Sacramento Kings Tickets

Sacramento Kings Tickets

The NBA should be excited by the young Sacramento Kings roster, but instead talk of divorce in the Maloof family and rumors of moving to Virginia Beach or Seattle dominate talk about the team. However, if you speak to basketball fans in the state capital, then a loyal group of citizens doing their duty and getting Sacramento Kings tickets change the conversation. Suddenly it is about the potential of the interior duo of DeMarcus Cousins and Thomas Robinson and all about Tyreke Evans move from point to a scoring role for which he is much better suited. It is about the future at the Power Balance Pavilion and nowhere else.

 This is not the stuff of folly. A Cousins-Robinson duo is quite intriguing and Evans should be the leading scorer, not assists man. Cousins is a force still learning how to play at an NBA level. This means turning a little more of that ample girth into muscle and dropping the attitude. It also means learning he does not need to take every shot in the paint and he should learn to trust his passing instinct. Robinson is never going to dominate offensively, but with Cousins he does not need to put up 20 points a game. He just needs to refine his hook shot for taller players and needs to hit the midrange jumper. Otherwise, he has the skills ready to be a great rebounder and a tough defender upon his first minute on the court during the regular season.

Evans should be leading the team in scoring, not Marcus Thornton. Thornton did not steal points from Evans but was put in a position in which he needed to jack up any shot he could take while Evans played against his nature. This season Evans should embrace his tenacity for getting to the rim and become the focal point for the offense, giving Thornton the opportunity to take the right kind of shot. Thus, a step in the right direction for Evans will be a step in the right direction for Thornton and incredible increase in offensive efficiency for a club relying on Isaiah Thomas until a better point guard can be identified.

Aaron Brooks is in position to take over for Thomas, but his play as a scoring point guard is not going to mesh with the needs of Coach Keith Smart. So, while this season is not going to be a playoff season, the Kings should improve their winning percentage and take another step toward contention.