2017–18 Sacramento Kings season
{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NBA season
| team = Sacramento Kings
| misc =
| end_year = 2018
| wins = 27
| losses = 55
| division = Pacific
| division_place = 4
| conf_place = 12
| coach = Dave Joerger
| gm = Vlade Divac
| owner = Vivek Ranadivé
| arena = Golden 1 Center
| playoffs = Did not qualify
| bbr_team = SAC
| television = NBC Sports California
CBS 13
| radio = KHTK Sports 1140
}}
The 2017–18 Sacramento Kings season was the 73rd season of the franchise, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 33rd in Sacramento.
With the Minnesota Timberwolves clinching their first winning record and playoff berth since 2003–04, the Kings now hold the current league record of most seasons without a winning record as well as the longest postseason drought, both at 12, with their last winning season and playoff appearance being a 44–38 record and a First Round defeat to the San Antonio Spurs in six games in the 2005–06 season. The Kings have now equalled the Golden State Warriors between 1994–95 and 2005–06 as the third-longest NBA postseason drought on record, behind only the Timberwolves above and the fifteen-season drought by the Buffalo Braves, San Diego Clippers and Los Angeles Clippers between 1976–77 and 1990–91 inclusive. The Kings now need three more losing seasons to break the NBA record for most consecutive losing seasons, which the Kings set between 1983–84 and 1997–98 and had been previously suffered by the Pistons between 1956–57 and 1969–70 inclusive.
Draft picks
{{main article|2017 NBA draft}}
class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="10%"| Round ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="10%"| Pick ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="20%"| Player ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="15%"| Position ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="15%"| Nationality ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="20%"| College / Club |
style="text-align: center"
| 1 | 5 | PG | {{flagu|United States}} | Kentucky |
style="text-align: center"
| 1 | 15 | SF/SG | {{flagu|United States}} |
style="text-align: center"
| 1 | 20 | PF/C | {{flagu|United States}} | Duke |
style="text-align: center"
| 2 | 34 | PG | {{flagu|United States}} | Kansas |
Each of the Sacramento Kings' picks they acquired this year would be had via trades. The fifth pick of the draft, which was originally placed to be a likely 8th pick, had them move up into the Top 3 before the Philadelphia 76ers activated their pick swapping rights with them moving down from a likely fourth spot to the fifth pick due to the trade where they gave up Nik Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, their unprotected 2019 first round pick, and the rights for Philadelphia to swap first round picks in 2017 in exchange for the rights of Artūras Gudaitis and Luka Mitrović. Meanwhile, both their second Top 10 first round pick (at pick 10) and their sole second round pick came from the New Orleans Pelicans, where they gave up their star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi in order to acquire both the Pelicans' first round pick and the second round pick that the Philadelphia 76ers held this year, as well as gain the return of Tyreke Evans, last year's All-Rookie team member Buddy Hield, and Langston Galloway. As for their own second round selection (which was worst then the second round pick they got from the 76ers via the Pelicans), they originally traded it away to the Cleveland Cavaliers back when it originally considered a first round pick alongside the aforementioned Omri Casspi for JJ Hickson before Cleveland traded it out to the Chicago Bulls alongside Andrew Bynum, the rights to swap first round picks with the Cavaliers, and multiple second round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers for Luol Deng.
With Sacramento's first pick (acquired from Philadelphia), they selected De'Aaron Fox, a freshman point guard from the University of Kentucky. Under his only season with Kentucky, De'Aaron averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game in 36 games played (34 started) while also earning the Southeastern Conference's Tournament MVP, the All-SEC Freshman Team honors, and All-SEC First Team honors there. As for their first round pick that was acquired from Philadelphia, they traded that selection (who became freshman center Zach Collins from Gonzaga University) to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for their first two first round picks this year. With Portland's first pick, they selected Justin Jackson, a junior small forward/shooting guard from the recent champion North Carolina University. During his time there, he would help the Tar Heels out in their quest for a redemption championship by averaging 18.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game out in North Carolina. He would also earn the ACC's Player of The Year Award that year, as well as be named a consensus All-American First Team member and All-ACC First Team member, as well as previously be named a member of the All-ACC Freshman Team of 2015. As for their second and final selection that was previously held under Portland's name, the Kings would select another former #1 draft prospect late in the first round, this time being freshman power forward Harry Giles from Duke University. Similar to Skal Labissière before him, Giles was also a former #1 draft prospect. However, a torn ACL his senior year of high school and other knee issues resulted in what would be considered a disappointing freshman year at Duke, averaging 3.9 points and rebounds per game (as well as 0.7 blocks and 0.4 assists and steals) in 26 games (6 of which he started in) there before declaring early. Finally, with their sole second round pick (acquired from Philadelphia via New Orleans), Sacramento would select Frank Mason III, a senior point guard from the University of Kansas. As the consensus college basketball player of the year, Frank would average 20.9 points, 5.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game in 36 games played that year for Kansas as he (alongside Josh Jackson) would help the Jayhawks compete for the NCAA Tournament that year before unfortunately losing out to Oregon University at the Elite Eight.
