Sacramento Kings
Buddy Hield, Skal Labissiere, Georgios Papagiannis, Malachi Richardson
The Kings recently acquired Buddy Hield in the Cousins trade with the Pelicans. In his time with the Kings, he’s had the chance to play more and his numbers are showing just what he’s capable of.
The numbers are good (15 PPG, 4 RPG since the move) and the Kings definitely have something to work with in Hield. The same can’t quite be said for the rest of the rookies on the team.
Labissiere only recently started playing more often and that was after the All-Star break, or after Boogie Cousins was moved. Richardson plays every once in a while and Papagiannis has only started playing more in the last handful of games.
It will be interesting to see if the Kings just let the rookies play more to close out the season since it’s highly unlikely that they’ll make the playoffs.