When Buddy Hield arrived in Sacramento as part of the deal that sent DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans, it seemed the rookie was given the green light to shoot at will and go with whatever the defense gave him. In early 2017, the offense often ran through the University of Oklahoma product on a team searching to fill a scoring void left by the departure of Cousins.
Last season, with the Kings drafting De’Aaron Fox and adding another talented shooter in Bogdan Bogdanovic, it was a little different.