Roster
{{NBA roster header|team=Sacramento Kings|season=2017–18
| bg1 = #5b2b82| color1 = white
| bg2 = #5c6670 | color2 = white}}
{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Bogdan | last = Bogdanović | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 205 | from = Serbia | DOB = 1992–08–18 }}
{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Bruno | last = Caboclo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 205 | from = Brazil | DOB = 1995–09–21 }}
{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Vince | last = Carter | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = North Carolina | DOB = 1977–01–26 }}
{{player2 | num = 00 | first = Willie | last = Cauley-Stein | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 240 | college = Kentucky | DOB = 1993–08–18 }}
{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Jack | last = Cooley | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 274 | college = Notre Dame | DOB = 1991–04–12| note = TW }}
{{player2 | num = 5 | first = De'Aaron | last = Fox | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | college = Kentucky | DOB = 1997–12–20 }}
{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Harry | last = Giles | dab = basketball | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 240 | college = Duke | DOB = 1998–04–22 }}
{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Nigel | last = Hayes | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 254 | college = Wisconsin | DOB = 1994–12–16 }}
{{player2 | num = 24 | first = Buddy | last = Hield | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 214 | college = Oklahoma | DOB = 1993–12–17 }}
{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Justin | last = Jackson | dab = basketball, born 1995 | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 210 | college = North Carolina | DOB = 1995–03–28 }}
{{player2 | num = 41 | first = Kosta | last = Koufos | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 265 | college = Ohio State | DOB = 1989–02–24 }}
{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Skal | last = Labissière | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 225 | college = Kentucky | DOB = 1996–03–18 }}
{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Frank | last = Mason | link = Frank Mason III | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 190 | college = Kansas | DOB = 1994–04–03 }}
{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Zach | last = Randolph | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 250 | college = Michigan State | DOB = 1981–07–16 }}
{{player2 | num = 29 | first = JaKarr | last = Sampson | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 207 | college = St. John's | DOB = 1993–03–20 | note = TW }}
{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Iman | last = Shumpert | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 220 | college = Georgia Tech | DOB = 1990–06–26 }}
{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Garrett | last = Temple | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 195 | college = Louisiana State | DOB = 1986–05–08 }}
{{NBA roster footer
| head_coach =
| asst_coach =
- Bryan Gates
- Nancy Lieberman
- Jason March
- Bob Thornton
- Duane Ticknor
- Elston Turner
- Larry Lewis (player development)
| otherlegend = (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
| otherlegend2 = (TW) Two-way affiliate player
| roster_url = http://www.nba.com/kings/roster
| transaction_url = http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Sacramento-Kings/25/Transaction-History
| accessdate = 2018-02-11
}}
Standings
=Division=
{{2017–18 NBA Pacific standings|team=SAC}}
=Conference=
{{2017–18 NBA West standings|tiebreakers=yes|team=SAC}}
Game log
=Preseason=
{{NBA game log start|Sacramento Kings|pre-season=yes|end_year=2018|record=Total: 1–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–4)}}
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|Pre-season|first=yes|show=no
| home_wins = 1
| home_losses = 1
| road_wins = 0
| road_losses = 4
}}
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 1
| October 2
| {{NBA game|date=20171002|id=SASSAC#|pf=106|pa=100|ot=}}
| Frank Mason III (17)
| Frank Mason III (6)
| George Hill (5)
| Golden 1 Center
16,000
| 1–0
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2
| October 6
| @ San Antonio
| {{NBA game|date=20171006|id=SACSAS#|pf=93|pa=113|ot=}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (14)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| AT&T Center
18,082
| 1–1
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 3
| October 8
| @ LA Lakers
| {{NBA game|date=20171008|id=SACLAL#|pf=69|pa=75|ot=}}
| Zach Randolph (16)
| George Hill (8)
| Bogdanovic, Hill, Randolph (3)
| T-Mobile Arena
13,094
| 1–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 4
| October 9
| Portland
