2020–21 Sacramento Kings season

The 2020–21 Sacramento Kings season was the 76th season of the franchise, its 72nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 36th in Sacramento.

2020–21 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Luke Walton
General manager	Monte McNair
Owner(s)	Vivek Ranadivé
Arena	Golden 1 Center
Results
Record	31–41 (.431)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports California CBS 13
Radio	KHTK Sports 1140
< 2019–20 2021–22 >

The Kings entered the season with the current longest NBA playoff appearance drought at 14 seasons, last qualifying in 2006. After the Cleveland Browns of the NFL made the playoffs for the first time since 2002 at the start of the NBA season, the Kings will be 2nd in sports for the longest active playoffs drought, behind the MLB's Seattle Mariners. On August 14, Vlade Divac resigned from his position as general manager and Monte McNair was named as his replacement on September 17.^[1][2] For the 15th season in a row, the Sacramento Kings failed to reach the playoffs, tying the Los Angeles Clippers for the longest NBA playoff drought and thus became the first team in NBA history to reach a 70 year title drought, not winning a title since 1951.

Draft picks

Main article: 2020 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	12	Tyrese Haliburton	PG	United States	Iowa State
2	35	Xavier Tillman	PF	United States	Michigan State
2	43	Jahmi'us Ramsey	SG	United States	Texas Tech
2	52	Kenyon Martin Jr.	SG	United States	IMG Academy

Roster

2020–21 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 35 Bagley, Marvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1999-03-14 Duke F 40 Barnes, Harrison 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992-05-30 North Carolina G 9 Davis, Terence 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1997-05-16 Mississippi G 5 Fox, De'Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-12-20 Kentucky G 7 Guy, Kyle (TW) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1997-08-11 Virginia G 0 Haliburton, Tyrese 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-02-29 Iowa State G/F 8 Harkless, Maurice 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993-05-11 St. John's G 24 Hield, Buddy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1992-12-17 Oklahoma C 22 Holmes, Richaun 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1993-10-15 Bowling Green G/F 10 James, Justin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-01-24 Wyoming C 15 Jones, Damian 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995-06-30 Vanderbilt F 23 King, Louis (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-04-06 Oregon F/C 25 Metu, Chimezie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997-03-22 USC G 3 Ramsey, Jahmi'us 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-06-09 Texas Tech C 20 Whiteside, Hassan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1989-06-13 Marshall F 13 Woodard, Robert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1999-09-12 Mississippi State G 55 Wright, Delon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1992-04-26 Utah

Head coach Luke Walton Assistant coach(es) Alvin Gentry (Associate HC) Rex Kalamian Jesse Mermuys Roy Rana Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player   Injured Roster Last transaction: May 1, 2021

Standings

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Utah Jazz *	52	20	.722	–	72
2	y – Phoenix Suns *	51	21	.708	1.0	72
3	x – Denver Nuggets	47	25	.653	5.0	72
4	x – Los Angeles Clippers	47	25	.653	5.0	72
5	y – Dallas Mavericks *	42	30	.583	10.0	72
6	x – Portland Trail Blazers	42	30	.583	10.0	72
7	x – Los Angeles Lakers	42	30	.583	10.0	72
8	pi – Golden State Warriors	39	33	.542	13.0	72
9	x – Memphis Grizzlies	38	34	.528	14.0	72
10	pi – San Antonio Spurs	33	39	.458	19.0	72
11	New Orleans Pelicans	31	41	.431	21.0	72
12	Sacramento Kings	31	41	.431	21.0	72
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	23	49	.319	29.0	72
14	Oklahoma City Thunder	22	50	.306	30.0	72
15	Houston Rockets	17	55	.236	35.0	72

