The Buddy Hield & Luke Walton experiments need to end

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe NBA restart was supposed to be an opportunity for the Sacramento Kings to show that their 13-7 record over the 20 games before the shutdown wasn’t a fluke. Instead, the Kings season came to a crashing end in the Orlando bubble.

Sacramento went 3-5 over its final eight games and missed the playoffs for the 14th straight season. The players were too inconsistent, and the coaching staff failed to make adjustments, especially during the first three games of the restart.

One of the players who struggled early on is sharp-shooting guard Buddy Hield. The 27-year-old shot just 31.3% from the field over the Kings’ first three losses, including 25.6% from…