Since being acquired by the Sacramento Kings during the 2016 NBA Draft, things could have gone better for former Syracuse basketball star Malachi Richardson.
Last season, as a rookie, Richardson saw next to no minutes. The Kings then took a cautionary approach this past March and shut him down early in hopes that he would come back even stronger in his sophomore season.
However, after acquiring De’Aaron Fox, Bogdan Bogdanoviu0107, Justin Jackson, Harry Giles, Frank Mason III, Zach Randolph, and George Hill this offseason, the majority of Richardson’s minutes have come in garbage time.