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2017–18 Sacramento Kings season

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2017–18 Sacramento Kings season
Head coachDave Joerger
General managerVlade Divac
Owner(s)Vivek Ranadivé
ArenaGolden 1 Center
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionNBC Sports California
CBS 13
RadioKHTK Sports 1140
< 2016–17 2018–19 >

The 2017–18 Sacramento Kings season was the 73rd season of the franchise, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 33rd in Sacramento.

With the Minnesota Timberwolves clinching their first winning record and playoff berth since 2003–04, the Kings now hold the current league record of most seasons without a winning record as well as the longest postseason drought, both at 12, with their last winning season and playoff appearance being a 44–38 record and a First Round defeat to the San Antonio Spurs in six games in the 2005–06 season. The Kings have now equalled the Golden State Warriors between 1994–95 and 2005–06 as the third-longest NBA postseason drought on record, behind only the Timberwolves above and the fifteen-season drought by the Buffalo Braves, San Diego Clippers and Los Angeles Clippers between 1976–77 and 1990–91 inclusive. The Kings now need three more losing seasons to break the NBA record for most consecutive losing seasons, which the Kings set between 1983–84 and 1997–98 and had been previously suffered by the Pistons between 1956–57 and 1969–70 inclusive.

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club
1 5 De'Aaron Fox PG  United States Kentucky
1 15 Justin Jackson SF/SG  United States North Carolina
1 20 Harry Giles PF/C  United States Duke
2 34 Frank Mason III PG  United States Kansas

Each of the Sacramento Kings' picks they acquired this year would be had via trades. The fifth pick of the draft, which was originally placed to be a likely 8th pick, had them move up into the Top 3 before the Philadelphia 76ers activated their pick swapping rights with them moving down from a likely fourth spot to the fifth pick due to the trade where they gave up Nik Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, their unprotected 2019 first round pick, and the rights for Philadelphia to swap first round picks in 2017 in exchange for the rights of Artūras Gudaitis and Luka Mitrović. Meanwhile, both their second Top 10 first round pick (at pick 10) and their sole second round pick came from the New Orleans Pelicans, where they gave up their star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi in order to acquire both the Pelicans' first round pick and the second round pick that the Philadelphia 76ers held this year, as well as gain the return of Tyreke Evans, last year's All-Rookie team member Buddy Hield, and Langston Galloway. As for their own second round selection (which was worst then the second round pick they got from the 76ers via the Pelicans), they originally traded it away to the Cleveland Cavaliers back when it originally considered a first round pick alongside the aforementioned Omri Casspi for JJ Hickson before Cleveland traded it out to the Chicago Bulls alongside Andrew Bynum, the rights to swap first round picks with the Cavaliers, and multiple second round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers for Luol Deng.

With Sacramento's first pick (acquired from Philadelphia), they selected De'Aaron Fox, a freshman point guard from the University of Kentucky. Under his only season with Kentucky, De'Aaron averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game in 36 games played (34 started) while also earning the Southeastern Conference's Tournament MVP, the All-SEC Freshman Team honors, and All-SEC First Team honors there. As for their first round pick that was acquired from Philadelphia, they traded that selection (who became freshman center Zach Collins from Gonzaga University) to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for their first two first round picks this year. With Portland's first pick, they selected Justin Jackson, a junior small forward/shooting guard from the recent champion North Carolina University. During his time there, he would help the Tar Heels out in their quest for a redemption championship by averaging 18.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game out in North Carolina. He would also earn the ACC's Player of The Year Award that year, as well as be named a consensus All-American First Team member and All-ACC First Team member, as well as previously be named a member of the All-ACC Freshman Team of 2015. As for their second and final selection that was previously held under Portland's name, the Kings would select another former #1 draft prospect late in the first round, this time being freshman power forward Harry Giles from Duke University. Similar to Skal Labissière before him, Giles was also a former #1 draft prospect. However, a torn ACL his senior year of high school and other knee issues resulted in what would be considered a disappointing freshman year at Duke, averaging 3.9 points and rebounds per game (as well as 0.7 blocks and 0.4 assists and steals) in 26 games (6 of which he started in) there before declaring early. Finally, with their sole second round pick (acquired from Philadelphia via New Orleans), Sacramento would select Frank Mason III, a senior point guard from the University of Kansas. As the consensus college basketball player of the year, Frank would average 20.9 points, 5.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game in 36 games played that year for Kansas as he (alongside Josh Jackson) would help the Jayhawks compete for the NCAA Tournament that year before unfortunately losing out to Oregon University at the Elite Eight.

