Maxime Raynaud will not play Thursday against the Clippers, with the Kings resting him for their Summer League game.
That makes Thursday a night off for the 2025 second-rounder, who is available for Summer League but is being handled carefully as the Kings manage his workload this summer. His next chance to get on the floor comes Sunday against the Wizards.
The decision keeps Raynaud out of one game, but it also fits the way the Kings have approached his summer so far: careful, limited and clearly not aimed at piling up reps every chance they get. For a player still early in that process, the plan is less about forcing minutes now than preserving him for the next opening.
That leaves the real question less about Thursday than about the rest of the summer. The Kings have not said how far they intend to go in limiting his run, and Sunday now becomes the first checkpoint for whether that cautious approach stays in place or loosens at all.
