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NBA Rumors: Jae Crowder Lands Kings Workout Ahead of 2024-25 Season After Bucks Stint

Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVSeptember 11, 2024

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MARCH 21: Jae Crowder #99 of the Milwaukee Bucks during the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Fiserv Forum on March 21, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)
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Jae Crowder could be on the move again.

The veteran forward reportedly is scheduled to work out with the Sacramento Kings this week, according to Sean Cunningham of Fox 40 in Northern California.

Crowder, 34, has offered a varied impact for the Milwaukee Bucks in the past two seasons, appearing in just 68 games overall while averaging 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

He was called into starting duty 25 times across the 2023-24 season as a fill-in for players like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton when they were injured. But staying healthy was an issue for Crowder himself, as a left adductor injury kept him out of action for two months between mid-November and mid-January.

Crowder told Eric Nehm of The Athletic in January that the injury felt like an uncomfortable "pulling sensation" in his pelvis.

"To the point that, where every time I extend to run, I'm feeling it to the point that in Orlando... I felt like I couldn't move," he continued. "I could not pull my (left) leg up without any type of pain. Like I checked myself out of the game. It got to that point. I went to the back and I was cursing, but I knew I was toasted. I knew this thing had been pulled. I knew this was the worst I had ever felt up to that point."

While Crowder was mostly an afterthought in the 2022-23 season, he played a more important role for the Bucks last year. But the Bucks decided to surround the trio of Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton with a new supporting cast.

Before Milwaukee, Crowder had stops with the Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns. If he impresses enough to earn a contract offer, the Kings will be added to that list.