SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – The primary day of Kings coaching camp started Tuesday afternoon, the place a lot of the eye was centered on DeMar DeRozan, as he practiced with a full complement of gamers and beneath the steering of the teaching workers for the primary time since arriving in Sacramento in July.
DeRozan, 35, who was acquired in a sign-and-trade cope with the Chicago Bulls, expressed his pleasure to reporters after the workforce’s first of two practices Tuesday.
“Right this moment was extraordinarily enjoyable,” DeRozan mentioned. “I’m excited after this primary one. I am excited for all the correct causes…I like what I am seeing thus far.
DeRozan’s first glimpse of apply even impressed his teammates, as De’Aaron Fox mentioned he thought the 15-year veteran was becoming in completely as he started to get a deal with on the offense.
“Our offense could look difficult, however whenever you take a look at it, as soon as you recognize what is going on on, it turns into simple to know,” Fox mentioned. “When he began to know how the offense labored, he was like, ‘wow, I sort of see why (the offense) strikes the way in which it strikes.’
The primary week of coaching camp will include two coaching periods per day, with one contact and one non-contact coaching session every day.
The Kings will open their preseason schedule with the primary exhibition check going down on October 9 after they host the Golden State Warriors at Golden 1 Middle.
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