2020–21 Sacramento Kings season explained

Team:	Sacramento Kings
End Year:	2021
Wins:	31
Losses:	41
Division:	Pacific
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	12
Coach:	Luke Walton
Gm:	Monte McNair
Owner:	Vivek Ranadivé
Arena:	Golden 1 Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	SAC
Television:	NBC Sports California CBS 13
Radio:	KHTK Sports 1140

The 2020–21 Sacramento Kings season was the 76th season of the franchise, its 72nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 36th in Sacramento.

The Kings entered the season with the current longest NBA playoff appearance drought at 14 seasons, last qualifying in 2006. After the Cleveland Browns of the NFL made the playoffs for the first time since 2002 at the start of the NBA season, the Kings will be 2nd in sports for the longest active playoffs drought, behind the MLB's Seattle Mariners. On August 14, Vlade Divac resigned from his position as general manager and Monte McNair was named as his replacement on September 17.^{[1] [2]} For the 15th season in a row, the Sacramento Kings failed to reach the playoffs, tying the Los Angeles Clippers for the longest NBA playoff drought and thus became the first team in NBA history to reach a 70 year title drought, not winning a title since 1951.

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2020 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	12	Tyrese Haliburton	PG		Iowa State
2	35	Xavier Tillman	PF		Michigan State
2	43	Jahmi'us Ramsey	SG		Texas Tech
2	52	Kenyon Martin Jr.	SG		IMG Academy

Standings

Conference

Notes

• z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
• c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
• y – Clinched division title
• x – Clinched playoff spot
• pb – Clinched play-in spot
• o – Eliminated from playoff contention
• * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#fcc;"| 1| December 11| @ Portland| | Buddy Hield (23)| Nemanja Bjelica (7)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| Moda Center| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| December 13| @ Portland| | Guy, Holmes (14)| Haliburton, Robinson (6)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Moda Center| 1–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 3| December 15| Golden State| | Kyle Guy (20)| Hassan Whiteside (9)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Golden 1 Center| 2–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4| December 17| Golden State| | Harrison Barnes (17)| Hassan Whiteside (9)| De'Aaron Fox (12)| Golden 1 Center| 2–2

