In the four years since Vlade Divac was officially made the general manager of the Sacramento Kings, a lot of words have been used to describe both him and his tenure, not all of them printable in this space. However, there’s one that isn’t spoken as often, and it’s a word that is likely worth focusing on in order to project the shaky future of the Sacramento Kings: gambler.
Divac’s entire career as a general manager has been a series of gambles. Trading DeMarcus Cousins when he did and for the particular package he did it for was a massive risk that was largely derided at the time.