| {{NBA game|date=20171009|id=PORSAC#|pf=83|pa=97|ot=}}
| Justin Jackson (16)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| Marcus Williams (5)
| Golden 1 Center
N/A
| 1–3
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 5
| October 12
| @ L.A. Clippers
| {{NBA game|date=20171012|id=SACLAC#|pf=87|pa=104|ot=}}
| Zach Randolph (14)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| Frank Mason III (4)
| Staples Center
11,225
| 1–4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 6
| October 13
| @ Golden State
| {{NBA game|date=20171013|id=SACGSW#|pf=106|pa=117|ot=}}
| David Stockton (23)
| Skal Labissière (8)
| David Stockton (8)
| Oracle Arena
19,596
| 1–5
{{NBA game log end|sac|end_year=2018}}
=Regular season=
{{NBA game log start|Sacramento Kings|end_year=2018|record=Total: 27–55 (Home: 14–27; Road: 13–28)}}
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|October|first=yes
| home_wins = 0
| home_losses = 3
| road_wins = 1
| road_losses = 3
}}
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 1
| October 18
| Houston
| {{NBA game|date=20171018|id=HOUSAC|pf=100|pa=105}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (21)
| Cauley-Stein, Labissière (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 0–1
|- style="background:#bfb"
| 2
| October 20
| @ Dallas
| {{NBA game|date=20171020|id=SACDAL#|pf=93|pa=88}}
| George Hill (21)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)
| De'Aaron Fox (10)
| American Airlines Center
19,273
| 1–1
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 3
| October 21
| @ Denver
| {{NBA game|date=20171021|id=SACDEN#|pf=79|pa=96}}
| De'Aaron Fox (18)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| Skal Labissière (4)
| Pepsi Center
19,520
| 1–2
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 4
| October 23
| @ Phoenix
| {{NBA game|date=20171023|id=SACPHX#|pf=115|pa=117}}
| Garrett Temple (23)
| Kosta Koufos (9)
| Fox, Hill, Cauley-Stein (4)
| Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,903
| 1–3
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 5
| October 26
| {{NBA game|date=20171026|id=NOPSAC#|pf=106|pa=114}}
| De'Aaron Fox (14)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 1–4
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 6
| October 29
| {{NBA game|date=20171029|id=WASSAC#|pf=83|pa=110}}
| Frank Mason III (11)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 1–5
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 7
| October 31
| @ Indiana
| {{NBA game|date=20171031|id=SACIND#|pf=83|pa=101}}
| De'Aaron Fox (18)
| Skal Labissière (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,245
| 1–6
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|November
| home_wins = 4
| home_losses = 3
| road_wins = 1
| road_losses = 6
}}
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 8
| November 1
| @ Boston
| {{NBA game|date=20171101|id=SACBOS#|pf=86|pa=113}}
| Zach Randolph (16)
| Buddy Hield (7)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| TD Garden
18,624
| 1–7
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 9
| November 4
| @ Detroit
| {{NBA game|date=20171104|id=SACDET#|pf=99|pa=108}}
| Zach Randolph (19)
| Buddy Hield (8)
| Frank Mason III (6)
| Little Caesars Arena
17,683
| 1–8
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 10
| November 7
| {{NBA game|date=20171107|id=OKCSAC#|pf=94|pa=86}}
| Buddy Hield (21)
| Zach Randolph (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (8)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 2–8
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 11
| November 9
| {{NBA game|date=20171109|id=PHISAC#|pf=109|pa=108}}
| Zach Randolph (20)
| Kosta Koufos (12)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 3–8
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 12
| November 11
| @ New York
| {{NBA game|date=20171111|id=SACNYK#|pf=91|pa=118}}
| Buddy Hield (17)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| Buddy Hield (4)
| Madison Square Garden
19,812
| 3–9
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 13
| November 13
| @ Washington
| {{NBA game|date=20171113|id=SACWAS#|pf=92|pa=110}}
| George Hill (16)
| Zach Randolph (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Capital One Arena
14,660
| 3–10
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 14
| November 15
| @ Atlanta
| {{NBA game|date=20171115|id=SACATL#|pf=80|pa=126}}
| Zach Randolph (16)
| Jackson, Koufos, Randolph (4)
| Cauley-Stein, Temple (3)
| Philips Arena
13,860
| 3–11
|- style="background:#bfb"
| 15
| November 17
| Portland
| {{NBA game|date=20171117|id=PORSAC#|pf=86|pa=82}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (22)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (4)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 4–11
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 16
| November 18
| @ Portland
