{"id":478772,"date":"2026-01-13T20:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478772"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:32:58","slug":"torrey-craig-close-to-joining-sydney-kings-for-remainder-of-nbl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/torrey-craig-close-to-joining-sydney-kings-for-remainder-of-nbl-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrey Craig Close to Joining Sydney Kings for Remainder of NBL Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"476\"><strong data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"321\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Torrey Craig<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is in advanced negotiations to sign with the <strong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"408\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sydney Kings<\/span><\/span><\/strong> for the remainder of the <strong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"456\">2025\u201326 NBL season<\/strong>, sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nbl\/story\/_\/id\/47594951\/nbl-torrey-craig-join-sydney-kings-sources\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"819\">Craig is expected to join the Kings as a replacement for <strong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"576\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bul Kuol<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury earlier this month. The Kings must register a new player before their <strong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"757\">January 15 game against the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Brisbane Bullets<\/span><\/span><\/strong> to meet league requirements, making Craig\u2019s signing imminent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1118\">The 35-year-old forward has significant experience in Australia, having played three NBL seasons between 2014 and 2017 with the <strong data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"990\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Cairns Taipans<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and Brisbane. During the 2016\u201317 campaign, Craig averaged <strong data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1073\">15.2 points per game<\/strong> and was named <strong data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1117\">NBL Best Defensive Player<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1634\">Craig later built a strong NBA career, appearing in <strong data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1206\">458 games across eight seasons<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1257\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Denver Nuggets<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1300\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1343\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Phoenix Suns<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1386\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Indiana Pacers<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1429\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chicago Bulls<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1478\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Boston Celtics<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. His most productive NBA season came in 2022\u201323 with Phoenix, where he averaged <strong data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1590\">7.4 points and 5.4 rebounds<\/strong>, shooting <strong data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1633\">39.5% from three-point range<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1848\">To be eligible for the NBL playoffs, Craig must appear in <strong data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1724\">seven regular-season games<\/strong>, meaning he would need to suit up by the Kings\u2019 <strong data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"1847\">January 25 matchup against the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Adelaide 36ers<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"2012\">Coached by <strong data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"1904\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Brian Goorjian<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, the Kings currently sit <strong data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"1965\">third on the NBL ladder at 15\u20139<\/strong>, having won <strong data-start=\"1978\" data-end=\"2011\">eight of their last ten games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA forward set to replace injured Bul Kuol ahead of key deadlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":478771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[389],"tags":[],"rumors":[407,175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-478772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","rumors-basket-rumors","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Torrey_Craig_39172048770.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478772"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=478772"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=478772"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=478772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}