# 2020–21 Sacramento Kings season

The 2020–21 Sacramento Kings season was the 76th season of the franchise, its 72nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 36th in Sacramento.
The Kings entered the season with the current longest NBA playoff appearance drought at 14 seasons, last qualifying in 2006. After the Cleveland Browns of the NFL made the playoffs for the first time since 2002 at the start of the NBA season, the Kings will be 2nd in sports for the longest active playoffs drought, behind the MLB's Seattle Mariners. On August 14, Vlade Divac resigned from his position as general manager and Monte McNair was named as his replacement on September 17. For the 15th season in a row, the Sacramento Kings failed to reach the playoffs, tying the Los Angeles Clippers for the longest NBA playoff drought and thus became the first team in NBA history to reach a 70 year title drought, not winning a title since 1951.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
| 1 | 12 | Tyrese Haliburton | PG | United States | Iowa State |
| 2 | 35 | Xavier Tillman | PF | United States | Michigan State |
| 2 | 43 | Jahmi'us Ramsey | SG | United States | Texas Tech |
| 2 | 52 | Kenyon Martin Jr. | SG | United States | IMG Academy |

## Standings
### Conference

Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Utah Jazz * | 52 | 20 | .722 | – | 72 |
| 2 | y – Phoenix Suns * | 51 | 21 | .708 | 1.0 | 72 |
| 3 | x – Denver Nuggets | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
| 5 | y – Dallas Mavericks * | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 6 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 7 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 8 | pi – Golden State Warriors | 39 | 33 | .542 | 13.0 | 72 |
| 9 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 38 | 34 | .528 | 14.0 | 72 |
| 10 | pi – San Antonio Spurs | 33 | 39 | .458 | 19.0 | 72 |
| 11 | New Orleans Pelicans | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
| 13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 | 72 |
| 14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 | 72 |
| 15 | Houston Rockets | 17 | 55 | .236 | 35.0 | 72 |
Notes
* z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
* c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
* y – Clinched division title
* x – Clinched playoff spot
* pb – Clinched play-in spot
* o – Eliminated from playoff contention
* * – Division leader

## Game log
### Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 11
@ Portland
L 102–127
Buddy Hield (23)
Nemanja Bjelica (7)
De'Aaron Fox (6)
Moda Center
0–1
2
December 13
@ Portland
W 121–106
Guy, Holmes (14)
Haliburton, Robinson (6)
Tyrese Haliburton (7)
Moda Center
1–1
3
December 15
Golden State
W 114–113
Kyle Guy (20)
Hassan Whiteside (9)
De'Aaron Fox (5)
Golden 1 Center
2–1
4
December 17
Golden State
L 105–113
Harrison Barnes (17)
Hassan Whiteside (9)
De'Aaron Fox (12)
Golden 1 Center
2–2 :
2020–21 season schedule :

### Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 31–41 (Home: 16–20; Road: 15–21) :
December: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 23
@ Denver
W 124–122
Buddy Hield (22)
Marvin Bagley III (10)
De'Aaron Fox (7)
Ball Arena 0
1–0
2
December 26
Phoenix
W 106–103
De'Aaron Fox (24)
Bagley III, Barnes (11)
De'Aaron Fox (5)
Golden 1 Center 0
2–0
3
December 27
Phoenix
L 100–116
Buddy Hield (17)
Richaun Holmes (11)
Tyrese Haliburton (6)
Golden 1 Center 0
2–1
4
