UPDATE: ESPN’s Shams Charania reports that the Spurs will waive McDaniels.

Via Charania: “The Spurs plan to waive McDaniels, sources say, while Kings open roster flexibility to a possible addition in the future. McDaniels has averaged 6.9 points and 3.3 rebounds over his first five NBA seasons. “

Jalen McDaniels is coming off a year in which he played in 50 games for the Toronto Raptors.

He finished the season averaging 3.4 points and 1.6 rebounds per game while shooting 34.4% from the field.

This offseason, McDaniels was traded to the Sacramento Kings.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, he has now been traded to the San Antonio Spurs.

Via Charania: “The Sacramento Kings are trading F Jalen McDaniels and a second-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell ESPN.”

McDaniels was the 52nd pick in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Washington.

He played five seasons for the Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers.

His career averages are 6.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game while shooting 44.9% from the field and 32.2% from three-point range in 248 games.

Sportsnet’s Blake Murphy reported more details: “So the Kings traded Davion Mitchell, the #45 pick, and a 2025 Portland 2nd…

for Jalen McDaniels, who they just acquired a second-round pick to get rid of

largely to get out of Sasha Vezenkov’s money, which the Raptors bought for $0.

Agree.”

The Spurs and Kings are coming off a year in which they both missed the 2024 NBA playoffs.