Roster

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2017–18 Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 8 Bogdanović, Bogdan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1992–08–18 Serbia
F 22 Caboclo, Bruno 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–09–21 Brazil
G/F 15 Carter, Vince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1977–01–26 North Carolina
C 00 Cauley-Stein, Willie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–08–18 Kentucky
C 45 Cooley, Jack (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 274 lb (124 kg) 1991–04–12 Notre Dame
G 5 Fox, De'Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997–12–20 Kentucky
F/C 20 Giles, Harry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1998–04–22 Duke
F 13 Hayes, Nigel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 254 lb (115 kg) 1994–12–16 Wisconsin
G 24 Hield, Buddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1993–12–17 Oklahoma
F 25 Jackson, Justin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1995–03–28 North Carolina
C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1989–02–24 Ohio State
F/C 7 Labissière, Skal 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1996–03–18 Kentucky
G 10 Mason, Frank 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–04–03 Kansas
F 50 Randolph, Zach 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–07–16 Michigan State
F 29 Sampson, JaKarr (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1993–03–20 St. John's
G 9 Shumpert, Iman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–26 Georgia Tech
G/F 17 Temple, Garrett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–05–08 LSU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2018-02-11

Standings

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Division

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Pacific DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
yGolden State Warriors5824.70729‍–‍1229‍–‍1213–382
Los Angeles Clippers4240.51216.022‍–‍1920‍–‍2112–482
Los Angeles Lakers3547.42723.020‍–‍2115‍–‍266–1082
Sacramento Kings2755.32931.014‍–‍2713‍–‍285–1182
Phoenix Suns2161.25637.010‍–‍3111‍–‍304–1282

Conference

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Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1zHouston Rockets *6517.79382
2yGolden State Warriors *5824.7077.082
3yPortland Trail Blazers *4933.59816.082
4xOklahoma City Thunder4834.58517.082
5xUtah Jazz4834.58517.082
6xNew Orleans Pelicans4834.58517.082
7xSan Antonio Spurs4735.57318.082
8xMinnesota Timberwolves4735.57318.082
9Denver Nuggets4636.56119.082
10Los Angeles Clippers4240.51223.082
11Los Angeles Lakers3547.42730.082
12Sacramento Kings2755.32938.082
13Dallas Mavericks2458.29341.082
14Memphis Grizzlies2260.26843.082
15Phoenix Suns2161.25644.082

Game log

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Preseason

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2017 pre-season game log
Total: 1–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–4)
Pre-season: 1–5 (home: 1–1; road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 2 San Antonio W 106–100 Frank Mason III (17) Frank Mason III (6) George Hill (5) Golden 1 Center
16,000
1–0
2 October 6 @ San Antonio L 93–113 Willie Cauley-Stein (14) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) De'Aaron Fox (6) AT&T Center
18,082
1–1
3 October 8 @ LA Lakers L 69–75 Zach Randolph (16) George Hill (8) Bogdanovic, Hill, Randolph (3) T-Mobile Arena
13,094
1–2
4 October 9 Portland L 83–97 Justin Jackson (16) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) Marcus Williams (5) Golden 1 Center
N/A
1–3
5 October 12 @ L.A. Clippers L 87–104 Zach Randolph (14) Kosta Koufos (10) Frank Mason III (4) Staples Center
11,225
1–4
6 October 13 @ Golden State L 106–117 David Stockton (23) Skal Labissière (8) David Stockton (8) Oracle Arena
19,596
1–5
2017–18 season schedule