Notes

• z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
• c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
• y – Clinched division title
• x – Clinched playoff spot
• pb – Clinched play-in spot
• o – Eliminated from playoff contention
• * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 11 @ Portland L 102–127 Buddy Hield (23) Nemanja Bjelica (7) De'Aaron Fox (6) Moda Center 0–1 2 December 13 @ Portland W 121–106 Guy, Holmes (14) Haliburton, Robinson (6) Tyrese Haliburton (7) Moda Center 1–1 3 December 15 Golden State W 114–113 Kyle Guy (20) Hassan Whiteside (9) De'Aaron Fox (5) Golden 1 Center 2–1 4 December 17 Golden State L 105–113 Harrison Barnes (17) Hassan Whiteside (9) De'Aaron Fox (12) Golden 1 Center 2–2
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 31–41 (Home: 16–20; Road: 15–21)
December: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 23 @ Denver W 124–122 Buddy Hield (22) Marvin Bagley III (10) De'Aaron Fox (7) Ball Arena 0 1–0 2 December 26 Phoenix W 106–103 De'Aaron Fox (24) Bagley III, Barnes (11) De'Aaron Fox (5) Golden 1 Center 0 2–0 3 December 27 Phoenix L 100–116 Buddy Hield (17) Richaun Holmes (11) Tyrese Haliburton (6) Golden 1 Center 0 2–1 4 December 29 Denver W 125–115 De'Aaron Fox (24) Buddy Hield (8) De'Aaron Fox (3) Golden 1 Center 0 3–1 5 December 31 @ Houston L 119–122 Harrison Barnes (24) Richaun Holmes (13) De'Aaron Fox (6) Toyota Center 0 3–2
January: 5–9 (home: 2–5; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 2 @ Houston L 94–102 De'Aaron Fox (23) Bagley III, Holmes (9) De'Aaron Fox (4) Toyota Center 0 3–3 7 January 4 @ Golden State L 106–137 Bagley III, Fox (18) Bagley III, Barnes (9) De'Aaron Fox (9) Chase Center 0 3–4 8 January 6 Chicago W 128–124 Richaun Holmes (24) Marvin Bagley III (12) Tyrese Haliburton (6) Golden 1 Center 0 4–4 9 January 8 Toronto L 123–144 De'Aaron Fox (23) Buddy Hield (5) Barnes, Haliburton (8) Golden 1 Center 0 4–5 10 January 9 Portland L 99–125 Marvin Bagley III (15) Bagley III, Whiteside (8) Tyrese Haliburton (8) Golden 1 Center 0 4–6 11 January 11 Indiana W 127–122 Harrison Barnes (30) Richaun Holmes (10) De'Aaron Fox (9) Golden 1 Center 0 5–6 12 January 13 Portland L 126–132 De'Aaron Fox (29) Richaun Holmes (9) Tyrese Haliburton (9) Golden 1 Center 0 5–7 13 January 15 L. A. Clippers L 100–138 Marvin Bagley III (20) Chimezie Metu (8) Haliburton, Hield (5) Golden 1 Center 0 5–8 14 January 17 New Orleans L 123–128 De'Aaron Fox (43) Marvin Bagley III (10) De'Aaron Fox (13) Golden 1 Center 0 5–9 15 January 20 @ L. A. Clippers L 96–115 De'Aaron Fox (25) Marvin Bagley III (8) De'Aaron Fox (7) Staples Center 0 5–10 16 January 22 New York W 103–94 De'Aaron Fox (22) Richaun Holmes (14) Barnes, Fox (7) Golden 1 Center 0 6–10 – January 24 @ Memphis Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 13)^[3] – January 25 @ Memphis Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 14)^[4] 17 January 27 @ Orlando W 121–107 Harrison Barnes (21) Bagley III, Holmes (12) De'Aaron Fox (10) Amway Center Limited seating 7–10 18 January 29 @ Toronto W 126–124 Harrison Barnes (26) Harrison Barnes (7) Tyrese Haliburton (11) Amalie Arena 0 8–10 19 January 30 @ Miami L 104–105 De'Aaron Fox (30) Tyrese Haliburton (7) Fox, Haliburton (6) American Airlines Arena Limited seating 8–11