| {{NBA game|date=20171118|id=SACPOR#|pf=90|pa=102}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (18)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (3)
| Moda Center
19,522
| 4–12
|- style="background:#fbb"
| 17
| November 20
| Denver
| {{NBA game|date=20171120|id=DENSAC#|pf=98|pa=114}}
| Zach Randolph (6)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 4–13
|- style="background:#bfb"
| 18
| November 22
| {{NBA game|date=20171122|id=LALSAC#|pf=113|pa=102}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (26)
| Skal Labissière (8)
| Bogdanovic, Mason III, Randolph (7)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 5–13
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 19
| November 25
| {{NBA game|date=20171125|id=LACSAC#|pf=95|pa=97}}
| Buddy Hield (27)
| Zach Randolph (7)
| Fox, Hill, Randolph, Cauley-Stein (3)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 5–14
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 20
| November 27
| @ Golden State
| {{NBA game|date=20171127|id=SACGSW#|pf=110|pa=106}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (19)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (6)
| Oracle Arena
19,596
| 6–14
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 21
| November 28
| {{NBA game|date=20171128|id=MILSAC#|pf=87|pa=112}}
| Garrett Temple (18)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| Frank Mason (7)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 6–15
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|December
| home_wins = 2
| home_losses = 4
| road_wins = 4
| road_losses = 5
}}
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 22
| December 1
| @ Chicago
| {{NBA game|date=20171201|id=SACCHI#|pf=107|pa=106}}
| Zach Randolph (25)
| Zach Randolph (13)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (5)
| United Center
19,268
| 7–15
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 23
| December 2
| @ Milwaukee
| {{NBA game|date=20171202|id=SACMIL#|pf=104|pa=109}}
| Zach Randolph (22)
| Zach Randolph (7)
| Buddy Hield (4)
| Bradley Center
15,581
| 7–16
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 24
| December 6
| @ Cleveland
| {{NBA game|date=20171206|id=SACCLE#|pf=95|pa=101}}
| Zach Randolph (18)
| JaKarr Sampson (16)
| Zach Randolph (6)
| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562
| 7–17
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 25
| December 8
| @ New Orleans
| {{NBA game|date=20171208|id=SACNOP#|pf=116|pa=109|ot=1}}
| Zach Randolph (35)
| Zach Randolph (13)
| De'Aaron Fox (4)
| Smoothie King Center
15,019
| 8–17
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 26
| December 10
| Toronto
| {{NBA game|date=20171210|id=TORSAC#|pf=87|pa=102}}
| Zach Randolph (19)
| Zach Randolph (11)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 8–18
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 27
| December 12
| Phoenix
| {{NBA game|date=20171212|id=PHXSAC#|pf=99|pa=92}}
| George Hill (18)
| Kosta Koufos (8)
| Zach Randolph (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 9–18
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 28
| December 14
| @ Minnesota
| {{NBA game|date=20171214|id=SACMIN#|pf=96|pa=119}}
| George Hill (16)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| Frank Mason (4)
| Target Center
11,126
| 9–19
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 29
| December 17
| @ Toronto
| {{NBA game|date=20171217|id=SACTOR#|pf=93|pa=108}}
| Bogdanovic, Temple (18)
| Koufos, Cauley-Stein (6)
| Bogdanovic, Hill (5)
| Air Canada Centre
19,800
| 9–20
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 30
| December 19
| @ Philadelphia
| {{NBA game|date=20171219|id=SACPHI#|pf=101|pa=95}}
| Zach Randolph (27)
| Garrett Temple (8)
| Garrett Temple (4)
| Wells Fargo Center
20,558
| 10–20
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 31
| December 20
| @ Brooklyn
| {{NBA game|date=20171220|id=SACBKN#|pf=104|pa=99}}
| George Hill (22)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| George Hill (4)
| Barclays Center
13,179
| 11–20
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 32
| December 23
| {{NBA game|date=20171223|id=SASSAC#|pf=99|pa=108}}
| Buddy Hield (24)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)
| George Hill (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 11–21
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 33
| December 26
| @ LA Clippers
| {{NBA game|date=20171226|id=SACLAC#|pf=95|pa=122}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (17)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (7)
| George Hill (5)
| Staples Center
16,393
| 11–22
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 34
| December 27
| {{NBA game|date=20171227|id=CLESAC#|pf=109|pa=95}}
| Vince Carter (24)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (8)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 12–22
