Dan is joined by Greg Wissinger (@gwiss) from The Kings Herald for a deeeeeep dive into the Sacramento Kings ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. Their conversation covers De’Aaron Fox’s continued growth, Tyrese Haliburton’s path to stardom, Davion Mitchell’s fit, three-guard lineups, four-guard lineups, the wing rotation, Richaun Holmes, Buddy Hield, trade candidates and, yes, Ben Simmons—plus much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
2:03 – Intro 4:20 – Thoughts on Sacramento’s offseason/Richuan Holmes 7:02 – The Ben Simmons discussion 11:19 – De’Aaron Fox’s next frontier 13:03 – The defense 15:25 – Fun De’Aaron Fox stat that is fun! 20:14 – Tyrese Haliburton’s path to stardom 22:35 – Expectations for Davion Mitchell 24:45 – The three-guard lineup 26:52 – Louis King’s value 29:24 – The Marvin Bagley III Hope Meter 31:12 – Who should be the fifth starter? 33:40 – 10-man rotation 37:08 – Trade candidates 38:21 – Could the Kings be sellers at the deadline? 43:03 – Best crunch-time lineup 44:25 – Quirky lineups we want to see 46:07 – Win-total prediction/Place in the West 49:42 – Luke Walton’s job security
54:04 – Buddy Hield’s future