The tension between Marvin Bagley III and the Sacramento Kings continues to boil this NBA season and as a result, the No. 2 overall pick will likely be on the move ahead of this season’s trade deadline.
Drafted second overall in 2018, Marvin Bagley III came out of Duke as an athletic, versatile, low-post threat who was expected to be a really dangerous two-way player at the power forward position in the NBA.
Sacramento has not had the best management through the years and they have lacked in regards to player development, but what has happened with Bagley over the years is not necessarily their fault.
The young forward just cannot stay healthy and the most games he has played in a season was 62 games during his rookie year. In fact, Bagley has missed close to 50% of the Kings’ total games played since entering the league.
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When he is healthy though, Mavin Bagley can be a difference-maker on the court, as he has averaged 14.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 0.8 blocks, and has shot 50.0% from the floor, 31.4% from three-point range through the first three years of his career.
At the NBA trade deadline last season, there were talks of Sacramento looking to trade their former No. 2 overall pick and sources have told NBA Analysis Network that the Raptors, Thunder, Mavericks, and Heat were four teams that had reached out to the Kings in regards to a potential Marvin Bagley III trade, but Sacramento did not like any of the offers they were receiving.
Now, after not offering him a contract extension this offseason prior to the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, Bagley and his agent Jeff Schwartz have grown frustrated with Sacramento and do not seem like they want to hang around much longer.
Sources have told NBA Analysis Network that the Kings are wanting “first-round value” in a trade for Marvin Bagley this season, something many teams are not willing to give up at the moment. One team that could be interested in buying into Bagley though at a lower price is the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Vying for a playoff spot this season and looking to be a competitive team in the Western Conference, Minnesota is going to be looking for ways to add talent at the trade deadline this year and they do have a need for another key frontcourt talent. Karl-Anthony Towns cannot do everything for this team in the paint, which is why they could view Bagley as a missing piece to their playoff puzzle.
So who could the Minnesota Timberwolves offer and up and would the Sacramento Kings even be interested in shipping Bagley to another Western Conference playoff hopeful? Let’s take a look at what this trade offer could look like.
