Last summer, the Sacramento Kings signed veteran forward Trevor Ariza to a two-year, $25 million deal with the hope that Ariza would bolster their bench. After just 32 games, it became clear that Ariza wasn’t what the Kings needed, and they traded him, Wenyen Gabriel and Caleb Swanigan to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kent Bazemore and Anthony Tolliver. In hindsight, the trade worked out for both parties.
In the 21 games Bazemore’s played for the Kings, he’s posted a net rating of +2.