Evans also racked up 6 assists and pulled in 5 rebounds. He led the team scoring 26, making 12 of his 16 shots, even knocking down two threes. In his first game back as a King Tyreke Evans showed up ready. Trade either Ben McLemore or Anthony Tolliver, expirings.Ĥ. If you make a promise to a player, you better keep it.ģ. The Kings will be looking to build talent through the draft, and pick up solid vets through trades.ġ.
He's being tasked with a hard rebuild with only a couple of key pieces to build around in Heild, Cauley-Stein and a couple if aging vets.
They have hired new GM Robert Star, former head scout for them and Sacramento local. Regardless after the trade Vlade Divac has been relieved of his duties, with the reasoning that the Kings could have gotten a lot more for the superstar center. Motives behind this trade are unclear, one source says that Vivek Ranadive believes that Buddy Heild has, 'Steph Curry Potential', while others believe that they are trying to change the culture around Sacramento. The team announced Monday afternoon that the Pelicans had acquired Demarcus Cousins and swingman Omri Casspi while sending Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a 2017 first-round pick and a 2017 second-rounder to the Kings. In a stunning turn of events the Sacramento Kings traded away Star Center Demarcus Cousin right before the trade deadline.