I always had optimism about the DeMarcus Cousins trade, and Hield’s development in to one of the most lethal three-point shooters in the game has proved me correct. He is the current 3-Point Contest champion, and he made 278 long balls in 2018-’19, good enough for 7th most in a single season in NBA history.
Hield gives the Kings the scoring option that any contending team in today’s game needs. While his high-volume year a season ago was impressive, it was just the fourth-best performance from that season alone, showing how much the NBA has changed as of late.