Sacramento Kings Make Tough Decision Releasing Frank Mason III

In order to balance out their depth chart, the Sacramento Kings made the tough decision to release two-year guard Frank Mason III.

The Sacramento Kings have been doing work during free agency. In the first 48 hours of the event, Vlade Divac and company were able to sign five new players for their team which resulted in prior holes on the roster to be instantly filled.

On the first night of free agency, one of the signings the Kings made was acquiring Cory Joseph from the Indiana Pacers. Throughout his career, Joseph has been a good backup point guard for playoff teams and will likely keep that production going when backing up De’Aaron Fox next season.

Although it is great that the Kings addressed their second-string point guard problem, it did lead to a tough decision to be made. With the addition of Joseph, the Kings had four point guards on their roster in Fox, Joseph, Yogi Ferrell, and Frank Mason III. The Kings needed to let go of at least one of those players before the season began, and that decision was made today as they released Frank Mason.

Tough Call To Release Frank

Based on personnel, it was a no brainer to release Frank. The Kings had four point guards on their squad and only Frank and Yogi’s contracts were not guaranteed for next season. And since Yogi is a better player than Frank right now, it makes sense for the Kings who are trying to be as deep as possible.

But what still makes this decision by Vlade a tough one was that Frank was beloved by the Kings community. Throughout his two years with the team, he was a guy who had a great attitude and work ethic both on and off the court and has the potential to still be an all-around productive point guard in the league. Also, Kings fans cannot forget about the original director of the famous Litty Committee that gets the Golden 1 crowd pumped before tipoff.

Although releasing Frank is a hard one to swallow, it was a decision that needed to be made. Hopefully, Frank is able to find a team next season and show the NBA world how good he can be.

During his tenure with Sacramento, Mason averaged around seven points, three assists, and two rebounds a game and made around 39% of his shots from the floor, 30% of his three-pointers, and 77% of his free-throws.