December 29
Denver
W 125–115
De'Aaron Fox (24)
Buddy Hield (8)
De'Aaron Fox (3)
Golden 1 Center 0
3–1
5
December 31
@ Houston
L 119–122
Harrison Barnes (24)
Richaun Holmes (13)
De'Aaron Fox (6)
Toyota Center 0
3–2 :
January: 5–9 (home: 2–5; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
January 2
@ Houston
L 94–102
De'Aaron Fox (23)
Bagley III, Holmes (9)
De'Aaron Fox (4)
Toyota Center 0
3–3
7
January 4
@ Golden State
L 106–137
Bagley III, Fox (18)
Bagley III, Barnes (9)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
Chase Center 0
3–4
8
January 6
Chicago
W 128–124
Richaun Holmes (24)
Marvin Bagley III (12)
Tyrese Haliburton (6)
Golden 1 Center 0
4–4
9
January 8
Toronto
L 123–144
De'Aaron Fox (23)
Buddy Hield (5)
Barnes, Haliburton (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
4–5
10
January 9
Portland
L 99–125
Marvin Bagley III (15)
Bagley III, Whiteside (8)
Tyrese Haliburton (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
4–6
11
January 11
Indiana
W 127–122
Harrison Barnes (30)
Richaun Holmes (10)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
5–6
12
January 13
Portland
L 126–132
De'Aaron Fox (29)
Richaun Holmes (9)
Tyrese Haliburton (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
5–7
13
January 15
L. A. Clippers
L 100–138
Marvin Bagley III (20)
Chimezie Metu (8)
Haliburton, Hield (5)
Golden 1 Center 0
5–8
14
January 17
New Orleans
L 123–128
De'Aaron Fox (43)
Marvin Bagley III (10)
De'Aaron Fox (13)
Golden 1 Center 0
5–9
15
January 20
@ L. A. Clippers
L 96–115
De'Aaron Fox (25)
Marvin Bagley III (8)
De'Aaron Fox (7)
Staples Center 0
5–10
16
January 22
New York
W 103–94
De'Aaron Fox (22)
Richaun Holmes (14)
Barnes, Fox (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
6–10
January 24
@ Memphis
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 13)
January 25
@ Memphis
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 14)
17
January 27
@ Orlando
W 121–107
Harrison Barnes (21)
Bagley III, Holmes (12)
De'Aaron Fox (10)
Amway Center Limited seating
7–10
18
January 29
@ Toronto
W 126–124
Harrison Barnes (26)
Harrison Barnes (7)
Tyrese Haliburton (11)
Amalie Arena 0
8–10
19
January 30
@ Miami
L 104–105
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Tyrese Haliburton (7)
Fox, Haliburton (6)
American Airlines Arena Limited seating
8–11 :
February: 5–10 (home: 2–6; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
February 1
@ New Orleans
W 118–109
De'Aaron Fox (38)
Tyrese Haliburton (11)
De'Aaron Fox (12)
Smoothie King Center 1,440
9–11
21
February 3
Boston
W 116–111
De'Aaron Fox (26)
Buddy Hield (10)
De'Aaron Fox (11)
Golden 1 Center 0
10–11
22
February 6
Denver
W 119–114
Harrison Barnes (28)
Hassan Whiteside (11)
Buddy Hield (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
11–11
23
February 7
@ L. A. Clippers
W 113–110
De'Aaron Fox (36)
Harrison Barnes (12)
De'Aaron Fox (7)
Staples Center 0
12–11
24
February 9
Philadelphia
L 111–119
De'Aaron Fox (34)
Harrison Barnes (7)
De'Aaron Fox (10)
Golden 1 Center 0
12–12
25
February 13
Orlando
L 112–123
Buddy Hield (19)
Nemanja Bjelica (9)
Tyrese Haliburton (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
12–13
26
February 14
Memphis
L 110–124
De'Aaron Fox (23)
Buddy Hield (6)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
12–14
27
February 15
Brooklyn
L 125–136
Hassan Whiteside (26)
Hassan Whiteside (16)
De'Aaron Fox (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
12–15
28
February 18
