Sources told ESPN.com that Lawson was late to a Kings shootaround in Las Vegas earlier this week, then missed the team's trip east before Saturday night's Sacramento/Washington preseason game at the University of Kentucky's Rupp Arena, which represented a homecoming of sorts for Kings star
DeMarcus Cousins and Wizards counterpart
John Wall.
The Kings attributed Lawson's absence from the lineup in Lexington to "personal reasons." He has since returned to Sacramento, sources said, and faces an uncertain future with his new team after the week's events.