Regular season

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2017–18 game log
Total: 27–55 (Home: 14–27; Road: 13–28)
October: 1–6 (home: 0–3; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 18 Houston L 100–105 Willie Cauley-Stein (21) Cauley-Stein, Labissière (10) De'Aaron Fox (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
0–1
2 October 20 @ Dallas W 93–88 George Hill (21) Willie Cauley-Stein (11) De'Aaron Fox (10) American Airlines Center
19,273
1–1
3 October 21 @ Denver L 79–96 De'Aaron Fox (18) Zach Randolph (9) Skal Labissière (4) Pepsi Center
19,520
1–2
4 October 23 @ Phoenix L 115–117 Garrett Temple (23) Kosta Koufos (9) Fox, Hill, Cauley-Stein (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,903
1–3
5 October 26 New Orleans L 106–114 De'Aaron Fox (14) Zach Randolph (9) Fox, Hill (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
1–4
6 October 29 Washington L 83–110 Frank Mason III (11) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) De'Aaron Fox (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
1–5
7 October 31 @ Indiana L 83–101 De'Aaron Fox (18) Skal Labissière (8) De'Aaron Fox (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,245
1–6
November : 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
8 November 1 @ Boston L 86–113 Zach Randolph (16) Buddy Hield (7) De'Aaron Fox (6) TD Garden
18,624
1–7
9 November 4 @ Detroit L 99–108 Zach Randolph (19) Buddy Hield (8) Frank Mason III (6) Little Caesars Arena
17,683
1–8
10 November 7 Oklahoma City W 94–86 Buddy Hield (21) Zach Randolph (8) De'Aaron Fox (8) Golden 1 Center
17,583
2–8
11 November 9 Philadelphia W 109–108 Zach Randolph (20) Kosta Koufos (12) Fox, Hill (7) Golden 1 Center
17,583
3–8
12 November 11 @ New York L 91–118 Buddy Hield (17) Kosta Koufos (10) Buddy Hield (4) Madison Square Garden
19,812
3–9
13 November 13 @ Washington L 92–110 George Hill (16) Zach Randolph (8) De'Aaron Fox (5) Capital One Arena
14,660
3–10
14 November 15 @ Atlanta L 80–126 Zach Randolph (16) Jackson, Koufos, Randolph (4) Cauley-Stein, Temple (3) Philips Arena
13,860
3–11
15 November 17 Portland W 86–82 Willie Cauley-Stein (22) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) De'Aaron Fox (4) Golden 1 Center
17,583
4–11
16 November 18 @ Portland L 90–102 Willie Cauley-Stein (18) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) Bogdan Bogdanovic (3) Moda Center
19,522
4–12
17 November 20 Denver L 98–114 Hill, Koufos (16) Zach Randolph (6) De'Aaron Fox (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
4–13
18 November 22 LA Lakers W 113–102 Willie Cauley-Stein (26) Skal Labissière (8) Bogdanovic, Mason III, Randolph (7) Golden 1 Center
17,583
5–13
19 November 25 LA Clippers L 95–97 Buddy Hield (27) Zach Randolph (7) Fox, Hill, Randolph, Cauley-Stein (3) Golden 1 Center
17,583
5–14
20 November 27 @ Golden State W 110–106 Willie Cauley-Stein (19) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) Willie Cauley-Stein (6) Oracle Arena
19,596
6–14
21 November 28 Milwaukee L 87–112 Garrett Temple (18) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) Frank Mason (7) Golden 1 Center
17,583
6–15
December : 6–9 (home: 2–4; road: 4–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
22 December 1 @ Chicago W 107–106 Zach Randolph (25) Zach Randolph (13) Willie Cauley-Stein (5) United Center
19,268
7–15
23 December 2 @ Milwaukee L 104–109 Zach Randolph (22) Zach Randolph (7) Buddy Hield (4) Bradley Center
15,581
7–16
24 December 6 @ Cleveland L 95–101 Zach Randolph (18) JaKarr Sampson (16) Zach Randolph (6) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562
7–17
25 December 8 @ New Orleans W 116–109 (OT) Zach Randolph (35) Zach Randolph (13) De'Aaron Fox (4) Smoothie King Center
15,019
8–17
26 December 10 Toronto L 87–102 Zach Randolph (19) Zach Randolph (11) Jackson, Mason III (3) Golden 1 Center
17,583
8–18
27 December 12 Phoenix W 99–92 George Hill (18) Kosta Koufos (8) Zach Randolph (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
