Kings rumors: Bogdan Bogdanovic could get 4-year, $80 million deal

The Sacramento Kings decided to keep Bogdan Bogdanovic past the trade deadline and would like to keep him around, but he could be expensive.

The Sacramento Kings elected to retain shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic at this year's trade deadline, and they are hoping to work out terms on an extension.

But the Kings better be prepared to pay up.

Bogdanovic will be a restricted free agent this summer, and one executive predicts he might be in line to receive something in the range a four-year, $80 million deal, per Sean Deveney of Forbes:

In a tight free-agent market, it could be slightly less, one league executive said. The fact that he is in restricted free agency will also hurt the market for him. But the baseline for Bogdanovic? “I would say he could find a four-year deal, $80 million total,” the exec said. “That’s bottom line. But he’s got to find a team willing to set the market knowing the Kings want to match. And he’s going to have a lot of teams that are thinking about 2021 (free agency).”

Of course, if the Kings fail to re-sign Bogdanovic prior to the start of free agency, they will have to match any offer he receives from an opposing team in order to keep him in Sacramento.

While this seems simple enough, restricted free agency is not always easy to predict. In fact, the Kings forced the Chicago Bulls to pay up when they signed Zach LaVine to an offer sheet in 2018. The Bulls, who viewed LaVine as a possible centerpiece of their rebuild, essentially had to match.

Indeed, Bogdanovic could start a bidding war. He is a solid perimeter shooter and capable playmaker as a combo guard, something a lot of teams in the NBA could use.