The two biggest problems with the Sacramento Kings roster over the past few years have been age and size. To be more specific, the team has generally been short and old, traditionally a bad combination for basketball. That's already changing, which could lead to an interesting season.
If you take the rebuild process and boil it down to the essentials, it's driven by the twin goals of getting the roster both younger and bigger. That's what the Kings need to be even remotely competitive in the modern NBA. In the last year, Sacramento has been pushing in that direction.
Naturally, they already had Domantas Sabonis on the roster, a celebrated double-double machine. Then the Kings added rookie big men Maxime Raynaud and Dylan Cardwell, both of whom had breakout seasons. On top of that, Sacramento signed Precious Achiuwa earlier in 2025-2026.
Sabonis didn't play much last year due to injury. Drew Eubanks, another big man, spent most of the season on the bench. The Kings also picked up Patrick Baldwin Jr., another young seven footer they haven't quite figured out what to do with. That being said, there is some potential here.
The Kings have a real shot at getting bigger and better
Based on the current roster make up, the Kings could have Sabonis, Raynaud, Achiuwa, Cardwell, and Baldwin at their disposal. They run in height from 6'8" to 7'1". This creates a lot of potential big man line up options for Sacramento to work with, and build from with their shorter guards.
Now, there are a few assumptions in this secnario. The biggest one is that Sabonis stays on the team, and that seems likely at this point. It also assumes that the Kings retain Achiuwa's services in free agency. That is a goal Sacramento is working hard towards, given the season he had.
The bigger question mark is Baldwin. Sacramento hasn't announced his future with the franchise, yet, and it's hard to say what his usage will be like. Still, he has potential the Kings should work with. Eubanks, on the other hand, is about to be a free agent and is as good as gone from Sactown.
Keep in mind this doesn't take the draft into account. Though they are working on trades that would give them more picks, the Kings currently has three and could use any one of them to add another big man to the roster. Building a wall of giants definitely wouldn't hurt Sacramento on defense.
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