3. Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings have been one of the teams most linked in trade rumors with the Toronto Raptors. They have a lot of interest in Pascal Siakam to help fill the void in their frontcourt rotation.
While targeting Siakam makes sense, his teammate, OG Anunoby, would also be a logical trade target for the Kings. Sacramento has an unbalanced roster right now, with a lot of assets being invested in the backcourt. While the frontcourt is a sore spot with Marvin Bagley III not panning out thus far, they are even thinner on the wing.
Buddy Hield has been playing for some minutes on the wing as the team was using De’Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton. With Davion Mitchell being selected with their first-round pick in 2021, they will be investing even more minutes to their point guards.
Landing a player such as Anunoby would give the team a legitimate building block on the wing. He is developing into a legitimate 3-and-D player, providing excellent defense along with an improving 3-point shot. He made a career-high 39.8 percent of his 3-pointers this past season and has upped his career number to 37.5 percent.
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Improving defensively is key for the Kings to seriously challenge for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. They had the worst defensive rating in the history of the NBA last season and still finished only two games out of the NBA Play-In Tournament.
Anunoby would help improve that and give the Kings a wing building block to go along with their excellent point guard trio they have put together.
