Sacramento Kings enter the 2024-2025 season with some confidence despite a play-in elimination at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans. Still, their playoff core, led by De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, is still intact, and The Kings also added DeMar DeRozan To bolster their offensive strength, the Kings decided to bolster their frontcourt by signing college double-double machine and free agent Terry Taylor.
This signature, announced the The X by Sean Cunningham, formerly of Twitter, should add another front-court presence to eat up minutes while Sabonis rests. It’s unclear if Taylor can bolster their front-court defense, but his rebounding will help the team create more offense and fastbreak opportunities.
Kings’ new signings
maybe his College Double-Doubles According to Basketball Reference, Taylor impressed the Kings so much that they signed Terry Taylor, who also has NBA experience, having spent time with the Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls.
Playing guard for Austin Peay State University, Taylor averaged 19.7 points and 9.8 rebounds on 53.6% from the field and 34.1% from three.
However, his NBA stats declined due to the light-year difference between college and the pros, averaging just 4.8 points and 2.7 rebounds on 58.1% shooting from the field in 95 games.
Still, before signing with the Kings, the undrafted free agent put up respectable numbers in his rookie season (2021-2022) with the Indiana Pacers, scoring 9.8 points and grabbing 5.2 rebounds in 33 games.
In the same year, Pacers acquire Tyrese Haliburton and Buddy Hield from the Kings in exchange for Domantas Sabonis, a trade that sent both teams on their current playoff trajectories.
Last season, the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics.
But they will face their biggest challenge next season. For example, the Milwaukee Bucks must reunite Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, while The New York Knicks recently added Mikal Bridges to the team,
out west
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The Kings, on the other hand, will face an uphill climb. Play-in elimination is one thing, but beating the West’s top four teams in back-to-back series is an entirely different thing.
Whereas De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis While they are good players for the playoffs, it is still unclear whether they can stand up against other West duos like LeBron James-Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving, or Jamal Murray-Nikola Jokic.
Likewise, they will also have to contend with teams like the San Antonio Spurs who can attack them, especially when The pairing of Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama It totally works. Not to mention the Houston Rockets or the Golden State Warriors.
Terry Taylor won’t be able to do much next season, but the Kings will need all the help they can get.