The Sacramento Kings have worked hard to improve their roster clarity over the last few years, investing assets and high draft picks in young guards and big men. De’Aaron Fox, picked 5th in 2017, and Marvin Bagley III, picked 2nd in 2018, will hopefully be cornerstones of Kings lineups for years to come. Sacramento also traded for shooting guard Buddy Hield, the 6th pick in 2016. Big man Willie Cauley-Stein was the 6th pick the year before that.
While the positional roles for Fox and Cauley-Stein — as well as Buddy Hield to a lesser extent — were cut and dry last year, things got murky at the forward positions.