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Kings Nightly Desk · transactions · Wednesday, September 16

Elfrid Payton Joins the Sacramento Kings Roster

Free agentSacramento Kings
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Elfrid Payton
G · 32 · 9 seasons
The move
Joins the Kings
official roster · Sep 16, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Kings payroll
$191.8M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
17 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Kings Nightly Desk · 2 h ago

Elfrid Payton is now on the Sacramento Kings roster, effective Wednesday, Sept. 16. The 32-year-old guard, entering his ninth NBA season, joins from free agency with no contract yet on file.

The move

Elfrid Payton, a 32-year-old guard entering his ninth NBA season, is on the Sacramento Kings roster as of Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to the official roster. He joins from free agency, having held no roster spot before the move. No report preceded this move; none is logged in advance of the roster change. The transaction was detected from the roster itself, not from a preceding injury report.

The money

Payton's contract is not yet on file; public salary data can lag a signing by a day, so his cap hit and any term length are unknown for now. The Kings carry a payroll of $191.8 million across 13 contracts for 2026-27, above the $165.0 million cap but below the $200.4 million tax line. Their first apron sits at $209.0 million and their second apron at $221.7 million, leaving room before either threshold.

The fit

Payton did not play in the NBA last season, so he has no line to draw on. He joins a Kings backcourt already carrying Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Russell Westbrook and Dennis Schröder, plus Keegan Murray, Domantas Sabonis and Maxime Raynaud in the rotation from last season. Sacramento's roster now stands at 17 players, against a limit of 15 standard spots plus three two-way slots.

What is Elfrid Payton's contract with the Kings?

It is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Did a report precede the move?

No report is logged before this transaction; it was detected from the official roster.

How big is the Kings' roster now?

Sacramento has 17 players, against a limit of 15 standard spots plus three two-way slots.

Where does Payton fit in the rotation?

He had no NBA line last season. Sacramento's guard rotation last season was led by Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook, with Dennis Schröder also in the mix.

By the Kings Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Kings rotation

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Keegan Murray34.5 min · 14.0 pts
Zach LaVine31.4 min · 19.2 pts
Domantas Sabonis29.7 min · 15.8 pts
Maxime Raynaud26.5 min · 12.5 pts
Daeqwon Plowden26.4 min · 10.8 pts
De'Andre Hunter26.1 min · 13.7 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.