 Less than a week following the draft, with the dissolution of the Karl—Cousins relationship on public display, the Kings' ultimately unsuccessful attempt at landing University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari to replace Karl got reported.Then in early July 2015, in an effort of clearing salary cap space in order to immediately go after free agents, they agreed a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, sending Nik Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson along with the Kings' future first round draft pick to the Sixers as well as the rights to swap first round picks in 2016 and 2017 while receiving the rights to Sixers oversees players Artūras Gudaitis and Luka Mitrović in return.Two days later, they agreed the acquisitions of two free agents