9–18
28 December 14 @ Minnesota L 96–119 George Hill (16) Zach Randolph (9) Frank Mason (4) Target Center
11,126
9–19
29 December 17 @ Toronto L 93–108 Bogdanovic, Temple (18) Koufos, Cauley-Stein (6) Bogdanovic, Hill (5) Air Canada Centre
19,800
9–20
30 December 19 @ Philadelphia W 101–95 Zach Randolph (27) Garrett Temple (8) Garrett Temple (4) Wells Fargo Center
20,558
10–20
31 December 20 @ Brooklyn W 104–99 George Hill (22) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) George Hill (4) Barclays Center
13,179
11–20
32 December 23 San Antonio L 99–108 Buddy Hield (24) Willie Cauley-Stein (11) George Hill (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
11–21
33 December 26 @ LA Clippers L 95–122 Willie Cauley-Stein (17) Willie Cauley-Stein (7) George Hill (5) Staples Center
16,393
11–22
34 December 27 Cleveland W 109–95 Vince Carter (24) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) Bogdan Bogdanovic (8) Golden 1 Center
17,583
12–22
35 December 29 Phoenix L 101–111 Zach Randolph (14) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) Mason, Temple (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
12–23
36 December 31 Memphis L 96–114 Willie Cauley-Stein (21) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) Bogdan Bogdanovic (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
12–24
January : 4–10 (home: 1–4; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
37 January 2 Charlotte L 111–131 Zach Randolph (24) Skal Labissière (15) Bogdan Bogdanovic (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
12–25
38 January 6 Denver W 106–98 De'Aaron Fox (18) Vince Carter (8) De'Aaron Fox (7) Golden 1 Center
17,583
13–25
39 January 8 San Antonio L 100–107 Willie Cauley-Stein (22) Willie Cauley-Stein (9) De'Aaron Fox (10) Golden 1 Center
17,583
13–26
40 January 9 @ LA Lakers L 86–99 Bogdan Bogdanovic (19) Kosta Koufos (15) Bogdan Bogdanovic (4) Staples Center
18,997
13–27
41 January 11 LA Clippers L 115–121 Bogdan Bogdanovic (22) Kosta Koufos (14) De'Aaron Fox (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
13–28
42 January 13 @ LA Clippers L 105–126 Willie Cauley-Stein (23) Willie Cauley-Stein (13) De'Aaron Fox (10) Staples Center
16,656
13–29
43 January 15 @ Oklahoma City L 88–95 Buddy Hield (16) Labissière, Cauley-Stein (7) De'Aaron Fox (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
13–30
44 January 17 Utah L 105–120 Willie Cauley-Stein (26) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) George Hill (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
13–31
45 January 19 @ Memphis L 88–106 De'Aaron Fox (16) Willie Cauley-Stein (11) De'Aaron Fox (6) FedExForum
16,831
13–32
46 January 22 @ Charlotte L 107–112 Skal Labissière (23) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) Bogdanovic, Fox (7) Spectrum Center
11,806
13–33
47 January 23 @ Orlando W 105–99 Garrett Temple (34) Labissière, Cauley-Stein (9) Vince Carter (6) Amway Center
18,846
14–33
48 January 25 @ Miami W 89–88 Buddy Hield (24) Zach Randolph (10) De'Aaron Fox (4) American Airlines Arena
19,600
15–33
49 January 28 @ San Antonio L 98–113 De'Aaron Fox (26) Kosta Koufos (12) Zach Randolph (6) AT&T Center
18,418
15–34
50 January 30 @ New Orleans W 114–103 Zach Randolph (26) Kosta Koufos (17) Garrett Temple (6) Smoothie King Center
14,292
16–34
February : 2–9 (home: 1–6; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
51 February 2 Golden State L 104–119 Zach Randolph (18) Zach Randolph (7) Bogdanovic, Fox (6) Golden 1 Center
16,583
16–35
52 February 3 Dallas L 99–106 De'Aaron Fox (15) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) Bogdan Bogdanovic (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
16–36
53 February 5 Chicago W 104–98 Bogdan Bogdanovic (15) Zach Randolph (9) George Hill (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
17–36
54 February 9 Portland L 100–118 Willie Cauley-Stein (19) Zach Randolph (9) De'Aaron Fox (9) Golden 1 Center
