Following possibly losing Domantas Sabonis to a right hand injury (still unknown if he’ll miss time), Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown was asked about the team’s ongoing search at the backup center position.
(via Sacramento Kings):
“I’m gonna keep searching. I said this before, nobody has really held on to that spot and played at a high level in that spot. I’m not looking for points or anything. I’m just looking at not fouling, playing the right way, do what you need to do defensively, rebound. Just simple basic things. And if you’re able to score and be a vertical threat at the rim, great. But we need to be able to spell Domas without our backup center picking up two or three fouls in a 6 minute span, without our backup center getting us hurt in pick and roll defense. Our backup center can’t have a matchup against another backup to where we have to think about starting to double team him. Those things can’t happen at the backup center spot. And then, he’s obviously gotta play hard because the stretch isn’t that long. There’s no reason or need to float or coast during that time. So I’m gonna keep searching until I can find that.”
