30 teams in 30 days: Sacramento Kings

Today’s Team: Sacramento Kings

Team Roster
NO.	NAME	Pos	Age	Height	Weight	College	2015-2016 Salary
13	Quincy Acy	SF	24	6-7	240	Baylor	$981,348
5	James Anderson	SG	26	6-6	210	Oklahoma State	$1,015,421
3	Marco Belinelli	SG	29	6-5	210		$6,060,606
31	Caron Butler	SF	35	6-7	228	Connecticut	$2,814,000
18	Omri Casspi	SF	27	6-9	225		$2,836,186
00	Willie Cauley-Stein	C	22	7-0	240	Kentucky	$3,398,280
7	Darren Collison	PG	28	6-0	175	UCLA	$5,013,559
15	DeMarcus Cousins	C	25	6-11	270	Kentucky	$15,851,950
30	Seth Curry	SG	25	6-2	185	Duke	$947,276
26	Duje Dukan	PF	23	6-10	218	Wisconsin	$525,093
8	Rudy Gay	SF	29	6-8	230	Connecticut	$12,403,101
10	Marshall Henderson	G	0	6-2	177
22	Vince Hunter	F	0	6-8	200
41	Kosta Koufos	C	26	7-0	265	Ohio State	$7,700,000
23	Ben McLemore	SG	22	6-5	195	Kansas	$3,156,600
25	Eric Moreland	PF	23	6-10	238	Oregon State	$845,059
9	Rajon Rondo	PG	29	6-1	186	Kentucky	$9,500,000
32	David Stockton	PG	24	5-11	165	Gonzaga	$845,059

Who’s gone: Nik Stauskas, Jason Thompson, Carl Landry, Ray McCallum, Andre Miller, Derrick Williams

Who’s new: Willie Cauley-Stein, Rajon Rondo, Marco Belinelli, Caron Butler, Seth Curry, Kosta Koufos
Offseason review: The Kings cleared cap space thinking they could bring in some big names with it. Unfortunately, the draft picks they gave up to create that room weren’t worth it. Sacramento saw Andrea Bargnani, Monta Ellis, Wesley Matthews, Corey Brewer, Tobias Harris and Patrick Beverley all reportedly turn down offers from the Kings to take less money from other teams.

Grade: D

2014-15 season outlook: The Kings probably will be better than they were last year, but it would be an upset to see them in the postseason. Bringing in floor-scrunchers to surround DeMarcus Cousins, who needs space to operate in the middle of the floor, isn’t the way to go when you have the best post scorer in the league, and the tension between him and coach George Karl is an awkward way to start the year.

Prediction:12th Western Conference