February: 5–10 (home: 2–6; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 February 1 @ New Orleans W 118–109 De'Aaron Fox (38) Tyrese Haliburton (11) De'Aaron Fox (12) Smoothie King Center 1,440 9–11 21 February 3 Boston W 116–111 De'Aaron Fox (26) Buddy Hield (10) De'Aaron Fox (11) Golden 1 Center 0 10–11 22 February 6 Denver W 119–114 Harrison Barnes (28) Hassan Whiteside (11) Buddy Hield (7) Golden 1 Center 0 11–11 23 February 7 @ L. A. Clippers W 113–110 De'Aaron Fox (36) Harrison Barnes (12) De'Aaron Fox (7) Staples Center 0 12–11 24 February 9 Philadelphia L 111–119 De'Aaron Fox (34) Harrison Barnes (7) De'Aaron Fox (10) Golden 1 Center 0 12–12 25 February 13 Orlando L 112–123 Buddy Hield (19) Nemanja Bjelica (9) Tyrese Haliburton (7) Golden 1 Center 0 12–13 26 February 14 Memphis L 110–124 De'Aaron Fox (23) Buddy Hield (6) De'Aaron Fox (9) Golden 1 Center 0 12–14 27 February 15 Brooklyn L 125–136 Hassan Whiteside (26) Hassan Whiteside (16) De'Aaron Fox (8) Golden 1 Center 0 12–15 28 February 18 Miami L 110–118 Nemanja Bjelica (25) Marvin Bagley III (10) De'Aaron Fox (10) Golden 1 Center 0 12–16 29 February 20 @ Chicago L 114–122 Marvin Bagley III (26) Marvin Bagley III (11) De'Aaron Fox (9) United Center 0 12–17 30 February 21 @ Milwaukee L 115–128 Tyrese Haliburton (23) Richaun Holmes (11) De'Aaron Fox (10) Fiserv Forum 1,800 12–18 31 February 23 @ Brooklyn L 118–127 De'Aaron Fox (27) Richaun Holmes (11) Tyrese Haliburton (9) Barclays Center 324 12–19 32 February 25 @ New York L 121–140 De'Aaron Fox (29) Harrison Barnes (7) De'Aaron Fox (11) Madison Square Garden 1,981 12–20 33 February 26 @ Detroit W 110–107 De'Aaron Fox (27) Richaun Holmes (17) Harrison Barnes (7) Little Caesars Arena 0 13–20 34 February 28 Charlotte L 126–127 Harrison Barnes (28) Marvin Bagley III (10) De'Aaron Fox (14) Golden 1 Center 0 13–21
March: 9–5 (home: 5–0; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 March 3 L. A. Lakers W 123–120 Buddy Hield (29) Richaun Holmes (9) De'Aaron Fox (8) Golden 1 Center 0 14–21 36 March 4 @ Portland L 119–123 De'Aaron Fox (32) Richaun Holmes (11) De'Aaron Fox (12) Moda Center 0 14–22 37 March 11 Houston W 125–105 De'Aaron Fox (30) Barnes, Holmes (11) De'Aaron Fox (9) Golden 1 Center 0 15–22 38 March 13 @ Atlanta L 106–121 De'Aaron Fox (32) Richaun Holmes (12) De'Aaron Fox (6) State Farm Arena 2,347 15–23 39 March 15 @ Charlotte L 116–122 De'Aaron Fox (29) Richaun Holmes (15) De'Aaron Fox (8) Spectrum Center 2,861 15–24 40 March 17 @ Washington W 121–119 De'Aaron Fox (28) Harrison Barnes (8) De'Aaron Fox (7) Capital One Arena 0 16–24 41 March 19 @ Boston W 107–96 De'Aaron Fox (29) Richaun Holmes (11) Tyrese Haliburton (7) TD Garden 0 17–24 42 March 20 @ Philadelphia L 105–129 Buddy Hield (25) Harrison Barnes (7) Cory Joseph (7) Wells Fargo Center 3,071 17–25 43 March 22 @ Cleveland W 119–105 De'Aaron Fox (30) Richaun Holmes (16) Harrison Barnes (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 4,100 18–25 44 March 24 Atlanta W 110–108 De'Aaron Fox (37) Hassan Whiteside (12) Tyrese Haliburton (7) Golden 1 Center 0 19–25 45 March 25 Golden State W 141–119 De'Aaron Fox (44) Richaun Holmes (11) De'Aaron Fox (7) Golden 1 Center 0 20–25 46 March 27 Cleveland W 100–98 De'Aaron Fox (36) Richaun Holmes (14) De'Aaron Fox (6) Golden 1 Center 0 21–25 47 March 29 @ San Antonio W 132–115 De'Aaron Fox (24) Richaun Holmes (12) Tyrese Haliburton (10) AT&T Center 2,876 22–25 48 March 31 @ San Antonio L 106–120 De'Aaron Fox (20) Richaun Holmes (15) Harrison Barnes (5) AT&T Center 2,802 22–26
