The Kings, league sources say, are already being described as a likely leading suitor for Detroit’s Dennis Schröder when free agency begins Monday at 6 PM ET
. Schröder is expected to command a deal that could start at the full $14.1 million midlevel exception and the Kings — barring a trade that otherwise addresses their need for a playmaker — are expected to be a prime contender to try to sign the 31-year-old away from the Pistons.