Sacramento Kings Report Card: Georgios Papagiannis

By Tyler Watts | Apr 17, 2017

Mar 29, 2017; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Georgios Papagiannis (13) dribbles the ball against Utah Jazz center Jeff Withey (24) during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center. The Jazz defeated the Kings 112-82. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports /

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Mar 13, 2017; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Georgios Papagiannis (13) during the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic at Golden 1 Center. The Kings defeated the Magic 120-115. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports /

Overall 2016-2017: Grade- C

For a 19-year-old rookie, I thought Papagiannis played well when he saw time on the court. He was behind Willie Cauley-Stein, Kosta Koufos, and Skal Labissiere all season in the big man pecking order, but clearly, the Kings wanted to see what they had in Papagiannis. They sat Koufos down the stretch to open up minutes for Papagiannis.

With the NBA experience under his belt, I am excited to see Papagiannis in the Summer League and next preseason. He could take a leap forward and push himself into the thick of the rotation come next season or he could stay stagnant and be just a role player who plays limited minutes again. The potential is there to be more than a 20 minute a night guy, but he needs to turn it into a reality.

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