Miami
L 110–118
Nemanja Bjelica (25)
Marvin Bagley III (10)
De'Aaron Fox (10)
Golden 1 Center 0
12–16
29
February 20
@ Chicago
L 114–122
Marvin Bagley III (26)
Marvin Bagley III (11)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
United Center 0
12–17
30
February 21
@ Milwaukee
L 115–128
Tyrese Haliburton (23)
Richaun Holmes (11)
De'Aaron Fox (10)
Fiserv Forum 1,800
12–18
31
February 23
@ Brooklyn
L 118–127
De'Aaron Fox (27)
Richaun Holmes (11)
Tyrese Haliburton (9)
Barclays Center 324
12–19
32
February 25
@ New York
L 121–140
De'Aaron Fox (29)
Harrison Barnes (7)
De'Aaron Fox (11)
Madison Square Garden 1,981
12–20
33
February 26
@ Detroit
W 110–107
De'Aaron Fox (27)
Richaun Holmes (17)
Harrison Barnes (7)
Little Caesars Arena 0
13–20
34
February 28
Charlotte
L 126–127
Harrison Barnes (28)
Marvin Bagley III (10)
De'Aaron Fox (14)
Golden 1 Center 0
13–21 :
March: 9–5 (home: 5–0; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
35
March 3
L. A. Lakers
W 123–120
Buddy Hield (29)
Richaun Holmes (9)
De'Aaron Fox (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
14–21
36
March 4
@ Portland
L 119–123
De'Aaron Fox (32)
Richaun Holmes (11)
De'Aaron Fox (12)
Moda Center 0
14–22
37
March 11
Houston
W 125–105
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Barnes, Holmes (11)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
15–22
38
March 13
@ Atlanta
L 106–121
De'Aaron Fox (32)
Richaun Holmes (12)
De'Aaron Fox (6)
State Farm Arena 2,347
15–23
39
March 15
@ Charlotte
L 116–122
De'Aaron Fox (29)
Richaun Holmes (15)
De'Aaron Fox (8)
Spectrum Center 2,861
15–24
40
March 17
@ Washington
W 121–119
De'Aaron Fox (28)
Harrison Barnes (8)
De'Aaron Fox (7)
Capital One Arena 0
16–24
41
March 19
@ Boston
W 107–96
De'Aaron Fox (29)
Richaun Holmes (11)
Tyrese Haliburton (7)
TD Garden 0
17–24
42
March 20
@ Philadelphia
L 105–129
Buddy Hield (25)
Harrison Barnes (7)
Cory Joseph (7)
Wells Fargo Center 3,071
17–25
43
March 22
@ Cleveland
W 119–105
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Richaun Holmes (16)
Harrison Barnes (8)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 4,100
18–25
44
March 24
Atlanta
W 110–108
De'Aaron Fox (37)
Hassan Whiteside (12)
Tyrese Haliburton (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
19–25
45
March 25
Golden State
W 141–119
De'Aaron Fox (44)
Richaun Holmes (11)
De'Aaron Fox (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
20–25
46
March 27
Cleveland
W 100–98
De'Aaron Fox (36)
Richaun Holmes (14)
De'Aaron Fox (6)
Golden 1 Center 0
21–25
47
March 29
@ San Antonio
W 132–115
De'Aaron Fox (24)
Richaun Holmes (12)
Tyrese Haliburton (10)
AT&T Center 2,876
22–25
48
March 31
@ San Antonio
L 106–120
De'Aaron Fox (20)
Richaun Holmes (15)
Harrison Barnes (5)
AT&T Center 2,802
22–26 :
April: 4–11 (home: 2–6; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
49
April 2
L. A. Lakers
L 94–115
Harrison Barnes (26)
Richaun Holmes (7)
Barnes, Fox (5)
Golden 1 Center 0
22–27
50
April 3
Milwaukee
L 128–129
Davis, Fox (27)
Richaun Holmes (9)
Tyrese Haliburton (11)
Golden 1 Center 0
22–28
51
April 5
@ Minnesota
L 106–116
De'Aaron Fox (31)
Harrison Barnes (12)
De'Aaron Fox (9)
Target Center 1,436
22–29
52
April 8
Detroit
L 101–113
De'Aaron Fox (23)
Fox, Holmes (9)
Fox, Haliburton (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
22–30
53
April 10
@ Utah
L 112–128
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Richaun Holmes (10)
De'Aaron Fox (8)
Vivint Arena 5,546