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 35
| December 29
| Phoenix
| {{NBA game|date=20171229|id=PHXSAC#|pf=101|pa=111}}
| Zach Randolph (14)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 12–23
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 36
| December 31
| Memphis
| {{NBA game|date=20171231|id=MEMSAC#|pf=96|pa=114}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (21)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 12–24
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|January
| home_wins = 1
| home_losses = 4
| road_wins = 3
| road_losses = 6
}}
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 37
| January 2
| {{NBA game|date=20180102|id=CHASAC#|pf=111|pa=131}}
| Zach Randolph (24)
| Skal Labissière (15)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 12–25
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 38
| January 6
| Denver
| {{NBA game|date=20180106|id=DENSAC#|pf=106|pa=98}}
| De'Aaron Fox (18)
| Vince Carter (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (7)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 13–25
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 39
| January 8
| {{NBA game|date=20180108|id=SASSAC#|pf=100|pa=107}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (22)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (10)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 13–26
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 40
| January 9
| @ LA Lakers
| {{NBA game|date=20180109|id=SACLAL#|pf=86|pa=99}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (19)
| Kosta Koufos (15)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (4)
| Staples Center
18,997
| 13–27
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 41
| January 11
| {{NBA game|date=20180111|id=LACSAC#|pf=115|pa=121}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (22)
| Kosta Koufos (14)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 13–28
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 42
| January 13
| @ LA Clippers
| {{NBA game|date=20180113|id=SACLAC#|pf=105|pa=126}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (23)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (13)
| De'Aaron Fox (10)
| Staples Center
16,656
| 13–29
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 43
| January 15
| @ Oklahoma City
| {{NBA game|date=20180115|id=SACOKC#|pf=88|pa=95}}
| Buddy Hield (16)
| Labissière, Cauley-Stein (7)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
| 13–30
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 44
| January 17
| Utah
| {{NBA game|date=20180117|id=UTASAC#|pf=105|pa=120}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (26)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| George Hill (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 13–31
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 45
| January 19
| @ Memphis
| {{NBA game|date=20180119|id=SACMEM#|pf=88|pa=106}}
| De'Aaron Fox (16)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| FedExForum
16,831
| 13–32
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 46
| January 22
| @ Charlotte
| {{NBA game|date=20180122|id=SACCHA#|pf=107|pa=112}}
| Skal Labissière (23)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| Bogdanovic, Fox (7)
| Spectrum Center
11,806
| 13–33
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 47
| January 23
| @ Orlando
| {{NBA game|date=20180123|id=SACORL#|pf=105|pa=99}}
| Garrett Temple (34)
| Labissière, Cauley-Stein (9)
| Vince Carter (6)
| Amway Center
18,846
| 14–33
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 48
| January 25
| @ Miami
| {{NBA game|date=20180125|id=SACMIA#|pf=89|pa=88}}
| Buddy Hield (24)
| Zach Randolph (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (4)
| American Airlines Arena
19,600
| 15–33
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 49
| January 28
| @ San Antonio
| {{NBA game|date=20180128|id=SACSAS#|pf=98|pa=113}}
| De'Aaron Fox (26)
| Kosta Koufos (12)
| Zach Randolph (6)
| AT&T Center
18,418
| 15–34
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 50
| January 30
| @ New Orleans
| {{NBA game|date=20180130|id=SACNOP#|pf=114|pa=103}}
| Zach Randolph (26)
| Kosta Koufos (17)
| Garrett Temple (6)
| Smoothie King Center
14,292
| 16–34
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|February
| home_wins = 1
| home_losses = 6
| road_wins = 1
| road_losses = 3
}}
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 51
| February 2
| {{NBA game|date=20180202|id=GSWSAC#|pf=104|pa=119}}
| Zach Randolph (18)
| Zach Randolph (7)
| Bogdanovic, Fox (6)
| Golden 1 Center
16,583
| 16–35
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 52
| February 3
| Dallas
| {{NBA game|date=20180203|id=DALSAC#|pf=99|pa=106}}
| De'Aaron Fox (15)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 16–36
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 53
| February 5
