He still jaws too much with the referees. What did not change in the first half of the NBA season was all the extra baggage that Cousins brings. Cousins is a reliable three-point threat, shooting 37% 3-pt. He is also a much improved team defender in the half-court. They are not out of the Playoffs race but the reality is that the eighth seed will most likely face the best team in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors, in a first round Playoffs series.Ĭousins, for the first season in his career, has more assists than turnovers. 390 winning percentage is a true indication of where the Kings stand in the present landscape of the NBA. While DeMarcus Cousins continues to play great individual basketball, the Kings still do not win more they lose. Is it possible for the Kings to be better NOW? Are th ey in touch with reality? Who are the five most efficient at each position? And, which players have defensive ratings better than the team defrtg? These are the questions we will answer in our Hoop Obsession mid-season report. In game 41, Rudy Gay went out with what appeared to be a torn achilles tendon. The Kings are eleventh in the Western Conference but they stand only one and a half games out of the eighth, and final, Playoffs spot. The Sacramento Kings stumbled to the halfway mark of the 2016-17 NBA season with a record of 16 wins and 25 losses.
