Today, the Kings lost to the Nets by a big score, and All-Star forward Sabonis played 25 minutes, shooting 3-of-14 from the field, contributing 9 points, 9 boards, 2 assists and 3 turnovers. This season's Sabonis averaged 18.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, and today's performance on the court was disastrous, and the editor could not help but doubt the operation of the Kings management.
The Kings defeated the Nets
1. Trade Halliburton
Before Feb. 11 ( the trade deadline ) , the Pacers completed a blockbuster deal with the Kings. The Pacers traded forward Domintus Sabonis, defender Jeremy Lamb, forward Justin Holliday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings, with defender Buddy Hield, defender Teres Halliburton and center Tristan Thompson.
The King Walker completes the deal
The news was confirmed, and many of the team's general managers couldn't believe that the Kings would send Halliburton away. In their eyes, Halliburton is untradable, is the cornerstone player of the Kings' reconstruction, the rookie season he performed well, averaging 13 points, 5.3 assists and 3 rebounds per game, the limelight once overshadowed Edwards, and was regarded as a cornerstone player by the team at a young age, and even selected as the best rookie team.
Halliburton joined Indiana
For His part, Halliburton never dared to believe he would be traded by the Kings, but the NBA is still a business ground. Harry Burton, who came to Indiana, continued his legend, contributing 22 points and 16 assists in a single game, becoming the fourth player in Pacers history to get a second statistic at a young age.
2. Sasa full 9+9
The Kings management traded for Sam for future development, and he will partner Aaron Fox to form the core of the team's interior and exterior line. They want to get an All-Star player, build a team around him, refer to the Spurs, and train Dezhang Taimeri into an All-Star player in 5-6 years, and the long cycle makes the team decide to participate in this big gamble.
As the core of the team, Sabonis, only contributed 9 points and 9 boards of data, the mentality was completely broken by the opponent, I don't know if the team management will be sprayed by the fans, but such a state can not help the Kings to get better results, the current team has achieved a record of 22 wins and 37 losses, ranking 13th in the East, and there is still some hope for impacting the playoffs.
3. Missed the playoffs for many years
As of this season, the Kings have missed the playoffs for 15 years, and the last time they made the playoffs was in 2006. After years of waiting, even the Timberwolves have improved, and the poor king has not yet completed the reconstruction.
Terek Evans
Terek Evans, who was selected by the team before, was hailed as the player closest to James in the rookie season, and his debut was the peak, and in the next three seasons, his personal performance was rarely bright, and he was eventually scrapped by the team. Evans left the Kings to begin his wandering career. In this way, the team's failure to play in the playoffs is still a problem for the team's management.
4. Fans apply to send the boss away
At the time of sending away Halliburth, Sacramento fans were reluctant and paraded through the streets with signs. Fans have confided in their hearts: "We miss Halliburton, Sabonis go back and apply to send the boss away." Indeed, Xiaobian can also understand the wishes of fans, and the way to make fans shut up is to win and win the championship.
The Kings fans applied to send the boss away
After Sabonis arrived, the play was very mediocre, but far from being as bad as today, which is the all-Star level player that management got, there was no aggression on the court, the key round could not stand up, and it seemed that the Kings' playoff trip would be postponed.