17,583
17–37
55 February 11 @ Minnesota L 106–111 De'Aaron Fox (23) Kosta Koufos (10) Bogdan Bogdanovic (8) Target Center
18,068
17–38
56 February 13 @ Dallas W 114–109 Zach Randolph (22) Koufos, Randolph (7) Carter, Fox (7) American Airlines Center
19,801
18–38
57 February 14 @ Houston L 91–100 Bogdan Bogdanovic (20) Koufos, Cauley-Stein (8) Bogdanovic, Cauley-Stein (5) Toyota Center
18,055
18–39
58 February 22 Oklahoma City L 107–110 Zach Randolph (29) Zach Randolph (12) Garrett Temple (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
18–40
59 February 24 LA Lakers L 108–113 Bogdanovic, Hield (21) Willie Cauley-Stein (13) Fox, Mason III (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
18–41
60 February 26 Minnesota L 100–118 Skal Labissière (20) Hield, Cauley-Stein (5) Bogdan Bogdanovic (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
18–42
61 February 27 @ Portland L 99–116 Zach Randolph (20) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) De'Aaron Fox (8) Moda Center
19,468
18–43
March : 6–10 (home: 5–7; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
62 March 1 Brooklyn W 116–111 (OT) Bogdan Bogdanovic (23) Kosta Koufos (11) Willie Cauley-Stein (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
19–43
63 March 3 Utah L 91–98 De'Aaron Fox (17) Skal Labissière (12) Fox, Jackson, Koufos, Labissière (3) Golden 1 Center
17,583
19–44
64 March 4 NY Knicks W 102–99 Bogdan Bogdanovic (22) Kosta Koufos (8) Bogdan Bogdanovic (7) Golden 1 Center
17,583
20–44
65 March 7 New Orleans L 101–114 Buddy Hield (20) Kosta Koufos (10) Frank Mason III (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
20–45
66 March 9 Orlando W 94–88 Garrett Temple (23) Kosta Koufos (13) Bogdan Bogdanovic (10) Golden 1 Center
17,583
21–45
67 March 11 @ Denver L 104–130 Buddy Hield (18) Kosta Koufos (10) De'Aaron Fox (9) Pepsi Center
19,520
21–46
68 March 12 @ Oklahoma City L 101–106 Bogdan Bogdanovic (19) Kosta Koufos (10) De'Aaron Fox (10) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
21–47
69 March 14 Miami W 123–119 (OT) Buddy Hield (24) Zach Randolph (9) Zach Randolph (4) Golden 1 Center
17,583
22–47
70 March 16 @ Golden State W 98–93 Buddy Hield (22) Kosta Koufos (12) Buddy Hield (7) Oracle Arena
19,596
23–47
71 March 17 @ Utah L 97–103 Buddy Hield (23) Hield, Koufos, Mason III (6) Buddy Hield (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306
23–48
72 March 19 Detroit L 90–106 Buddy Hield (20) Hield, Cauley-Stein (6) Willie Cauley-Stein (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
23–49
73 March 22 Atlanta W 105–90 Justin Jackson (20) Kosta Koufos (11) Frank Mason III (8) Golden 1 Center
17,583
24–49
74 March 25 Boston L 93–104 Buddy Hield (21) Kosta Koufos (9) Mason III, Cauley-Stein (4) Golden 1 Center
17,583
24–50
75 March 27 Dallas L 97–103 Skal Labissière (19) Jackson, Labissière (8) De'Aaron Fox (6) Golden 1 Center
17,583
24–51
76 March 29 Indiana L 103–106 Bogdan Bogdanovic (21) Hield, Cauley-Stein (7) Fox, Cauley-Stein (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
24–52
77 March 31 Golden State L 96–112 Buddy Hield (19) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) De'Aaron Fox (8) Golden 1 Center
17,583
24–53
April : 3–2 (home: 1–0; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
78 April 1 @ LA Lakers W 84–83 Buddy Hield (19) Skal Labissière (9) De'Aaron Fox (6) Staples Center
18,997
25–53
79 April 3 @ Phoenix L 94–97 Bogdan Bogdanovic (22) De'Aaron Fox (9) De'Aaron Fox (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,826
25–54
80 April 6 @ Memphis W 94–93 Willie Cauley-Stein (18) Willie Cauley-Stein (8) Buddy Hield (6) FedExForum
16,527
26–54
81 April 9 @ San Antonio L 85–98 Willie Cauley-Stein (25) Willie Cauley-Stein (10) De'Aaron Fox (7) AT&T Center
18,418
26–55
82 April 11 Houston W 96–83 Willie Cauley-Stein (22) Willie Cauley-Stein (11) Bogdanovic, Hield (5) Golden 1 Center
17,583
27–55
2017–18 season schedule

