2018–19 Sacramento Kings season

The 2018–19 Sacramento Kings season was the 74th season of the franchise, its 70th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 34th in Sacramento.

2018–19 Sacramento Kings season
Head coachDave Joerger
General managerVlade Divac
Owner(s)Vivek Ranadivé
ArenaGolden 1 Center
Results
Record39–43 (.476)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionNBC Sports California
CBS 13
RadioKHTK Sports 1140

The Kings entered the season with the longest NBA postseason drought appearances at 12 seasons, last qualifying in 2006. On May 15, 2018, the Kings were given the 2018 NBA draft second pick via the lottery, their highest first round pick since the 1989 NBA draft,[1] and selected Duke University's Marvin Bagley III. The Kings improved from the previous season and held a winning record through the All-Star break, reaching the 30 win mark at the break for the first time since 2005. Despite the improved record, they again missed the playoffs for a record 13th straight season on March 30th as they lost against the Houston Rockets. This was the most wins the Kings have had since the 2005–06 NBA season where the Kings had a 44–38 record as the 8th seed in the Western Conference and lost to the San Antonio Spurs in a six games series.

Draft picks
Main article: 2018 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club
1 2 Marvin Bagley III PF  United States Duke

The Kings entered draft night with two selections, the first of which had them rise up from tying the Chicago Bulls with the sixth-worst record of the draft the previous season turned into having the #2 pick of the draft and the second pick resulting in them having the higher of second-round picks after losing the first-round tiebreaker to the Bulls. With the second pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, Sacramento selected early freshman power forward Marvin Bagley III from Duke University. Marvin was one of the few top competitors entering the draft this year, and even though he was first projected to be a senior at Sierra Canyon High School earlier in the previous season, he jumped up into the collegiate rankings early to play a single season at Duke. In 33 games played for Duke (starting in all but one of those games), Bagley recorded spectacular averages of 21 points (at .614 overall percentage, including a .397 three-point percentage), 11.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, .9 blocks, and .8 steals under 33.8 minutes per game. As a result, he was named a consensus All-American First Team member, the Pete Newell Big Man Award winner as the best low-post player that year, the ACC Rookie of The Year, the ACC Player of the Year, and a member of the All-ACC First Team. As for their second-round selection at #37 (which became Gary Trent Jr. from Duke University), it was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for two future second round picks and cash considerations.

Roster
Roster listing
2018–19 Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 35 Bagley, Marvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1999–03–14 Duke
F 40 Barnes, Harrison 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992–05–30 North Carolina
F 88 Bjelica, Nemanja 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1988–05–09 Serbia
G 8 Bogdanović, Bogdan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1992–08–18 Serbia
F 33 Brewer, Corey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1986–03–05 Florida
G 13 Burks, Alec 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1991–07–20 Colorado
C 00 Cauley-Stein, Willie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–08–18 Kentucky
G 22 Demps, Cody 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1993–12–02 Sacramento State
G 3 Ferrell, Yogi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1993–05–09 Indiana
G 5 Fox, De'Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1997–12–20 Kentucky
F 32 Gabriel, Wenyen (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997–03–26 Kentucky
F/C 20 Giles, Harry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1998–04–22 Duke
G 24 Hield, Buddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1992–12–17 Oklahoma
G 9 Johnson, B. J. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–12–21 La Salle
C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–02–24 Ohio State
G 10 Mason, Frank 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–04–03 Kansas
F/C 50 Swanigan, Caleb 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997–04–18 Purdue
F 19 Williams, Troy (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1994–12–30 Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2019–04–11

Standings

Division
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c – Golden State Warriors 57 25 .695 0.0 30–11 27–14 13–3 82
x – Los Angeles Clippers 48 34 .585 9.0 26–15 22–19 11–5 82
Sacramento Kings 39 43 .476 18.0 24–17 15–26 4–12 82
Los Angeles Lakers 37 45 .451 20.0 22–19 15–26 9–7 82
Phoenix Suns 19 63 .232 38.0 12–29 7–34 3–13 82