Regular season

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| December 23| @ Denver| | Buddy Hield (22)| Marvin Bagley III (10)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Ball Arena
0| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| December 26| Phoenix| | De'Aaron Fox (24)| Bagley III, Barnes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (5)| Golden 1 Center
0| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| December 27| Phoenix| | Buddy Hield (17)| Richaun Holmes (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Golden 1 Center
0| 2–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 4| December 29| Denver| | De'Aaron Fox (24)| Buddy Hield (8)| De'Aaron Fox (3)| Golden 1 Center
0| 3–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 5| December 31| @ Houston| | Harrison Barnes (24)| Richaun Holmes (13)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| Toyota Center
0| 3–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 6| January 2| @ Houston| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Bagley III, Holmes (9)| De'Aaron Fox (4)| Toyota Center
0| 3–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 7| January 4| @ Golden State| | Bagley III, Fox (18)| Bagley III, Barnes (9)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Chase Center
0| 3–4|-style="background:#cfc;"| 8| January 6| Chicago| | Richaun Holmes (24)| Marvin Bagley III (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (6)| Golden 1 Center
0| 4–4|-style="background:#fcc;"| 9| January 8| Toronto| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Buddy Hield (5)| Barnes, Haliburton (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 4–5|-style="background:#fcc;"| 10| January 9| Portland| | Marvin Bagley III (15)| Bagley III, Whiteside (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 4–6|-style="background:#cfc;"| 11| January 11| Indiana| | Harrison Barnes (30)| Richaun Holmes (10)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 5–6|-style="background:#fcc;| 12| January 13| Portland| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Richaun Holmes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 5–7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 13| January 15| L. A. Clippers| | Marvin Bagley III (20)| Chimezie Metu (8)| Haliburton, Hield (5)| Golden 1 Center
0| 5–8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 14| January 17| New Orleans| | De'Aaron Fox (43)| Marvin Bagley III (10)| De'Aaron Fox (13)| Golden 1 Center
0| 5–9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 15| January 20| @ L. A. Clippers| | De'Aaron Fox (25)| Marvin Bagley III (8)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Staples Center
0| 5–10|-style="background:#cfc;"| 16| January 22| New York| | De'Aaron Fox (22)| Richaun Holmes (14)| Barnes, Fox (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 6–10|-style="background:#ccc;"| –| January 24| @ Memphis| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 13)^[3] |-style="background:#ccc;"| –| January 25| @ Memphis| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 14)^[4] |-style="background:#cfc;"| 17| January 27| @ Orlando| | Harrison Barnes (21)| Bagley III, Holmes (12)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Amway Center
Limited seating| 7–10|-style="background:#cfc;"| 18| January 29| @ Toronto| | Harrison Barnes (26)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Amalie Arena
0| 8–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 19| January 30| @ Miami| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Fox, Haliburton (6)| American Airlines Arena
Limited seating| 8–11|-style="background:#cfc;"| 20| February 1| @ New Orleans| | De'Aaron Fox (38)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| De'Aaron Fox (12)| Smoothie King Center
1,440| 9–11|-style="background:#cfc;"| 21| February 3| Boston| | De'Aaron Fox (26)| Buddy Hield (10)| De'Aaron Fox (11)| Golden 1 Center
0| 10–11|-style="background:#cfc;"| 22| February 6| Denver| | Harrison Barnes (28)| Hassan Whiteside (11)| Buddy Hield (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 11–11|-style="background:#cfc;"| 23| February 7| @ L. A. Clippers| | De'Aaron Fox (36)| Harrison Barnes (12)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Staples Center
0| 12–11|-style="background:#fcc;"| 24| February 9| Philadelphia| | De'Aaron Fox (34)| Harrison Barnes (7)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Golden 1 Center
0| 12–12|-style="background:#fcc;"| 25| February 13| Orlando| | Buddy Hield (19)| Nemanja Bjelica (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 12–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 26| February 14| Memphis| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Buddy Hield (6)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 12–14|-style="background:#fcc;"| 27| February 15| Brooklyn| | Hassan Whiteside (26)| Hassan Whiteside (16)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 12–15|-style="background:#fcc;"| 28| February 18| Miami| | Nemanja Bjelica (25)| Marvin Bagley III (10)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Golden 1 Center
0| 12–16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 29| February 20| @ Chicago| | Marvin Bagley III (26)| Marvin Bagley III (11)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| United Center
0| 12–17|-style="background:#fcc;"| 30| February 21| @ Milwaukee| | Tyrese Haliburton (23)| Richaun Holmes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (10)| Fiserv Forum
1,800| 12–18|-style="background:#fcc;"| 31| February 23| @ Brooklyn| | De'Aaron Fox (27)| Richaun Holmes (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Barclays Center
324| 12–19|-style="background:#fcc;"| 32| February 25| @ New York| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Harrison Barnes (7)| De'Aaron Fox (11)| Madison Square Garden
1,981| 12–20|-style="background:#cfc;"| 33| February 26| @ Detroit| | De'Aaron Fox (27)| Richaun Holmes (17)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Little Caesars Arena
0| 13–20|-style="background:#fcc;"| 34| February 28| Charlotte| | Harrison Barnes (28)| Marvin Bagley III (10)| De'Aaron Fox (14)| Golden 1 Center
0| 13–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 35| March 3| L. A. Lakers| | Buddy Hield (29)| Richaun Holmes (9)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 14–21|-style="background:#fcc;"| 36| March 4| @ Portland| | De'Aaron Fox (32)| Richaun Holmes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (12)| Moda Center
0| 14–22|-style="background:#cfc;"| 37| March 11| Houston| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Barnes, Holmes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 15–22|-style="background:#fcc;"| 38| March 13| @ Atlanta| | De'Aaron Fox (32)| Richaun Holmes (12)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| State Farm Arena
2,347| 15–23|-style="background:#fcc;"| 39| March 15| @ Charlotte| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Richaun Holmes (15)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Spectrum Center
2,861| 15–24|-style="background:#cfc;"| 40| March 17| @ Washington| | De'Aaron Fox (28)| Harrison Barnes (8)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Capital One Arena
0| 16–24|-style="background:#cfc;"| 41| March 19| @ Boston| | De'Aaron Fox (29)| Richaun Holmes (11)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| TD Garden
0| 17–24|-style="background:#fcc;"| 42| March 20| @ Philadelphia| | Buddy Hield (25)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Cory Joseph (7)| Wells Fargo Center
3,071| 17–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 43| March 22| @ Cleveland| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Richaun Holmes (16)| Harrison Barnes (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
4,100| 18–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 44| March 24| Atlanta| | De'Aaron Fox (37)| Hassan Whiteside (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 19–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 45| March 25| Golden State| | De'Aaron Fox (44)| Richaun Holmes (11)| De'Aaron Fox (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 20–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 46| March 27| Cleveland| | De'Aaron Fox (36)| Richaun Holmes (14)| De'Aaron Fox (6)| Golden 1 Center
0| 21–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 47| March 29| @ San Antonio| | De'Aaron Fox (24)| Richaun Holmes (12)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| AT&T Center
2,876| 22–25|-style="background:#fcc;"| 48| March 31| @ San Antonio| | De'Aaron Fox (20)| Richaun Holmes (15)| Harrison Barnes (5)| AT&T Center
2,802| 22–26|-style="background:#fcc;"| 49| April 2| L. A. Lakers| | Harrison Barnes (26)| Richaun Holmes (7)| Barnes, Fox (5)| Golden 1 Center
0| 22–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 50| April 3| Milwaukee| | Davis, Fox (27)| Richaun Holmes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (11)| Golden 1 Center
0| 22–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 51| April 5| @ Minnesota| | De'Aaron Fox (31)| Harrison Barnes (12)| De'Aaron Fox (9)| Target Center
1,436| 22–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 52| April 8| Detroit| | De'Aaron Fox (23)| Fox, Holmes (9)| Fox, Haliburton (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 22–30|-style="background:#fcc;"| 53| April 10| @ Utah| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Richaun Holmes (10)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Vivint Arena
5,546| 22–31|-style="background:#fcc;"| 54| April 12| @ New Orleans| | De'Aaron Fox (43)| Harrison Barnes (11)| Fox, Haliburton (6)| Smoothie King Center
3,700| 22–32|-style="background:#fcc;"| 55| April 14| Washington| | De'Aaron Fox (33)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Fox, Haliburton (6)| Golden 1 Center
0| 22–33|-style="background:#fcc;"| 56| April 15| @ Phoenix| | De'Aaron Fox (27)| Hassan Whiteside (10)| De'Aaron Fox (8)| Phoenix Suns Arena
4,568| 22–34|-style="background:#cfc;"| 57| April 18| @ Dallas| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Hassan Whiteside (10)| De'Aaron Fox (12)| American Airlines Center
4,193| 23–34|-style="background:#fcc;"| 58| April 20| Minnesota| | Barnes, Harkless (20)| Harrison Barnes (8)| Tyrese Haliburton (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 23–35|-style="background:#cfc;"| 59| April 21| Minnesota| | De'Aaron Fox (30)| Damian Jones (8)| Barnes, Fox (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 24–35|-style="background:#fcc;"| 60| April 25| @ Golden State| | Buddy Hield (25)| Harrison Barnes (7)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Chase Center
3,252| 24–36|-style="background:#cfc;"| 61| April 26| Dallas| | Richaun Holmes (24)| Damian Jones (7)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Golden 1 Center
0| 25–36|-style="background:#fcc;"| 62| April 28| Utah| | Hield, Holmes (18)| Davis, Hield, Metu (5)| Tyrese Haliburton (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 25–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 63| April 30| @ L. A. Lakers| | Tyrese Haliburton (23)| Richaun Holmes (9)| Tyrese Haliburton (10)| Staples Center
2,691| 26–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 64| May 2| @ Dallas| | Buddy Hield (27)| Marvin Bagley III (9)| Terence Davis (7)| American Airlines Center
4,268| 27–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 65| May 4| @ Oklahoma City| | Hield, Davis (18)| Buddy Hield (11)| Delon Wright (8)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
0| 28–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 66| May 5| @ Indiana| | Marvin Bagley III (31)| Marvin Bagley III (12)| Buddy Hield (8)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
0| 29–37|-style="background:#fcc;"| 67| May 7| San Antonio| | Terence Davis (24)| Damian Jones (6)| Jones, Wright (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 29–38|-style="background:#cfc;"| 68| May 9| Oklahoma City| | Davis, Harkless (18)| Bagley III, Metu (9)| Davis, Hield (7)| Golden 1 Center
0| 30–38|-style="background:#cfc;"| 69| May 11| Oklahoma City| | Terence Davis (27)| Holmes, Jones (7)| Delon Wright (8)| Golden 1 Center
0| 31–38|-style="background:#fcc;"| 70| May 13| @ Memphis| | Justin James (31)| Davis, Jones, Metu (5)| Delon Wright (8)| FedExForum
2,876| 31–39|-style="background:#fcc;"| 71| May 14| @ Memphis| | Louis King (27)| Damian Jones (11)| Buddy Hield (5)| FedExForum
3,502| 31–40|-style="background:#fcc;"| 72| May 16| Utah| | Damian Jones (19)| Chimezie Metu (8)| Buddy Hield (9)| Golden 1 Center
0| 31–41

