According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, Zach LaVine is expected to make the decision to accept and opt into his $48.9 million player option for the upcoming season with the Sacramento Kings.

The 31-year-old has no intentions of leaving all that money on the table to go test his luck in free agency; it appears he wants to take the guaranteed money before seeing how the open market assesses his worth monetarily.

“They are not leaving that money on the table, So, he’s not opting out”, Amick said about LaVine and his representation during a recent appearance on SacTown Sports.

The only scenario in which LaVine would not accept his player option is if he were to be traded. Reportedly, Sacramento has given the veteran guard permission to potential sign-and-trade options. In that case, he would opt out, sign for a lower amount and would be traded.

While the Kings are willing to help LaVine out, no options have presented themselves as of Friday.

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Sacramento Kings are signing Killian Hayes to a 10-day contract. Since the trade deadline, the organization have had an open roster spot.

The 24-year-old has appeared in 28 G League games with the Cleveland Charge this season. In that run with the Charge, Hayes averaged 23.1 points, 8.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.7 steals.

By signing with the Kings, this will be his third team of his short career. For majority of his career, Hayes was on the Detroit Pistons, then he had a short stint with the Brooklyn Nets.

According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, the Sacramento Kings will be without De’Andre Hunter for the remainder of the season due to him undergoing eye surgery to repair a detached retina.

Hunter suffered the injury on February 6th against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The 28-year-old is expected to make a fully recovery, no problems whatsoever, as a timeline for said injury will be announced in eight weeks.

Hunter only played in two games for the Kings this season, and, in those two games, he averaged 7.5 points and 1.5 rebounds.