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One key player will be back in uniform and another could be back in the starting lineup when the Sacramento Kings visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Kings forward Keegan Murray has been upgraded to questionable after missing the past two games with a right calf strain. Backup center Drew Eubanks will be available after missing the past seven games due to an avulsion fracture in his left thumb. Zach LaVine (left ankle sprain) and Domantas Sabonis (left knee partial meniscus tear) are still out due to injuries.
The Sacramento Kings have ruled out Drew Eubanks (left thumb avulsion fracture) for Sunday's game against Minnesota. Zach LaVine (right thumb soreness) is available, Keon Ellis (right wrist soreness) is questionable and Dennis Schroeder (right hip flexor strain) is doubtful.
When media is allowed into the team’s practice facility, the players are usually running and head coach Doug Christie has said that he wants his group to be the best conditioned squad in the league. Veteran center Drew Eubanks went as far as to call this the toughest training camp he’s been a part of in his eight years in the league. “Honestly, this is probably the hardest training camp I’ve had or been a part of,” Eubanks said following Saturday’s practice. “Just going…it seems like every single day it’s been a two and a half, three hour practice where we’re getting up and down and competing. It’s been great so far, I love it.”
The Kings might be the most conditioned team during the 2025-26 NBA season. On Day 5 of Sacramento training camp, power forward Drew Eubanks explained how coach Doug Christie’s squad has been working in ways the veteran never has experienced over his lengthy career in the league. “It’s been really good,” Eubanks told reporters Saturday. “Honestly, this is probably the hardest training camp I’ve had or ever been a part of. It seems like every single day has been a two-and-a-half-hour [or] three-hour practice where we’re getting up and down competing. “And yeah, it’s been great so far. Love it.”
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Sacramento hopes Eubanks can help the Kings off the bench, especially as a reserve behind star center Domantas Sabonis. Eubanks is confident that the tiring regimen only will help the new-look Purple and Black when the season starts on Oct. 21. “We’re just going to be in better shape once the season starts — more connected,” Eubanks said.
Sean Cunningham: Sacramento Kings have officially announced the signing of Drew Eubanks.
Shams Charania: The Los Angeles Clippers are waiving center Drew Eubanks and Eubanks plans to sign with the Sacramento Kings on a one-year deal after he clears waivers, sources tell ESPN. Additional frontcourt depth for the Kings.
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Current backup center Drew Eubanks has a $4.75 million non-guaranteed contract for the 2024-25 season and is not expected to return. Eubanks could either be included as a salary filler in a trade or waived by the Clippers. The returns of Amir Coffey, depending on his free agent market, and Ben Simmons are also not certain. It’s worth noting the Clippers expect 36-year-old French forward Nicolas Batum to return next season. Batum has a $4.9 million player option for next season.
Hardy also noted another way in which Markkanen was sacrificing: the team’s spacing picture. For much of Markkanen’s first two seasons with the Jazz, they played with five-out spacing thanks to centers who can shoot, John Collins and Kelly Olynyk. This season, nearly all of the Jazz’s minutes have been played with a traditional center in the paint, either Walker Kessler or Drew Eubanks — which means Markkanen is at the rim less, earning fewer rebounds and dunks. “I was very honest with Lauri, that some of the four-out stuff early in the year was going to be beneficial for our young players to build a foundation, and that was ultimately going to help him more in the long run,” Hardy said. “But he had to make some sacrifices for that — what was best for the group in the moment wasn’t necessarily best for him individually. That speaks to who Lauri is, the type of person he is, the type of teammate he is," the coach continued.
Law Murray: Asked Tyronn Lue about the trade from the weekend He said that Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills will have to get up to speed. But he also made it a point to say that he was sad that it did not work out for Mo Bamba after Bamba worked his way back from injury to contribute to team pic.x.com/uNZy2IXJt3
