Sacramento Kings: Biggest strengths and weaknesses for 2017-18

Weakness No. 2: Fighting on the glass

Even with having a player as much of a force on the glass as DeMarcus Cousins was for them, the Kings stood as a below-average rebounding team last season in multiple categories.

They ranked 28th in averaging 41.1 rebounds per game and 22nd in total rebounding percentage with 48.9 percent. Their only relatively respectable mark in this regard last year was their defensive rebounding percentage, which ranked 17th at 76.3 percent.

There’s a good chance that trend will continue this season, even with the addition of a prolific rebounder like Zach Randolph in their frontcourt.

That is the nature of rolling with big men like Skal Labissiere and Willie Cauley-Stein as the Kings will for many minutes this year. At times, Labissiere can still look like a boy among men and despite a motivated purpose to crash the glass at the end of last season, Cauley-Stein will have to prove his late-season surge wasn’t a fluke.

If those two can break out of their comfort zones and bang on the boards on a consistent basis, it certainly would go a long way for the Kings, but time will only tell if that will truly be the case.