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	71	71	34.3	.406	.391	.846	4.7	3.6	.9	.4	16.6
	61	61	29.2	.637	.182	.794	8.3	1.7	.6	1.6	14.2
	58	58	36.2	.497	.391	.830	6.6	3.5	.7	.2	16.1
	58	58	35.1	.477	.322	.719	3.5	7.2	1.5	.5	25.2
	58	20	30.1	.472	.409	.857	3.0	5.3	1.3	.5	13.0
^†	44	2	21.5	.444	.330	.766	2.3	2.5	.9	.2	6.6
	43	42	25.9	.504	.343	.575	7.4	1.0	.5	.5	14.1
	36	6	13.6	.508	.351	.721	3.1	.8	.4	.5	6.3
	36	4	15.2	.563	.000	.519	6.0	.6	.3	1.3	8.1
	36	0	8.6	.468	.368	.583	.8	.6	.2	.1	3.9
	31	0	7.6	.330	.283	.800	1.1	1.0	.2	.0	2.8
^†	27	8	25.8	.462	.398	.833	3.9	3.6	1.6	.4	10.0
^†	27	0	21.5	.439	.372	.784	3.3	1.7	1.0	.3	11.1
^†	26	20	24.9	.421	.247	.805	2.9	1.4	1.1	.6	6.9
^†	26	1	16.9	.460	.293	.762	3.8	1.9	.3	.1	7.2
	23	2	16.0	.424	.364	.913	2.0	.9	.2	.1	5.3
^†	18	2	12.9	.421	.321	.857	1.6	.3	.4	.2	3.5
^†	17	4	20.1	.657	.250	.714	4.5	1.4	.5	1.0	6.9
	13	0	7.2	.395	.263	1.000	.8	.5	.3	.1	3.1
	13	0	3.5	.400	.167	.375	1.2	.2	.0	.2	1.5
	6	1	14.2	.500	.364	1.000	3.0	1.5	1.2	.5	7.3
^†	4	0	2.3	.333			.5	.0	.0	.3	.5
^†	3	0	9.0	.571	.000		2.0	.3	.0	.3	2.7
^†	1	0	4.0	.000		.750	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	3.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions.

