The Sydney Kings have reportedly offered contracts to two potential import replacements for Bryant Matthews according to the Sydney Morning Herald’s Jessica Halloran.

Kings head coach Brian Goorjian told the Herald the club has asked US-based player agent Sean Kelly to help find a replacement import as quickly as possible and there were two standouts among the eight players identified thus far.

"We've got two offers out there and the first guy that grabs it gets the job," Goorjian said. "We'd like to get the guy on a plane tomorrow [Friday] and have him here. Time is of the essence and we need a guy here as quick as we can. Sean's very familiar with our team and the league right now. If the guy's anywhere near the class of Bryant he'll make us very good.”

"Bryant played one pre-season game for us and he had 26 points and 15 rebounds and that's the type of guy we're looking for. We're in the market for a guy who's going to have that impact."

Kelly has previously helped the Kings recruit championship imports Chris Williams, Kavossy Franklin and Ebi Ere and Goorjian said he was hoping Sydney could find a player of that calibre who could be a go-to guy.

"We need to get that spot covered or we're in trouble," Goorjian said. "What's clearly apparent is that we don't have a guy to go to when we need a basket. On those championship teams we had Ebi [Ere], we had Matty Nielsen, we had Shane Heal, we had Chris Williams … we don't have a guy we can play off. This guy will be the centrepiece of the team and is very, very important."

The Kings mentor said last weekend’s Virgin Blue Pre-Season Blitz tournament in Coffs Harbour had shown his side still had a lot of work to do after a pre-season which was severely disrupted due to Boomers commitments for Goojian and five players.

"We are a bit more disorganised than the other teams," Goorjian said. "I think we came back from Coffs knowing what we need to do to be competitive. That's the one thing you get from that tournament is that you get to see everybody. Our weaknesses were fairly apparent."