Travis Schlenk joked that he first inquired with Sacramento about Dewayne Dedmon’s availability “right after he got fined.” Dedmon was fined $50,000 on Jan. 2 after publicly requesting a trade from the Kings. In Boston on Friday, Dedmon didn’t want to get into the specifics that led to him ask out of Sacramento just months after signing a three-year, $40 million deal there during the offseason because “that cost me $50K, bro.”



Schlenk actually started talking to the Kings about reacquiring Dedmon in November after he was removed from the rotation altogether and replaced by Richaun Holmes in the starting lineup. Schlenk told the Kings’ front office that it would take some assets in order for the Hawks to take on Dedmon’s contract because it clearly became a negative one for Sacramento and one that wasn’t going to provide value for the length of the deal.



Conversations were ongoing with the Kings, but the Hawks...