“They haven’t made the playoffs in a long time, that should be their motivation” Shaquille O’Neal gives an outlook on Sacramento Kings’ chances to win a championship
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The Sacramento Kings have been lurking among the bottom teams of the league for a while now. Despite having a young group of very capable players, what they lack the most seems to be motivation to win in general. They have shown a little growth over the years but it is not enough.
Last season, they finished as the 12th seed with 30 wins and 52 losses. They went ahead with a trade mid season that got them All-Star Domantas Sabonis who is an above average two way player. They also acquired Jeremy Lamb is a good shooter if the ball averaging 40.3% from the field, and 34.2% shooting from the three-point arc overall. This will add more depth the their team.
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Shaquille O’Neal says Sacramento Kings require motivation from two decade playoff drought
Shaquille O’Neal is a part owner of the Sacramento Kings. The former 2000 league MVP has been a top level player his whole career. Besides that, he has played for championship teams and won four as well. On “The Big Podcast” Shaq highlighted what the Kings need in order to win.
“Every team has the chance to make the Finals. Depends on your star two players and depends on the others. They haven’t made the playoffs in a long time. That should be their motivation. You gotta have steps, right? So, Sacramento, you haven’t been to Playoffs. Let’s put together a good enough run to make the playoffs. Let’s just build that.”
Shaquille O’Neal recalls his first year in the league amidst Sacramento Kings hype
After the Sacramento Kings recently acquisitions, many experts already have them winning the title. It does sound a little far fetched but they will most likely get a taste of the playoffs at the least. Shaquille O’Neal remembered his rookie year in the league in an attempt to correlate the Kings situation to his.
He said, “When I got to Orlando, in my mind, I knew we could win a championship, but it don’t work like that. So, my first year, 41-41, didn’t make the playoffs. So, now we making the playoffs. I don’t care what anybody says. We making the playoffs. Not only do we make the playoffs. We went to the Finals. So it’s a process.”
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