22–31
54
April 12
@ New Orleans
L 110–117
De'Aaron Fox (43)
Harrison Barnes (11)
Fox, Haliburton (6)
Smoothie King Center 3,700
22–32
55
April 14
Washington
L 111–123
De'Aaron Fox (33)
Harrison Barnes (7)
Fox, Haliburton (6)
Golden 1 Center 0
22–33
56
April 15
@ Phoenix
L 114–122
De'Aaron Fox (27)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
De'Aaron Fox (8)
Phoenix Suns Arena 4,568
22–34
57
April 18
@ Dallas
W 121–107
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Hassan Whiteside (10)
De'Aaron Fox (12)
American Airlines Center 4,193
23–34
58
April 20
Minnesota
L 120–134
Barnes, Harkless (20)
Harrison Barnes (8)
Tyrese Haliburton (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
23–35
59
April 21
Minnesota
W 128–125
De'Aaron Fox (30)
Damian Jones (8)
Barnes, Fox (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
24–35
60
April 25
@ Golden State
L 113–117
Buddy Hield (25)
Harrison Barnes (7)
Tyrese Haliburton (8)
Chase Center 3,252
24–36
61
April 26
Dallas
W 113–106
Richaun Holmes (24)
Damian Jones (7)
Tyrese Haliburton (10)
Golden 1 Center 0
25–36
62
April 28
Utah
L 105–149
Hield, Holmes (18)
Davis, Hield, Metu (5)
Tyrese Haliburton (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
25–37
63
April 30
@ L. A. Lakers
W 110–106
Tyrese Haliburton (23)
Richaun Holmes (9)
Tyrese Haliburton (10)
Staples Center 2,691
26–37 :
May: 5–4 (home: 2–2; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
64
May 2
@ Dallas
W 111–99
Buddy Hield (27)
Marvin Bagley III (9)
Terence Davis (7)
American Airlines Center 4,268
27–37
65
May 4
@ Oklahoma City
W 103–99
Hield, Davis (18)
Buddy Hield (11)
Delon Wright (8)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 0
28–37
66
May 5
@ Indiana
W 104–93
Marvin Bagley III (31)
Marvin Bagley III (12)
Buddy Hield (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0
29–37
67
May 7
San Antonio
L 104–113
Terence Davis (24)
Damian Jones (6)
Jones, Wright (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
29–38
68
May 9
Oklahoma City
W 126–98
Davis, Harkless (18)
Bagley III, Metu (9)
Davis, Hield (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
30–38
69
May 11
Oklahoma City
W 122–106
Terence Davis (27)
Holmes, Jones (7)
Delon Wright (8)
Golden 1 Center 0
31–38
70
May 13
@ Memphis
L 110–116
Justin James (31)
Davis, Jones, Metu (5)
Delon Wright (8)
FedExForum 2,876
31–39
71
May 14
@ Memphis
L 106–107
Louis King (27)
Damian Jones (11)
Buddy Hield (5)
FedExForum 3,502
31–40
72
May 16
Utah
L 99–121
Damian Jones (19)
Chimezie Metu (8)
Buddy Hield (9)
Golden 1 Center 0
31–41 :
2020–21 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Buddy Hield | 71 | 71 | 34.3 | .406 | .391 | .846 | 4.7 | 3.6 | .9 | .4 | 16.6 |
| Richaun Holmes | 61 | 61 | 29.2 | .637 | .182 | .794 | 8.3 | 1.7 | .6 | 1.6 | 14.2 |
| Harrison Barnes | 58 | 58 | 36.2 | .497 | .391 | .830 | 6.6 | 3.5 | .7 | .2 | 16.1 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 58 | 58 | 35.1 | .477 | .322 | .719 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 1.5 | .5 | 25.2 |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 58 | 20 | 30.1 | .472 | .409 | .857 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .5 | 13.0 |
| Cory Joseph$^†$ | 44 | 2 | 21.5 | .444 | .330 | .766 | 2.3 | 2.5 | .9 | .2 | 6.6 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 43 | 42 | 25.9 | .504 | .343 | .575 | 7.4 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 14.1 |
