The Sacramento Kings must've had a goal in the offseason of making major changes to their guard room, and it looks like they've accomplished. It also seems like they didn't want any kind of guards, but they wanted all lottery-pick guards. After drafting Darius Acuff Jr. and recently signing Ben Simmons, the Kings have added Elfrid Payton, according to Michael Scotto of Hoopshype.

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“The Sacramento Kings and Elfrid Payton have agreed to a deal, Senior VP of CSETalent Darrell Comer told Hoopshype. He’ll compete for a roster spot. Kings GM Scott Perry and Payton were together with the Magic and Knicks. He’s averaged 9.8 points and 5.8 assists in nine seasons,” Scotto wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

More on this story to come.