By signing DeMar DeRozan this summer, the Kings are continuing to bet that day-to-day competence is next to excellence. Ultimately, success is best measured in beams, not banners.Â
The 24-25 NBA season will be 193 days long. It starts in late October and ends in mid-April and there’s nothing you can do about it. All 30 teams will play 82 games—there’s no way to rage quit or opt out. So wouldn’t it be more fun to try to win most of them?
After blitzing the league with an all-time great offense in 2023, the Kings failed to relocate that same mojo last year. Although the general gestalt behind the roster and game plan remained intact, the Kings had only the 13th best offensive rating in the league, down 2.5 points per 100 possessions from the prior year.
For a Kings team that has leaned on schematic complexity to succeed, DeRozan’s ability to win simply is a boon. His steadiness will punch up the Kings’ middling half court offense. Even if DeRozan’s teams aren't aren't always the most efficient, his steady shotmaking ensures a fairly high baseline. Like Carmelo Anthony or Kobe Bryant, he’s an offensive sin eater—he takes the bad shots so that his teammates don’t have to.
From the most cynical perspective, DeRozan’s flaws are real and damning. There’s a reason that none of the league’s best teams tried to sign him, and that reason is probably because he hasn’t made a three-pointer in the playoffs since 2018.
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