web site: Kings Re-Sign Terence Davis. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 6, 2021.
8. Web site: Kings Sign Maurice Harkless. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 7, 2021.
9. . ShamsCharania . 1420981965608693760 . July 30, 2021 . Undrafted Duke guard DJ Steward has agreed to a training camp deal with the Sacramento Kings, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. . October 31, 2021.
10. Web site: Kings Sign Alex Len. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 13, 2021.
11. Web site: Kings Agree To Camp Deal With Emanuel Terry. RealGM. October 30, 2021. September 8, 2021.
12. Web site: Matt Coleman, Kings Sign Camp Deal. RealGM. October 30, 2021. September 25, 2021.
13. Web site: Kings Sign Damien Jefferson, Ade Murkey To Camp Deals. RealGM. October 30, 2021. October 14, 2021.
14. Web site: Kings Sign Justin Robinson. NBA.com. December 21, 2021. December 17, 2021.
15. Web site: Kings Sign Ade Murkey. NBA.com. December 28, 2021. December 22, 2021.
16. Web site: Kings Sign Emmanuel Mudiay. NBA.com. December 28, 2021. December 22, 2021.
17. Web site: Utah Jazz sign Rudy Gay and Hassan Whiteside. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. August 6, 2021.
18. Web site: Kings Waive Justin James. RealGM. October 30, 2021. August 15, 2021.
19. Web site: Kyle Guy Signs Training Camp Deal with Cleveland Cavaliers. Sports Illustrated. October 30, 2021. September 27, 2021.
20. Web site: Kings Waive Matt Coleman III and DJ Steward. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. October 12, 2021.
21. Web site: Kings Waive Damien Jefferson, Ade Murkey. RealGM. October 30, 2021. October 15, 2021.
22. Web site: Kings Waive Emanuel Terry. NBA.com. October 30, 2021. October 15, 2021.
23. Web site: Justin Robinson: Won't be retained by Sacramento. CBS Sports. December 28, 2021. December 27, 2021.