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Buddy Hield 80 13 25.3 .446 .431 .877 3.8 1.9 1.1 .3 13.5
Bogdan Bogdanović 78 52 27.9 .446 .392 .840 2.9 3.3 .9 .2 11.8
De'Aaron Fox 73 61 27.8 .412 .307 .723 2.8 4.4 1.0 .3 11.6
Willie Cauley-Stein 73 57 28.0 .502 .250 .619 7.0 2.4 1.1 .9 12.8
Kosta Koufos 71 12 19.6 .571 .446 6.6 1.2 .7 .5 6.7
Justin Jackson 68 41 22.1 .442 .308 .722 2.8 1.1 .4 .2 6.7
Garrett Temple 65 35 24.8 .418 .392 .769 2.3 1.9 .9 .4 8.4
Skal Labissière 60 29 20.7 .448 .353 .805 4.8 1.2 .4 .8 8.7
Zach Randolph 59 58 25.6 .473 .347 .785 6.7 2.2 .7 .2 14.5
Vince Carter 58 4 17.7 .403 .345 .757 2.6 1.2 .7 .4 5.4
Frank Mason III 52 2 18.9 .379 .360 .817 2.5 2.8 .7 .2 7.9
George Hill 43 36 26.6 .469 .453 .778 2.7 2.8 .9 .3 10.3
Malachi Richardson 25 4 12.8 .330 .308 .773 1.3 .5 .4 .0 3.5
JaKarr Sampson 22 6 15.6 .543 .500 .625 3.5 .4 .4 1.0 4.7
Georgios Papagiannis 16 0 7.4 .415 2.3 .6 .1 .4 2.1
Bruno Caboclo 10 0 10.0 .310 .200 .833 2.1 .3 .2 .4 2.6
Jack Cooley 7 0 12.4 .481 .737 4.3 .9 .1 .0 5.7
Nigel Hayes-Davis 5 0 21.0 .286 .167 .000 4.4 .8 .4 .6 3.6
  • Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

