Last season, Sacramento had the third-worst defense and ranked dead last in defensive rating when competing against teams that ranked in the bottom-10 in offensive rating. Those opponents registered an effective field goal percentage of 56.3. Translation: They helped some of the NBA’s least-efficient clubs look like a team full of Luka Doncic clones.
It’s a small sample, but one that generally carries over from their entire time together: In 351 minutes with LaVine and Sabonis on the court, the Kings were ripped to shreds, allowing 130 points per 100 possessions. I’m almost looking forward to seeing the levels of obliviousness that are reached when Acuff gets thrown into an environment that, last seen, barely resembled professional basketball.