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5 Players the Sacramento Kings never should have signed

By Elaine Blum

Jan 30, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) celebrates hitting a jump shot and getting fouled with teammate center Dewayne Dedmon (13) during the fourth quarter against the LA Clippers at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 30, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) celebrates hitting a jump shot and getting fouled with teammate center Dewayne Dedmon (13) during the fourth quarter against the LA Clippers at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports /
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December 1, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe (12) guards Sacramento Kings power forward Thomas Robinson (0) in the second half of the game at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
December 1, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe (12) guards Sacramento Kings power forward Thomas Robinson (0) in the second half of the game at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Thomas Robinson

In 2012, the Kings drafted Thomas Robinson with the fifth overall pick and subsequently signed him to a multi-year contract. The pick made sense at first. Robinson had been a consensus first-team All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year in college. Once he came to the NBA, his potential never quite panned out, however.

Robinson never lived up to the expectations that come with being a top-five pick in the NBA Draft. As a rookie, he only averaged 4.8 points and 4.7 rebounds for the Kings. He only played 51 games of his rookie contract before the Kings traded him to the Rockets.

From there on out, things did not go much better for Robison. Maintaining career averages of around 5 points and 5 rebounds per game, he never quite found his footing in the NBA. Since 2017, he has been playing overseas for clubs in Russia, China, Turkey, Korea, and Puerto Rico.

Robinson was not a good pick or signing for the Kings and what makes this sting even more is that Damian Lillard was selected just one pick later.

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