| Chicago
| {{NBA game|date=20180205|id=CHISAC#|pf=104|pa=98}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (15)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| George Hill (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 17–36
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 54
| February 9
| Portland
| {{NBA game|date=20180209|id=PORSAC#|pf=100|pa=118}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (19)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (9)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 17–37
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 55
| February 11
| @ Minnesota
| {{NBA game|date=20180211|id=SACMIN#|pf=106|pa=111}}
| De'Aaron Fox (23)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (8)
| Target Center
18,068
| 17–38
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 56
| February 13
| @ Dallas
| {{NBA game|date=20180213|id=SACDAL#|pf=114|pa=109}}
| Zach Randolph (22)
| American Airlines Center
19,801
| 18–38
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 57
| February 14
| @ Houston
| {{NBA game|date=20180214|id=SACHOU#|pf=91|pa=100}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (20)
| Koufos, Cauley-Stein (8)
| Bogdanovic, Cauley-Stein (5)
| Toyota Center
18,055
| 18–39
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 58
| February 22
| {{NBA game|date=20180222|id=OKCSAC#|pf=107|pa=110}}
| Zach Randolph (29)
| Zach Randolph (12)
| Garrett Temple (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 18–40
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 59
| February 24
| {{NBA game|date=20180224|id=LALSAC#|pf=108|pa=113}}
| Bogdanovic, Hield (21)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (13)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 18–41
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 60
| February 26
| {{NBA game|date=20180226|id=MINSAC#|pf=100|pa=118}}
| Skal Labissière (20)
| Hield, Cauley-Stein (5)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 18–42
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 61
| February 27
| @ Portland
| {{NBA game|date=20180227|id=SACPOR#|pf=99|pa=116}}
| Zach Randolph (20)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (8)
| Moda Center
19,468
| 18–43
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|March
| home_wins = 5
| home_losses = 7
| road_wins = 1
| road_losses = 3
}}
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 62
| March 1
| Brooklyn
| {{NBA game|date=20180301|id=BKNSAC#|pf=116|pa=111|ot=1}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (23)
| Kosta Koufos (11)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 19–43
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 63
| March 3
| Utah
| {{NBA game|date=20180303|id=UTASAC#|pf=91|pa=98}}
| De'Aaron Fox (17)
| Skal Labissière (12)
| Fox, Jackson, Koufos, Labissière (3)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 19–44
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 64
| March 4
| {{NBA game|date=20180304|id=NYKSAC#|pf=102|pa=99}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (22)
| Kosta Koufos (8)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (7)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 20–44
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 65
| March 7
| {{NBA game|date=20180307|id=NOPSAC#|pf=101|pa=114}}
| Buddy Hield (20)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| Frank Mason III (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 20–45
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 66
| March 9
| Orlando
| {{NBA game|date=20180309|id=ORLSAC#|pf=94|pa=88}}
| Garrett Temple (23)
| Kosta Koufos (13)
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (10)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 21–45
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 67
| March 11
| @ Denver
| {{NBA game|date=20180311|id=SACDEN#|pf=104|pa=130}}
| Buddy Hield (18)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (9)
| Pepsi Center
19,520
| 21–46
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 68
| March 12
| @ Oklahoma City
| {{NBA game|date=20180312|id=SACOKC#|pf=101|pa=106}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (19)
| Kosta Koufos (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (10)
| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203
| 21–47
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 69
| March 14
| Miami
| {{NBA game|date=20180314|id=MIASAC#|pf=123|pa=119|ot=1}}
| Buddy Hield (24)
| Zach Randolph (9)
| Zach Randolph (4)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 22–47
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 70
| March 16
| @ Golden State
| {{NBA game|date=20180316|id=SACGSW#|pf=98|pa=93}}
| Buddy Hield (22)
| Kosta Koufos (12)
| Buddy Hield (7)
| Oracle Arena
19,596
| 23–47
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 71
