The Sacramento Kings are gearing up for a potential second straight appearance in the NBA Play-In Tournament, and on Tuesday, they decided to recruit some reinforcements to aid in their attempt at a Cinderella run.
According to NBA Insider, the Kings have signed Davis to a deal (the official terms are not yet known).
The Sacramento Kings are signing guard Terence Davis to a deal, sources tell ESPN. Davis, who played parts of three years in Sacramento from 2021-23, averaged 14.3 points on 40.2% 3-point shooting for the NBA G League's Wisconsin team this season.
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Bringing back an old member of the Beam Team
In case you forgot, Davis was a part of the 2022-23 Beam Team that ended the Kings' 16-year playoff drought and was the league's unofficial best vibes team. In that season, Davis averaged 6.7 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.0 APG, and 0.7 SPG on 56.3% true shooting. He also appeared in four playoff games (58 total minutes) during the team's epic seven-game first round series against the Golden State Warriors.
In total, Davis played with the Kings for three seasons. He averaged 8.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.3 APG, and 0.7 SPG on 55.9% true shooting. Davis hasn’t played in the NBA since that 2022-23 season with the Kings. In January 2024, he suffered an upper Achilles injury in the G League. This year, Davis played on the NBA G-League team, the Wisconsin Herd, where he averaged 14.3 points on 40.2% 3-point shooting.
Arguably the biggest thing missing for the Kings was the presence of three-and-D wings/forwards to play alongside their offensive-centric cast of Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Malik Monk.
In theory, Davis should fill that void. For his career, Davis is a 36.6% 3-point shooter on four attempts per game. On top of that, in 2022-23, he placed in the 73rd percentile in Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus (one of the best publicly available all-in-one metrics on the market) and the 93rd percentile in steal rate (per Dunks & Threes).
With this said, true playoff-level three-and-D players are hard to come by, especially at this time of year. While Davis has the skillset the Kings are looking for on paper, it is highly unlikely that he will be a serious contributor to the Kings this season. Still, it is worth the shot since they have the space on their roster to bring him on. It is also cool to see Davis make his way back into the league.
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, he signed with the Toronto Raptors and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2019-20. That is the only other NBA team he has played with other than Sacramento.