With a glut of small forwards, Sacramento's Geoff Petrie will be looking to even out his roster by the trade deadline.
"Geoff knows the roster," Paul Westphal said with a laugh. "We're always available to try to improve the team (via trade), but it is what it is, too."
League sources continue to indicate Nocioni is the likely piece to be moved.
Nocioni is owed a combined $21 million during the next three seasons, and the Kings could either trade him for expiring money and gain $6.85 million in salary-cap room this summer, or include him in a deal for a big man they need.
"Noc is a real pro," Westphal said. "He said to me the first meeting we had (in the summer), and he has been true to his word, that whatever we want and whatever role he has, he's fine with it and he'll come as a pro and handle it.
"I don't know that I'd say 'It's not fair to him,' but it's the not the way that it should be at this stage of his career for him. But it's an unsolvable problem. Whatever we decide, a good player is going to get left out."
Nocioni indicated that he doesn't follow the rumor mills online in an effort to keep his sanity.