| March 17
| @ Utah
| {{NBA game|date=20180317|id=SACUTA#|pf=97|pa=103}}
| Buddy Hield (23)
| Hield, Koufos, Mason III (6)
| Buddy Hield (6)
| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306
| 23–48
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 72
| March 19
| Detroit
| {{NBA game|date=20180319|id=DETSAC#|pf=90|pa=106}}
| Buddy Hield (20)
| Hield, Cauley-Stein (6)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 23–49
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 73
| March 22
| Atlanta
| {{NBA game|date=20180322|id=ATLSAC#|pf=105|pa=90}}
| Justin Jackson (20)
| Kosta Koufos (11)
| Frank Mason III (8)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 24–49
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 74
| March 25
| Boston
| {{NBA game|date=20180325|id=BOSSAC#|pf=93|pa=104}}
| Buddy Hield (21)
| Kosta Koufos (9)
| Mason III, Cauley-Stein (4)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 24–50
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 75
| March 27
| Dallas
| {{NBA game|date=20180327|id=DALSAC#|pf=97|pa=103}}
| Skal Labissière (19)
| Jackson, Labissière (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 24–51
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 76
| March 29
| Indiana
| {{NBA game|date=20180329|id=INDSAC#|pf=103|pa=106}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (21)
| Hield, Cauley-Stein (7)
| Fox, Cauley-Stein (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 24–52
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 77
| March 31
| {{NBA game|date=20180331|id=GSWSAC#|pf=96|pa=112}}
| Buddy Hield (19)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| De'Aaron Fox (8)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 24–53
{{NBA game log section|Sacramento Kings|April
| home_wins = 1
| home_losses = 0
| road_wins = 2
| road_losses = 2
}}
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 78
| April 1
| @ LA Lakers
| {{NBA game|date=20180401|id=SACLAL#|pf=84|pa=83}}
| Buddy Hield (19)
| Skal Labissière (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (6)
| Staples Center
18,997
| 25–53
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 79
| April 3
| @ Phoenix
| {{NBA game|date=20180403|id=SACPHX#|pf=94|pa=97}}
| Bogdan Bogdanovic (22)
| De'Aaron Fox (9)
| De'Aaron Fox (5)
| Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,826
| 25–54
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 80
| April 6
| @ Memphis
| {{NBA game|date=20180406|id=SACMEM#|pf=94|pa=93}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (18)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (8)
| Buddy Hield (6)
| FedExForum
16,527
| 26–54
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 81
| April 9
| @ San Antonio
| {{NBA game|date=20180409|id=SACSAS#|pf=85|pa=98}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (25)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (10)
| De'Aaron Fox (7)
| AT&T Center
18,418
| 26–55
|- style="background:#bfb;"
| 82
| April 11
| Houston
| {{NBA game|date=20180411|id=HOUSAC#|pf=96|pa=83}}
| Willie Cauley-Stein (22)
| Willie Cauley-Stein (11)
| Bogdanovic, Hield (5)
| Golden 1 Center
17,583
| 27–55
{{NBA game log end|sac|end_year=2018}}
Player statistics
{{NBA roster statistics legend}}
=Regular season=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" | ||||||||||
style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|Player
! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|GP ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|GS ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|MPG ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|FG% ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|3P% ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|FT% ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|RPG ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|APG ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|SPG ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|BPG ! style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#5B6770 3px solid; border-bottom:#5B6770 3px solid;"|PPG | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Buddy|Hield}}
| 80 | 13 | 25.3 | .446 | .431 | .877 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .3 | 13.5 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Bogdan|Bogdanović|dab=basketball}}
| 78 | 52 | 27.9 | .446 | .392 | .840 | 2.9 | 3.3 | .9 | .2 | 11.8 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|De'Aaron|Fox}}
| 73 | 61 | 27.8 | .412 | .307 | .723 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .3 | 11.6 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Willie|Cauley-Stein}}
| 73 | 57 | 28.0 | .502 | .250 | .619 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .9 | 12.8 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Kosta|Koufos}}
