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Sacramento Kings: Three trade ideas to address hole at small forward

By Jonathan Roberts

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The Sacramento Kings are 8-8 and still lack a reliable option small forward, who could they target on the trade market?

It’s no secret the Sacramento Kings lack a reliable option at small forward. They only have two true small forwards on the roster in Justin Jackson and Troy Williams, but you can’t rely on them as your best options at the three.

Troy Williams has been a solid reserve for the Kings, but that’s just what he is: a reserve. He’s best utilized off the bench playing around 10 minutes per game. Jackson, however, has been an unmitigated disaster for Sacramento this season.

Justin Jackson is playing over 22 minutes per game this season, yet he’s only scoring 6.5 points per game with 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists. That isn’t even mentioning his paltry 40.2 percent field goal percentage and his 27.7 three-point percentage.

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Having those two as your only small forwards isn’t a recipe for success and that’s proven itself continuously this season. The Kings could play Bogdan Bogdanovic at the three (and they absolutely should), but that leaves a massive, small forward-sized hole with the bench unit.

Without many options in free agency, the Sacramento Kings have one option: make a trade. Luckily for them, there are a few solid options the Kings could explore and potentially trade for at a reasonable price.

In the offseason, A Royal Pain looked at trade targets that could net the Kings a few a draft choices this year. The Kings have performed way above expectations thus far and as a result can make trades to help them make a push for a playoff spot, as unlikely as that may be.

This isn’t to say, however, that the Kings should try to trade for star players or anymore more than an average starter or role player. The Kings might be playing .500 ball, but they’re nowhere near competing and need to avoid trading major assets just to make a run at losing in the first-round of the playoffs.

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With that said, let’s hop into it.

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