Trades

November 19, 2020^[5]	To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Robert Woodard II (#40) 2022 second-round pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Xavier Tillman (#35)
November 25, 2020^[6]	To Sacramento Kings 2021 LAL second-round pick cash considerations	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Kenyon Martin Jr. (#52)
March 25, 2021	To Sacramento Kings Terence Davis	To Toronto Raptors 2021 MEM second-round pick
March 25, 2021	To Sacramento Kings Maurice Harkless Chris Silva	To Miami Heat Nemanja Bjelica

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Hassan Whiteside^[8]	November 27	Portland Trail Blazers
Chimezie Metu^[9]	November 28 (Exhibit 10)	San Antonio Spurs
Frank Kaminsky^[10]	November 30	Phoenix Suns
Glenn Robinson III^[11]	December 2	Philadelphia 76ers
Norvel Pelle	February 25 (10-day contract)	Brooklyn Nets
Damian Jones	April 7	Los Angeles Lakers
Louis King	May 1	New York Knicks

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Harry Giles^[12]	Free Agency	Portland Trail Blazers
Bogdan Bogdanović^[13]	Free Agency	Atlanta Hawks
Alex Len^[14]	Free Agency	Toronto Raptors
Kent Bazemore^[15]	Free Agency	Golden State Warriors
Norvel Pelle	10-day contract expired	New York Knicks
Nemanja Bjelica	Trade	Miami Heat
DaQuan Jeffries	Waived	Houston Rockets
Chris Silva	Waived

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vlade Divac steps down as Kings general manager. NBA.com. August 15, 2020. September 9, 2021.
2. Web site: Kings Name Monte McNair General Manager. NBA.com. September 17, 2020. September 9, 2021.
3. Web site: Grizzlies' next 3 games postponed for Health and Safety Protocols . NBA.com . January 22, 2021 . January 28, 2021.
4. Web site: Grizzlies' next 3 games postponed for Health and Safety Protocols . NBA.com . January 22, 2021 . January 28, 2021.
5. Web site: Kings Acquire Draft Rights To Robert Woodard II and 2022 Second-Round Draft Selection. November 19, 2020. NBA.com. November 19, 2020.
6. Web site: Kings Acquire 2021 Second-Round Draft Selection and Cash Considerations From Rockets. November 25, 2020. NBA.com. December 4, 2020.
7. Web site: Kings Re-Sign DaQuan Jeffries. NBA.com. November 28, 2020. November 28, 2020.
8. Web site: Kings Sign Hassan Whiteside. NBA.com. November 27, 2020. November 27, 2020.
9. Web site: Kings Sign Chimezie Metu. NBA.com. November 28, 2020. November 28, 2020.
10. Web site: Kings Sign Frank Kaminsky. NBA.com. November 30, 2020. November 30, 2020.
11. Web site: Kings Sign Glenn Robinson III. December 2, 2020. NBA.com. December 2, 2020.
12. Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN HARRY GILES. NBA.com. November 22, 2020. November 22, 2020.
13. Web site: Atlanta Hawks Sign Restricted Free Agent Bogdan Bogdanovic. NBA.com. November 24, 2020. November 24, 2020.
14. Web site: Raptors Sign Len. NBA.com. November 29, 2020. November 29, 2020.
15. Web site: Warriors Sign Kent Bazemore. NBA.com. December 1, 2020. December 1, 2020.