Kings’ pick-your-poison offense opens more camp opportunities

Kings’ pick-your-poison offense opens more camp opportunities originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SACRAMENTO – It’s a foregone conclusion that the bulk of the Kings’ offense likely will run through De’Aaron Fox, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis.

While it’ll be a pick-your-poison type of scenarios that opponents will face when playing Sacramento in terms of deciding which member of the trio to try and shut down, the extra defensive attention teams pay to the three should, in theory, open things up for the rest of the team.

Keon Ellis is expected to be one of the players benefiting the most from it all and likes what he has seen so far through the first two days of training camp.

“I know for sure that when those guys have the ball, the shots are going to come because [opponents] have to help,” Ellis said after practice Wednesday. “You’re not going to play those guys 1-on-1 a lot, so I know I’ll get my shots. It’s really just a matter of being ready to knock it down.”

It’s the domino effect when a team has multiple scoring options.

Fox and Sabonis already were the focal point of the Kings’ offense, and the addition of DeRozan should make them even more explosive.

Part of the plan early in training camp is to get those other players to be more aggressive when given the opportunity. Specifically, the push is on for Keegan Murray to keep his foot on the pedal when he gets in a rhythm.

“Everyone’s touching the ball, everyone’s getting their looks, everyone’s hitting open shots,” Murray said. “It’s just smooth.”

Kings coach Mike Brown, though, says it’s important for Fox and Co. to feed whoever has the hot hand, whether it be a starter or bench player.

“Those guys they have to – not just with Keegan – they have to understand who’s hot,” Brown said. “If somebody’s hot, the way we play, they should be able without anybody making a play call, find the hot game within the framework of our offense.”

Here are a few other takeaways from Wednesday’s practice:

Let’s Get Physical, Physical

Last season, Brown challenged his players to play more physically on defense….

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Publish date : 2024-10-03 00:13:41

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