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The Biggest Problem With Kings 0-5 Start, and Why It's Not Getting Better Soon

SI Feed·Will Zimmerle·11 days ago
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The Sacramento Kings are off to a 0-5 start, and even that doesn't really show how bad things are in California's capital. The Kings are getting blown out on a regular basis and just lost to the New Orleans Pelicans last night, who came into the game 0-4 before getting their first win of the year against Sacramento.

Injuries have hit the Kings hard to start the season, as Ben Simmons is out for the year and Keegan Murray, Maxime Raynaud, and Dylan Cardwell are all out for an extended amount of time, but depth was supposed to be one of Sacramento's strong suits coming into the year. Instead, we've seen them struggle to get anything going with the second unit, and they are have one of, if not the worst, benches in the NBA.

Bench Scoring

The Kings are averaging 19.4 bench points per game, good for second-fewest in the league, only to the Philadelphia 76ers.…

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