As the eighth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings, Nik Stauskas has, frankly, been a disappointment to this point in his career. He bounced from the Kings to the Philadelphia 76ers, and then to the Brooklyn Nets - unable to show that he deserves significant court time with any of them.
When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Stauskas to a one year, $1.6 million deal this summer, a collective “meh” rose up from the Portland faithful. But Stauskas might be just what the bench ordered.