Sacramento Kings

You may be noticing a theme here. All of the teams we’ve identified in this piece are young, but each is hoping to make the playoffs next year.

In the case of the Sacramento Kings, “hoping” is an understatement. They’ll be desperate to enter the postseason fray in 2022-23.

After all, that’s something they haven’t done in an NBA-record 16 years. Adding Tyler Herro should help them put an end to that unfortunate streak.

As in Cleveland, his off-ball gravity will benefit the team’s primary playmaker. In fact, that’s closer to a necessity for the Kings. After all, their primary playmaker is De’Aaron Fox. He’s a quick-twitch athlete with an elite drive-and-kick game, but he doesn’t space the floor at all.

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Adding Herro as one of his primary perimeter targets should juice this Sacramento Kings offense. Yes, the defense will suffer. That’s fine. Defense wins championships. The Kings, on the other hand, merely need to get to the playoffs.