2019-20 Sacramento Kings

2018-19: 39-43
Draft picks: 40, 47, 60

Signed for next season ($71.7m): Harrison Barnes, Marvin Bagley, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, De'Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield, Yogi Ferrell, Harry Giles, Caleb Swanigan, Frank Mason
Love Barnes. This team doesn't really need a big move this summer because they made their move at last year's trade deadline: Harrison Barnes is the perfect addition to this team, a calm vet that will play the right way and elevate his youthful teammates. By all accounts, he's a great guy, very hard working and totally lovable, perfect acquisition for them. He's got a player option but unless he thinks the Kings will give him more money, I'm guessing he'll opt in.
Love Bagley. Great rookie, should blow up this year.
Love Bogdanovic. With just one year left on his deal, I'm curious as to whether they try to move him since I don't think they will re-sign him this summer (which I think they could). Personally, I like him and I'd play him (....but if they could swap him for Julius Randle, they'd have to think about that...).
Love Bjelica. Wolves fucked up by letting him go, loved his energy with the Kings last year.
Love Fox. Next year's bust out super star?
Love Hield. Thought he was a natural born shooter in NCAA and his transition would be relatively easy. I think he's been better than that, I don't get the Buddy haters at all.
Love Ferrell. This kid came from nowhere and is hanging proud. Great for the Kings bench.
Love Giles. Everyone gave up on him, Kings believed in him and he has rewarded them so far. Another candidate for Most Improved next season.
Love Swanigan. Don't see him getting any playing time but I think he's a savvy guy and I can see him being a great option off the bench.
I'm only okay on Frank Mason. Thought the hype he garnered was a bit premature. But he's a nice 3rd string PG.


This summer's free agents: Alec Burks, Kosta Koufos, Willie Cauley-Stein, Corey Brewer, BJ Johnson
Burks was a throw-in, not likely to catch on in Sac-town.
Koufos wouldn't be bad as a low cost roster filler, if he's willing to stick around cheaply, I'd bring him back for 10-15 minutes per game.
Cauley-Stein is the oddity for the Kings this summer: the Kings have a wave of young players they love and wanna pay. Cauley-Stein is probably like 5th on the list of guys to keep; unfortunately, he comes up first, which makes me believe they're probably going to replace him with a shorter term rental rather than pay WCS to stick around. But, I kinda think since this team already has Barnes in place and a young nucleus with good depth already (and since Klay Thompson is out for the year), I'd go ahead and skip the free agency process and just bring back WCS on the cheapest, shortest deal they can get him to sign. Then I'd roll with the team they already got, I thought they were good and getting gooder all year long last season and with a full year of Barnes, they're ready to go now.
I don't mind them picking up a vet or two to fill out their roster but I'm not sure Corey Brewer is still that guy.


They have a trio of late 2nd rd picks. I wouldn't be surprised to see them draft a trio of foreigners or try to trade the picks for 2nd rounders in next year's draft.


Next year's lineup:
PG Fox, SG Hield, SF Barnes, PF Giles, C Bagley with Ferrell, Mason, Swanigan, Bjelica, Koufos off the bench.

I loved watching this team last year, I expect them all to be better next year, I expect them to be a playoff team--though I'm not sure Coach Walton is any better for that than Coach Joerger was. The scuttlebutt is that they are hard-charging after Nikola Vucevic, which would be a fine addition. But if not, I'm cool with bringing back Cauley-Stein and Koufos and trying to add someone like Julius Randle to keep the youth movement going or take on a short-term vet like Danny Green or maybe Brandon Knight if he gets waived. They've got moves to make but honestly they don't need to do anything, feels like just about every player on the roster will improve next year.