Conference
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Golden State Warriors * 57 25 .695 – 82
2 y – Denver Nuggets * 54 28 .659 3.0 82
3 x – Portland Trail Blazers 53 29 .646 4.0 82
4 y – Houston Rockets * 53 29 .646 4.0 82
5 x – Utah Jazz 50 32 .610 7.0 82
6 x – Oklahoma City Thunder 49 33 .598 8.0 82
7 x – San Antonio Spurs 48 34 .585 9.0 82
8 x – Los Angeles Clippers 48 34 .585 9.0 82
9 Sacramento Kings 39 43 .476 18.0 82
10 Los Angeles Lakers 37 45 .451 20.0 82
11 Minnesota Timberwolves 36 46 .439 21.0 82
12 Memphis Grizzlies 33 49 .402 24.0 82
13 New Orleans Pelicans 33 49 .402 24.0 82
14 Dallas Mavericks 33 49 .402 24.0 82
15 Phoenix Suns 19 63 .232 38.0 82

Game log

Preseason
2018 preseason game log
Total: 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
Preseason: 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
2018–19 season schedule

Regular season
2018–19 game log
Total: 39–43 (Home: 24–17; Road: 15–26)
October: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
November : 5–8 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–4)
December : 9–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–4)
January : 7–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–5)
February : 5–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–3)
March : 7–9 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–6)
April : 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
2018–19 season schedule

Player statistics
Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts.
Marvin BagleyPF 6241,567471623359923
Harrison Barnes≠SF 282894915453172399
Nemanja BjelicaPF 77701,7884441475456741
Bogdan BogdanovićSG 70171,9472432677215990
Corey Brewer≠SF 240352592920598
Alec Burks≠SG 13012722108122
Willie Cauley-SteinC 81812,2136781949651965
Yogi FerrellPG 7131,067109137364420
De'Aaron FoxPG 81812,546304590133451,399
Harry GilesPF 580820222853122408
Buddy HieldSG 82822,61541220558331,695
Justin Jackson†SF 5231,083146682313346
B. J. Johnson≠SF 10600002
Kosta KoufosC 421502177361518156
Skal Labissière†PF 1301132462336
Frank MasonPG 3804354384164195
Ben McLemore‡SG 1901581746375
Iman Shumpert†SG 42401,099129914720374
Caleb Swanigan≠PF 3033124218
Troy WilliamsSF 2103125911108111

After all games.[2]
‡Waived during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Transactions
Main article: List of 2018–19 NBA season transactions

Trades
June 21, 2018[3] To Sacramento Kings
2019 second-round pick
2021 Miami second-round pick
Cash considerations		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Draft rights to Gary Trent Jr.
July 17, 2018[4] To Sacramento Kings
Deyonta Davis
Ben McLemore
2021 Memphis second-round pick
Cash considerations		 To Memphis Grizzlies
Garrett Temple
February 6, 2019[5] To Sacramento Kings
Harrison Barnes		 To Dallas Mavericks
Zach Randolph
Justin Jackson

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Nemanja Bjelica[6] July 21, 2018 Minnesota Timberwolves
Yogi Ferrell[7] July 23, 2018 Dallas Mavericks
Wenyen Gabriel[8] Two-way contract Kentucky Wildcats
Jamel Artis[9] September 24, 2018 Orlando Magic

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Nigel Hayes[10] Waived Galatasaray Odeabank
Jack Cooley[11][12] Free agent Dinamo Sassari
Bruno Caboclo[13] Free agent Houston Rockets
Vince Carter[14] Free agent Atlanta Hawks
Deyonta Davis[15] Waived Santa Cruz Warriors

References
  1. jones, Jason (May 15, 2018). "Movin' on up: The Kings will pick second in next month's NBA draft". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. "2018-19 Sacramento Kings Roster and Regular season Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  3. "Kings Acquire Two Future Second Round Draft Selections". NBA.com. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  4. "Kings Acquire Ben McLemore, Deyonta Davis, 2021 Second-Round Draft Selection, and Cash Considerations". NBA.com. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  5. "Mavericks acquire Justin Jackson and Zach Randolph". NBA.com. February 7, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. "Kings Sign Nemanja Bjelica". NBA.com. July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. "Kings Sign Yogi Ferrell". NBA.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  8. "Kings Sign Wenyen Gabriel to a Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  9. "Kings Announce 2018 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  10. "Kings Waive Nigel Hayes". RealGM.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  11. "Dinamo Sassari signs Jack Cooley". Sportando. July 27, 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  12. "SOTTO LE PLANCE JACK COOLEY". dinamobasket.com (in Italian). Dinamo Sassari. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  13. "Rockets Sign Bruno Caboclo". NBA.com. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  14. "Atlanta Hawks Sign Vince Carter". NBA.com. August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  15. "Kings Waive Deyonta Davis". NBA.com. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
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