After losing Isiah Thomas earlier this summer in free agency, the Sacramento Kings have an obvious need in back court depth. Darren Collison's signing helped ease Thomas' absence but it clearly wasn't enough. They needed another proven veteran in their back court and they found it in Ramon Sessions who has reportedly agreed a 2-year deal with the team according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports:
Free-agent guard Ramon Sessions has reached agreement on a two-year, $4.2 million deal with the Sacramento Kings, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Sessions, one of the best available players left on the market, will join free agent Darren Collison and rookie Nik Stauskas as fresh faces in the Kings' backcourt rotation. The Kings are using the bi-annual exception provision to sign Sessions.
The 28 year-old sessions averaged 12 points and 5 assists in his career in the NBA. He averaged 16 points and 5 assists on February for the Milwaukee Bucks after being traded by the Charlotte Hornets. For a 2-year, $4.2 millions deal, this has got to be a steal for the Sacramento Kings.
Collison - who is set to make $16 million over the next three seasons - could start in the coming season for the point guard position but Sessions definitely won't be begging for playing time. NBCSports.com's Brett Pollakoff even suggested that, "It could easily be argued that Sessions is the best point guard on the roster, and deserving of a spot in the team's starting lineup."
USA Today's Sam Amick, however, notes that Sessions "will be used at both the point guard and shooting guard positions," which means that Collison and Sessions won't have to compete for minutes in the point guard position.
While Ramon Session's signing to the Sacramento Kings may not be a block buster one, it certainly is the kind of bargain deal that could make a front office look good and as a discount last-minute acquisition, he surely won't make the Kings front office look bad either. But for just $2 million a year, his signing was definitely a steal this offseason.
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