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The Stockton Kings, Sacramento’s NBA G League affiliate, have acquired the returning player rights to All-NBA G League First Team guard Tristen Newton and forward Teddy AllenJason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee tweets.

The deal also involves the Delaware Blue Coats, the Sixers’ affiliate, and the Iowa Wolves, the Timberwolves’ affiliate. In the exchange, Delaware receives the returning player rights to guard Jameer Nelson Jr.while Iowa receives the returning player rights to forward Jaylin Williams (not the Thunder’s forward of the same name) and Stockton’s second-round pick in the 2027 NBA G League Draft. Iowa is also receiving a 2027 first-round pick from the Blue Coats.

Newton, a Pacers second-round pick in 2024, played five games with Indiana and three games with Minnesota as a rookie. He played a game with Houston last season. Newton was on a two-way contract with the Rockets until he was cut last week. This G League trade signals that Sacramento may soon sign him to an NBA deal.

Here’s more from the Western Conference:

Two former Warriors employees have sued the franchise, alleging gender, age, and race-based discrimination, workplace harassment and retaliation tied to their terminations, Devon Henderson of The Athletic reports. The lawsuit was filed last week in San Francisco County Superior Court by representatives for Lisa Shelley, known professionally as Lisa Meyer, and Jennifer Vasquez. Shelley served as the Warriors’ associate general counsel and director of business and legal affairs and risk management, while Vasquez was the vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Shelley also alleges she lost a job offer from the Clippers this year after the Warriors “made false and disparaging statements” when contacted for a reference.
Victor Wembanyama didn’t expect his departure from the French national team back to the Spurs to be so difficult, Nikola Miloradovic writes for Eurohoops. “Seeing these guys I’ve known for such a long time feels so good. It’s going to be strange not being with them anymore,” Wembanyama said. “It had been a long time since I last played for France. I was in a different role then, too. I think I’ve grown older since then, believe it or not. I’ve come back appreciating the good things.” The team struggled at times, especially offensively, which the star big man attributed to the team’s age and relative inexperience together, but he’s very excited for the nation’s future. He added that his being frustrated to leave his home country’s team has no bearing on his eagerness to return to the Spurs for the upcoming season. “I’m still very excited to get back to San Antonio and get back to work,” He said. “There’s nowhere like it to work on your game.”
The Spurs have finalized a direct-to-consumer media partnership with DAZN, the team announced in a press release. This deal will allow DAZN to air all Spurs games not covered by national broadcasts, as well as preseason games and team programming. The Spurs are just one of at least seven teams who were previously rumored to be in talks with DAZN for such a deal.