Features: Sacramento Kings is preparing to trade Garrett Temple against Memphis Grizzlies against Ben McLemore, Deyonta Davis

The Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to an exchange that will bring guard Ben McLemore back to the Kings for the former Garrett Temple guard. According to many reports, the Grizzlies will send McLemore and center Deyonta Davis to the Kings for Temple, which has played eight seasons in the NBA.

Also, according to several reports, the Kings are getting a second round pick and money in the trade, too. Here is more of Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee on the case:

The Kings agreed to bargain guard / before Garrett Temple in Memphis for guard Ben McLemore and center Deyonta Davis , league sources confirmed Tuesday. The Kings will also receive cash and a second round draft pick in 2021.

These measures place the Kings at $ 20.5 million below the salary cap. Temple owes $ 8 million this season, McLemore owes $ 5.5 million and Davis $ 1.5 million. The three players are in the final year of their contract

The Kings could use this space to take a big contract in a trade or make a game for one of the last free freestyle players, among them Houston Rockets center Clint Capela, Cleveland forward Cavaliers Rodney Hood and Boston Celtics goaltender Marcus Smart

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] The kings already have Bogdan Bogdanovic and Buddy Hield at the head of the guard, as well as the veteran Iman Shumpert, McLemore might have a hard time breaking the rotation.

McLemore was ranked seventh overall by the Kings in the 2013 draft and spent his first four seasons in Sacramento, averaging 9.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 badists per game. this duration. He chose to sign with the Grizzlies in free will last summer, but averaged 7.5 points per career and played only 56 games.

Temple has spent the past two seasons with the Kings, averaging 8.1 points per game and 2.6 points per game as a veteran on a young Kings team. If the trade that the Memphis crosses, it will join a Grizzlies lineup that should feature a Marc Gasol and Mike Conley in good health as well as the lottery pick Jaren Jackson Jr.

Davis went No. 31 in the overall standings 2016 and. He appeared in 62 games for Memphis last season, averaging 5.8 points per game and 2.8 points per game in 15.2 minutes per game.