| 71 | 12 | 19.6 | .571 | .446 | 6.6 | 1.2 | .7 | .5 | 6.7 | |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Justin|Jackson|dab=basketball, born 1995}}
| 68 | 41 | 22.1 | .442 | .308 | .722 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .4 | .2 | 6.7 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Garrett|Temple}}
| 65 | 35 | 24.8 | .418 | .392 | .769 | 2.3 | 1.9 | .9 | .4 | 8.4 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Skal|Labissière}}
| 60 | 29 | 20.7 | .448 | .353 | .805 | 4.8 | 1.2 | .4 | .8 | 8.7 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Zach|Randolph}}
| 59 | 58 | 25.6 | .473 | .347 | .785 | 6.7 | 2.2 | .7 | .2 | 14.5 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Vince|Carter}}
| 58 | 4 | 17.7 | .403 | .345 | .757 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .7 | .4 | 5.4 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Frank|Mason III}}
| 52 | 2 | 18.9 | .379 | .360 | .817 | 2.5 | 2.8 | .7 | .2 | 7.9 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|George|Hill|dab=basketball}}†
| 43 | 36 | 26.6 | .469 | .453 | .778 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .9 | .3 | 10.3 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Malachi|Richardson}}†
| 25 | 4 | 12.8 | .330 | .308 | .773 | 1.3 | .5 | .4 | .0 | 3.5 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|JaKarr|Sampson}}
| 22 | 6 | 15.6 | .543 | .500 | .625 | 3.5 | .4 | .4 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Georgios|Papagiannis}}†
| 16 | 0 | 7.4 | .415 | 2.3 | .6 | .1 | .4 | 2.1 | ||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Bruno|Caboclo}}†
| 10 | 0 | 10.0 | .310 | .200 | .833 | 2.1 | .3 | .2 | .4 | 2.6 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jack|Cooley}}
| 7 | 0 | 12.4 | .481 | .737 | 4.3 | .9 | .1 | .0 | 5.7 | |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Nigel|Hayes-Davis}}†
| 5 | 0 | 21.0 | .286 | .167 | .000 | 4.4 | .8 | .4 | .6 | 3.6 |
{{Plainlist|
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
}}
Transactions
{{Main article|List of 2017–18 NBA season transactions}}
=Trades=
border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; width:100%;" cellpadding="5" |
style="background:#eee;"
| style="width:12%" | June 22, 2017{{cite web|title=Kings Acquire Draft Rights to Justin Jackson and Harry Giles|url=http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings-acquire-draft-rights-jackson-giles|work=nba.com/kings|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2017}} | style="width:44%; vertical-align:top;"| To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Justin Jackson (Pick 15) Draft rights to Harry Giles (Pick 20) | style="width:44%; vertical-align:top;"| To Portland Trail Blazers Draft right to Zach Collins (Pick 10) |
style="background:#eee;"
| style="width:12%" | July 14, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings-trade-knicks-perry|title=Kings Acquire Future Second Round Draft Pick and Cash Considerations in Trade with Knicks|work=NBA.com|date=July 14, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2017}} | style="width:44%; vertical-align:top;"| To Sacramento Kings 2019 second-round pick Cash considerations | style="width:44%; vertical-align:top;"| To New York Knicks Scott Perry (general manager) |
style="background:#eee;"
| style="width:12%" rowspan=3| February 8, 2018{{cite web|title=Utah Jazz acquire Derrick Rose, Jae Crowder in three-team trade|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2018/02/08/utah-jazz-acquire-derrick-rose-jae-crowder-official-release/|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=February 8, 2018|date=February 8, 2018}} |
style="background:#eee;"
|align=left valign=top|To Cleveland Cavaliers Rodney Hood (from Utah) George Hill (from Sacramento) Draft rights to Artūras Gudaitis (from Sacramento) |align=left valign=top|To Sacramento Kings Joe Johnson (from Utah) Iman Shumpert (from Cleveland) 2020 second round pick (from Miami via Cleveland) Draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis (from Cleveland) Cash considerations (from Cleveland and Utah) |
colspan="2" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|To Utah Jazz Jae Crowder (from Cleveland) Derrick Rose (from Cleveland) Right to swap 2024 second round picks with Cleveland |
=Free agency=
==Additions==
==Subtractions==
Awards
class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="5%" | Player ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="9%" | Award ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="5%" | Date awarded ! style="background:#5b2b82; color:white" width="1%" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
{{Sortname|Bogdan|Bogdanović|dab=basketball}}
| NBA All-Rookie Second Team | May 22, 2018 |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Sacramento Kings seasons}}
{{2017–18 NBA season by team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Sacramento Kings season}}