April: 4–11 (home: 2–6; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 April 2 L. A. Lakers L 94–115 Harrison Barnes (26) Richaun Holmes (7) Barnes, Fox (5) Golden 1 Center 0 22–27 50 April 3 Milwaukee L 128–129 Davis, Fox (27) Richaun Holmes (9) Tyrese Haliburton (11) Golden 1 Center 0 22–28 51 April 5 @ Minnesota L 106–116 De'Aaron Fox (31) Harrison Barnes (12) De'Aaron Fox (9) Target Center 1,436 22–29 52 April 8 Detroit L 101–113 De'Aaron Fox (23) Fox, Holmes (9) Fox, Haliburton (7) Golden 1 Center 0 22–30 53 April 10 @ Utah L 112–128 De'Aaron Fox (30) Richaun Holmes (10) De'Aaron Fox (8) Vivint Arena 5,546 22–31 54 April 12 @ New Orleans L 110–117 De'Aaron Fox (43) Harrison Barnes (11) Fox, Haliburton (6) Smoothie King Center 3,700 22–32 55 April 14 Washington L 111–123 De'Aaron Fox (33) Harrison Barnes (7) Fox, Haliburton (6) Golden 1 Center 0 22–33 56 April 15 @ Phoenix L 114–122 De'Aaron Fox (27) Hassan Whiteside (10) De'Aaron Fox (8) Phoenix Suns Arena 4,568 22–34 57 April 18 @ Dallas W 121–107 De'Aaron Fox (30) Hassan Whiteside (10) De'Aaron Fox (12) American Airlines Center 4,193 23–34 58 April 20 Minnesota L 120–134 Barnes, Harkless (20) Harrison Barnes (8) Tyrese Haliburton (9) Golden 1 Center 0 23–35 59 April 21 Minnesota W 128–125 De'Aaron Fox (30) Damian Jones (8) Barnes, Fox (7) Golden 1 Center 0 24–35 60 April 25 @ Golden State L 113–117 Buddy Hield (25) Harrison Barnes (7) Tyrese Haliburton (8) Chase Center 3,252 24–36 61 April 26 Dallas W 113–106 Richaun Holmes (24) Damian Jones (7) Tyrese Haliburton (10) Golden 1 Center 0 25–36 62 April 28 Utah L 105–149 Hield, Holmes (18) Davis, Hield, Metu (5) Tyrese Haliburton (8) Golden 1 Center 0 25–37 63 April 30 @ L. A. Lakers W 110–106 Tyrese Haliburton (23) Richaun Holmes (9) Tyrese Haliburton (10) Staples Center 2,691 26–37
May: 5–4 (home: 2–2; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 64 May 2 @ Dallas W 111–99 Buddy Hield (27) Marvin Bagley III (9) Terence Davis (7) American Airlines Center 4,268 27–37 65 May 4 @ Oklahoma City W 103–99 Hield, Davis (18) Buddy Hield (11) Delon Wright (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 0 28–37 66 May 5 @ Indiana W 104–93 Marvin Bagley III (31) Marvin Bagley III (12) Buddy Hield (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0 29–37 67 May 7 San Antonio L 104–113 Terence Davis (24) Damian Jones (6) Jones, Wright (7) Golden 1 Center 0 29–38 68 May 9 Oklahoma City W 126–98 Davis, Harkless (18) Bagley III, Metu (9) Davis, Hield (7) Golden 1 Center 0 30–38 69 May 11 Oklahoma City W 122–106 Terence Davis (27) Holmes, Jones (7) Delon Wright (8) Golden 1 Center 0 31–38 70 May 13 @ Memphis L 110–116 Justin James (31) Davis, Jones, Metu (5) Delon Wright (8) FedExForum 2,876 31–39 71 May 14 @ Memphis L 106–107 Louis King (27) Damian Jones (11) Buddy Hield (5) FedExForum 3,502 31–40 72 May 16 Utah L 99–121 Damian Jones (19) Chimezie Metu (8) Buddy Hield (9) Golden 1 Center 0 31–41
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions

