What you need to know about Kings’ Las Vegas summer league team
The Kings opened play in the NBA Las Vegas summer league on Friday night with an 88-47 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Here’s what you need to know about the Kings.
Three story lines
1. Watch Willie
Second-year center Willie Cauley-Stein vows there is more to his game than defense. “I’m able to be a playmaker,” he told The Bee’s Jason Jones. He’ll get his chance in Las Vegas.
.@SacramentoKings #NBASummer League team includes: Willie Cauley-Stein & Skal Labissiere: https://t.co/Noqq96bpDf pic.twitter.com/n7JRto4vY3
— NBASummerLeague (@NBASummerLeague) July 6, 2016
2. Time for Cousins to learn
No, not DeMarcus Cousins, backup point guard Isaiah Cousins. The second-round pick out of Oklahoma gives the Kings size (6-foot-5) on the perimeter. He averaged 12.7 points last season and shot better than 40 percent from three-point range. Now it’s time for him to learn the pro game.
Inside look at Isaiah Cousins participating in Summer League Mini-Camphttps://t.co/ZXWfcHghDe
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) July 7, 2016
3. What can we expect from Richardson?
Shooting guard Malachi Richardson couldn’t work out with the Kings until deals could be announced on July 7, so he’s a bit behind the curve. The No. 22 pick in last month’s draft was traded to the Kings from the Charlotte Hornets for guard Marco Belinelli. Richardson played one season at Syracuse, averaging 13.4 points on 36.9 percent shooting.
Malachi Richardson will rock No. 22 next season! pic.twitter.com/eJrgE73O4i
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) July 8, 2016
Kings’ summer league schedule
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | TV/Result |
July 8 | Toronto | Cox Pavilion | 7 p.m. | 88-47, L |
July 10 | Houston | Thomas &Mack Center | 3:30 p.m. | NBATV |
July 11 | New Orleans | Cox Pavilion | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
Games 4 and 5 to be determined after tournament seeding
Kings’ summer league roster
No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Age | College/home | Exp. |
00 | Willie Cauley-Stein | C | 7-1 | 242 | 22 | Kentucky | 1 |
28 | Elgin Cook | F | 6-6 | 212 | 23 | Oregon | R |
10 | Isaiah Cousins | G | 6-5 | 191 | 22 | Oklahoma | R |
26 | Duje Dukan | F | 6-10 | 218 | 24 | Wisconsin | 1 |
70 | Arturas Gudaitis | C | 6-10 | 254 | 23 | Lithuania | R |
3 | Skal Labissiere | F/C | 6-11 | 225 | 20 | Kentucky | R |
33 | Ricky Ledo | G | 6-7 | 197 | 23 | Providence | 2 |
93 | Luka Mitrovic | F | 6-8 | 200 | 23 | Serbia | R |
32 | Retin Obasohan | G | 6-3 | 224 | 23 | Alabama | R |
13 | Georgios Papagiannis | C | 7-1 | 240 | 19 | Greece | R |
20 | Jarrod Uthoff | F | 6-9 | 221 | 23 | Iowa | R |
34 | Adam Woodbury | C | 7-1 | 245 | 22 | Iowa | R |
55 | Dominic Woodson | F | 6-10 | 290 | 22 | Tennessee | R |
17 | Josh Hagins | G | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Ark.-Little Rock | R |
61 | Derrick Jones | F | 6-7 | 190 | 19 | UNLV | R |
22 | Malachi Richardson | G | 6-5 | 205 | 20 | Syracuse | R |
Kings’ recent summer league leaders
Year | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks |
2015 | D. Wear, 12.8 ppg. | Sim Bhullar, 10.0 | D. Stockton, 4.5 | W. Cauley-Stein, 2.8 |
2014 | Ben McLemore, 12.6 | Eric Moreland, 8.8 | Ray McCallum 4.1 | Moreland, 2.7 |
2013 | McLemore, 15.8 | Drew Gordon, 6.0 | McCallum, 4.0 | C.J. Aiken, 0.8 |
2012 | Josh Akognon, 19.3 | T. Robinson, 9.8 | J. Fredette, 3.4 | H. Whiteside, 3.0 |
Compiled by Chris La Marr
This story was originally published July 8, 2016 at 9:14 PM with the headline "What you need to know about Kings’ Las Vegas summer league team."