Transactions

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Trades

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June 22, 2017[1] To Sacramento Kings
Draft rights to Justin Jackson (Pick 15)
Draft rights to Harry Giles (Pick 20)
To Portland Trail Blazers
Draft right to Zach Collins (Pick 10)
July 14, 2017[2] To Sacramento Kings
2019 second-round pick
Cash considerations
To New York Knicks
Scott Perry (general manager)
February 8, 2018[3]
To Cleveland Cavaliers
Rodney Hood (from Utah)
George Hill (from Sacramento)
Draft rights to Artūras Gudaitis (from Sacramento)
To Sacramento Kings
Joe Johnson (from Utah)
Iman Shumpert (from Cleveland)
2020 second round pick (from Miami via Cleveland)
Draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis (from Cleveland)
Cash considerations (from Cleveland and Utah)
To Utah Jazz
Jae Crowder (from Cleveland)
Derrick Rose (from Cleveland)
Right to swap 2024 second round picks with Cleveland

Free agency

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Additions

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Player Signed Former team
Vince Carter[4] July 10, 2017 Memphis Grizzlies
George Hill[5] July 10, 2017 Utah Jazz
Zach Randolph[6] July 10, 2017 Memphis Grizzlies
Bogdan Bogdanović[7] July 13, 2017 Turkey Fenerbahçe (Doğuş)
Jack Cooley[8] Two-way contract Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
JaKarr Sampson[9] Two-way contract Iowa Energy (G League)

Subtractions

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Player Reason left New team
Anthony Tolliver[10] Waived Detroit Pistons[11]
Arron Afflalo[12] Waived Orlando Magic[13]
Tyreke Evans[14] 1-year contract worth $3.3 million Memphis Grizzlies
Ben McLemore[15] 2-year contract worth $10.7 million Memphis Grizzlies
Ty Lawson[16][17] 1-year contract worth $2.4 million Shandong Golden Stars
Georgios Papagiannis[18] Waived Portland Trail Blazers

Awards

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Player Award Date awarded Ref.
Bogdan Bogdanović NBA All-Rookie Second Team May 22, 2018 [19]

References

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  1. ^ "Kings Acquire Draft Rights to Justin Jackson and Harry Giles". nba.com/kings. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Kings Acquire Future Second Round Draft Pick and Cash Considerations in Trade with Knicks". NBA.com. July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Utah Jazz acquire Derrick Rose, Jae Crowder in three-team trade". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kings Sign Vince Carter". NBA.com. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "Kings Sign George Hill". NBA.com. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "Kings Sign Zach Randolph". NBA.com. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Kings Sign Bogdan Bogdanovic". NBA.com. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Kings Sign Jack Cooley to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Kings Sign JaKarr Sampson to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Kings Waive Anthony Tolliver". NBA.com. June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "Pistons make it official, sign Anthony Tolliver, re-sign Reggie Bullock". ProBasketballTalk. Associated Press. July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  12. ^ "Kings Waive Arron Afflalo". nba.com/kings. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  13. ^ "Orlando Magic sign Arron Afflalo, Khem Birch". NBA.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  14. ^ "Grizzlies sign Tyreke Evans". nba.com/grizzlies. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "Grizzlies sign Ben McLemore to multi-year contract". nba.com/grizzlies. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  16. ^ "Source: Lawson reaches deal with Shandong". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  17. ^ "Report: Ty Lawson signs $2.4 million deal with Shandong Golden Stars after refuting original report". clutchpoints.com. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  18. ^ @ShamsCharania (February 8, 2018). "Sources: The Kings are waiving center..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Donovan Mitchell, Ben Simmons lead 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie first team". NBA.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.