Days: Can talented Kings come together?

Today’s Team: Sacramento Kings | All 30 Teams Who’s new: Willie Cauley-Stein, Rajon Rondo, Marco Belinelli, Caron Butler, Seth Curry, Kosta Koufos DeMarcus Cousins, or at least that was the perception, fair or not, and it suffocated everything else the Kings accomplished and didn’t accomplished this offseason.

To recap: Cousins accused Karl of trying to get him traded, Karl denied that, and mostly inexperienced GM Vlade Divac tried to play referee and peacemaker.

Meanwhile, the Kings hope to shed the notion of them being a chaotic, combustible team that will slapstick their way through the season.

Start with Cousins and Karl, then add their two biggest offseason pickups, Willie Cauley-Stein and Rajon Rondo.

Vlade Divac stops by to talk about the Sacramento Kings’ offseason.

In order to give the front line a favorable height advantage against most teams, Divac also signed seven-footer Kosta Koufos, who played for the Grizzlies last season but also played for Karl in Denver, where he had his best seasons.

Again, if Rondo was still the Rondo of three years ago, teams would be willing to put up with his enigmatic personality.