The Kings seem to be being unstoppable and forced to meet the humiliating record of "missing the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons". What is even more painful for fans is that they may face a dilemma and lose situation next.
They are quite active before the trading deadline, and the intention of "winning in the moment" is almost written on the face. But now the prospects are slim, let alone the dream of the playoffs, even the playoffs may be difficult to find.
In order to avoid being nailed to the column of shame, the king did make a hard effort - to retain barnes and other high-quality chips, first sending away Harry Burton, a potential stock that was once regarded as a "non-sale", in exchange for Sabonis, and eating DiVinchenzo, who had just recovered from a major injury in the four-way deal. After a long circle, nothing was found except that Fox was able to free up full firepower.
With a record of 24 wins and 45 losses, the Kings temporarily ranked 13th in the West, losing four consecutive games, trailing the Pelicans in 10th place by 4.5 wins, and even behind the Spurs as the pioneer of the seller's market.
Expect to make a difference in the Western Conference playoffs, one spell star color, two spells system blessing.
Unfortunately, the only little Sabonis on the book who can get his hands on the book is not good under the king's configuration.
Judging from his resume, Sabonis Jr. coincided with the year of the game, two All-Stars added to his body, and the strength in the vacuum environment was guaranteed.
Although there is a situation where "the panel data cannot be completely matched with the real influence", the victory is comprehensive in the personal offensive end - doing solid cover, down the end technique is diverse, the near frame has a hand to work to make up for the lack of hardware, and when the axis is planned, it has a good ability to deal with more and play less, and decompress the peripheral main attacker.
But the defensive end of the consciousness is flat, always a point that needs to be protected, the Pacers period has Turner blue-collar transformation, escorting the little Sabonis to get everything done, in the King fully has such a favorable prerequisite, the shortcomings are naturally exposed.
"Throwing master" Holmes has never been known for defense, and barnes' proportion of swings in the 3rd and 4th positions has become more and more average, it is difficult to balance the co-defense and single point alignment, and the contribution of participating in the protective frame is relatively average.
Sabonis Jr.'s more serious problem is the offensive end, and Gentry may be too obsessed with Having Sa play the pure strategy point to launch an offensive counterattack teammate, ignoring his blocking value.
Since joining the Kings, Sabonis Jr. has delivered the lowest true shooting percentage of his career with a turnover rate of nearly 20.0% at 28.3% of the possession.
Under the pressure of a lot of handling balls, the already mediocre projection dropped one more gear, and the three-point crosshair fell to 16.7%, making it difficult to play the savior of Sacramento.
After the Kings sent Harry Burton away, Fox returned to bravery, averaging 29+4+7 panel data per game, combined with more than 50% shooting targets, the offensive end alone can definitely be said to have handed over the All-Star level, but the record is not good, everything looks "worthless".
Fox's compatibility with Sabonis Jr. was questionable, and he was initially not optimistic, with a poor dual-core projection resume, and what can be counted on is to see how the chemistry of the position warfare attack is.
This also means that the Kings urgently need shooter resources to help the field, but unfortunately, a small number of high-quality space points have been sent to the Pacers, the overall structure of the team is top-heavy, the reserve of supporting roles in the front line has always been slightly thin, and the lineup revision project obviously cannot be achieved overnight.
The star side is inferior, and the system is even more difficult to maintain - The consequence of Gentry's promotion of blitzkrie is the famous scene of "the King's side just exploded 110 points, and the opponent in turn pressed 120 points".
The Kings management has been criticized for a long time, and there have been many examples in recent years - firing Jorgy to introduce the Wharton remodeling system, and missing Doncic in the draft to pick Up Jawley, which can be described as a tear.
Will selling Halliburton now add another stroke to the history of the shameful deal?
If the king tried to change, he should have promoted the transaction as soon as possible instead of looking forward and backward, and rushed to the transaction deadline, and the fault tolerance rate of the subsequent adjustment was too low, and this operation could not be grasped at the moment, and it was possible to bury the future in vain.
The tide has gone, to meet the next cycle, Sacramento's youth storm that has time to dance in the future may stay forever in the summer of 2019.
Thanks for your attention, welcome to discuss, Azhe is willing to "ball" with you to get the truth, all the way to the end of the world.