Trades

November 19, 2020^[5]	To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Robert Woodard II (#40) 2022 second-round pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Xavier Tillman (#35)
November 25, 2020^[6]	To Sacramento Kings 2021 LAL second-round pick cash considerations	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Kenyon Martin Jr. (#52)
March 25, 2021	To Sacramento Kings Terence Davis	To Toronto Raptors 2021 MEM second-round pick
March 25, 2021	To Sacramento Kings Maurice Harkless Chris Silva	To Miami Heat Nemanja Bjelica

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
DaQuan Jeffries^[7]	November 28

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Hassan Whiteside^[8]	November 27	Portland Trail Blazers
Chimezie Metu^[9]	November 28 (Exhibit 10)	San Antonio Spurs
Frank Kaminsky^[10]	November 30	Phoenix Suns
Glenn Robinson III^[11]	December 2	Philadelphia 76ers
Norvel Pelle	February 25 (10-day contract)	Brooklyn Nets
Damian Jones	April 7	Los Angeles Lakers
Louis King	May 1	New York Knicks

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Harry Giles^[12]	Free Agency	Portland Trail Blazers
Bogdan Bogdanović^[13]	Free Agency	Atlanta Hawks
Alex Len^[14]	Free Agency	Toronto Raptors
Kent Bazemore^[15]	Free Agency	Golden State Warriors
Norvel Pelle	10-day contract expired	New York Knicks
Nemanja Bjelica	Trade	Miami Heat
DaQuan Jeffries	Waived	Houston Rockets
Chris Silva	Waived

References

1. "Vlade Divac steps down as Kings general manager". NBA.com. August 15, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
2. "Kings Name Monte McNair General Manager". NBA.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
3. "Grizzlies' next 3 games postponed for Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
4. "Grizzlies' next 3 games postponed for Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
5. "Kings Acquire Draft Rights To Robert Woodard II and 2022 Second-Round Draft Selection". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
6. "Kings Acquire 2021 Second-Round Draft Selection and Cash Considerations From Rockets". NBA.com. November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
7. "Kings Re-Sign DaQuan Jeffries". NBA.com. November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
8. "Kings Sign Hassan Whiteside". NBA.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
9. "Kings Sign Chimezie Metu". NBA.com. November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
10. "Kings Sign Frank Kaminsky". NBA.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
11. "Kings Sign Glenn Robinson III". NBA.com. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
12. "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN HARRY GILES". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
13. "Atlanta Hawks Sign Restricted Free Agent Bogdan Bogdanovic". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
14. "Raptors Sign Len". NBA.com. November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
15. "Warriors Sign Kent Bazemore". NBA.com. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.