30 Thoughts On 30 Teams (Part 2)

Every NBA team has played 10+ games. Here's what I think of each one.

If you missed Part 1, you can find it here.

11. Sacramento Kings (7-4)

After a slow start to the season, the Beam Team has won five in a row. And if you’ve watched my videos on them, it’s not much of a mystery as to why.

Sacramento isn’t in the Top 10 of Offensive Efficiency through eleven games, but that’ll change in due time if Sabonis and Fox keeping playing at this level. As good as Sabonis has been to start the season — 19.1 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game — I’m putting my focus on Fox because he has been absolutely ridiculous since coming back from his sprained ankle:

• 28 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal on 11-20 from the floor (2-6 from 3) in 36 minutes vs Cleveland

• 28 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals on 10-22 from the floor (3-9 from 3) in 38 minutes vs LA Lakers

• 43 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block on 14-24 from the floor (5-11 from 3) in 41 minutes vs San Antonio

It’s early, but Fox is letting it rip from distance, taking 7.8 attempts per game and making 2.8 of them (35.9%). His career best percentage is 37.1%, which came in his sophomore season, but Fox was only averaging 2.9 attempts per game back then. I’ve been hard on Fox in my videos on the Kings because his career 3PT% percentage has hovered around 32%, but if there a notable improvement coming, everything changes for both him and Sacramento’s ceiling.

One last note — Sacramento is currently 18th in Defensive Efficiency. Last year, they finished the regular season in 25th. If they can be a league average defense and either match what they did offensively last season or, heaven forbid, improve upon that, we’re looking at a team that can absolutely threaten Denver in April and beyond.