| Chimezie Metu | 36 | 6 | 13.6 | .508 | .351 | .721 | 3.1 | .8 | .4 | .5 | 6.3 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 36 | 4 | 15.2 | .563 | .000 | .519 | 6.0 | .6 | .3 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
| Justin James | 36 | 0 | 8.6 | .468 | .368 | .583 | .8 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 3.9 |
| Kyle Guy | 31 | 0 | 7.6 | .330 | .283 | .800 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .2 | .0 | 2.8 |
| Delon Wright$^†$ | 27 | 8 | 25.8 | .462 | .398 | .833 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .4 | 10.0 |
| Terence Davis$^†$ | 27 | 0 | 21.5 | .439 | .372 | .784 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .3 | 11.1 |
| Maurice Harkless$^†$ | 26 | 20 | 24.9 | .421 | .247 | .805 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .6 | 6.9 |
| Nemanja Bjelica$^†$ | 26 | 1 | 16.9 | .460 | .293 | .762 | 3.8 | 1.9 | .3 | .1 | 7.2 |
| Glenn Robinson III | 23 | 2 | 16.0 | .424 | .364 | .913 | 2.0 | .9 | .2 | .1 | 5.3 |
| DaQuan Jeffries$^†$ | 18 | 2 | 12.9 | .421 | .321 | .857 | 1.6 | .3 | .4 | .2 | 3.5 |
| Damian Jones$^†$ | 17 | 4 | 20.1 | .657 | .250 | .714 | 4.5 | 1.4 | .5 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| Jahmi'us Ramsey | 13 | 0 | 7.2 | .395 | .263 | 1.000 | .8 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 3.1 |
| Robert Woodard II | 13 | 0 | 3.5 | .400 | .167 | .375 | 1.2 | .2 | .0 | .2 | 1.5 |
| Louis King | 6 | 1 | 14.2 | .500 | .364 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .5 | 7.3 |
| Chris Silva$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | .333 | | | .5 | .0 | .0 | .3 | .5 |
| Jabari Parker$^†$ | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | .571 | .000 | | 2.0 | .3 | .0 | .3 | 2.7 |
| Norvel Pelle$^†$ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | | .750 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

## Transactions
### Trades

| November 19, 2020 | To Sacramento KingsDraft rights to Robert Woodard II (#40) 2022 second-round pick | To Memphis GrizzliesDraft rights to Xavier Tillman (#35) |
| November 25, 2020 | To Sacramento Kings2021 LAL second-round pick cash considerations | To Houston RocketsDraft rights to Kenyon Martin Jr. (#52) |
| March 25, 2021 | To Sacramento KingsTerence Davis | To Toronto Raptors2021 MEM second-round pick |
| March 25, 2021 | To Sacramento KingsMaurice Harkless Chris Silva | To Miami HeatNemanja Bjelica |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| DaQuan Jeffries | November 28 |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Hassan Whiteside | November 27 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Chimezie Metu | November 28 (Exhibit 10) | San Antonio Spurs |
| Frank Kaminsky | November 30 | Phoenix Suns |
| Glenn Robinson III | December 2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Norvel Pelle | February 25 (10-day contract) | Brooklyn Nets |
| Damian Jones | April 7 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Louis King | May 1 | New York Knicks |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| Harry Giles | Free Agency | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | Free Agency | Atlanta Hawks |
| Alex Len | Free Agency | Toronto Raptors |
| Kent Bazemore | Free Agency | Golden State Warriors |
| Norvel Pelle | 10-day contract expired | New York Knicks |
| Nemanja Bjelica | Trade | Miami Heat |
| DaQuan Jeffries | Waived | Houston Rockets |
| Chris Silva | Waived | |