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Kings' Three Biggest Disappointments Early This Season

SI Feed·Will Zimmerle·3 days ago
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The Sacramento Kings didn't come into the season with many expectations, but sitting at 1-8 with seven double-digit losses, it feels even worse than expected to start the season. Darius Acuff Jr. has been as expected and looks like a future star, but other than a breakout performance from Leaky Black and the strong play at times from Emanuel Sharp, it's been another disappointing season for the Kings.

The hard part about this exercise, sadly, is picking just three disappointments. With that in mind, let's take a look at the three that are at the top of the list.

Nique Clifford's Disappearance

Nique Clifford was one of the biggest X-Factors coming into the season, with the hope being that he would take a jump in his sophomore season and cement himself as the future shooting guard next to Acuff.

But instead, Clifford is nearly out of the rotation, averaging just 6.3 minutes per game, and he's not doing much with the limited minutes, with 1.6 points, 1.0 assist, and 0.9 rebounds on 35.3% shooting from three…

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