On Tuesday night, the Sacramento Kings decided to rest a trio of regular starters, De’Aaron Fox, Iman Shumpert, and Nemanja Bjelica, opening the door for Marvin Bagley III to start his first career game. And Bagley produced. The second overall pick led the Kings in scoring with 22 points, grabbed a team-high 11 boards, and also managed to fill the stat sheet with an assist, a steal, and two blocks, while 50% shooting from the floor. He looked every bit of the versatile scorer who draft scouts fell in love with in his time as a Blue Devil.
Starting Marvin Bagley is both necessary and complicated
