With just three games left in the regular season, the Sacramento Kings are bringing back a familiar face, and one who’s earned every bit of this second shot.
Per ESPN insider Shams Charania, Sacramento is signing guard Terence Davis after his strong showing with the Wisconsin Herd, the G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks. Davis averaged 14.3 points per game while shooting 40.2 percent from three through 30 total games.
In case you missed it, Davis spent some time with the Kings from 2021 to 2023 and now returns to a team fighting for playoff seeding in the West. His ability to get hot in a hurry, put up stout defense on the perimeter, and bring microwave scoring off the bench was a valuable spark for what was known among Sacramento faithful as the "Beam Team."
Davis was a standout on the Bucks G League squad
A roster signing of a Western Conference team obviously has little bearing on the Bucks, but for Milwaukee, it’s another quiet success story from what is becoming their G-League pipeline. Davis may not have cracked the Milwaukee Bucks' rotation, but his journey back to the NBA is the result of Wisconsin giving him the reps, rhythm and runway to get noticed again.
Across the league, the G League is increasingly recognized as a source of NBA talent for cash-strapped teams like Milwaukee and Sacramento. There's a litany of players around the association who went undrafted or didn't find immediate success in the NBA who used the G-League to develop their skills, gain experience and showcase their abilities to NBA scouts and front offices across the league.
And as far as player movement from the G to the NBA goes, there's a legitimate argument to be made at this point that the Wisconsin Herd has always been one of the more active ones in the G League ecosystem.
This writer has always said that a team like the Bucks should leave no stone unturned in preparing for the future. A cursory look at the movement on the Herd is all you need to prove they're a legitimate pipeline, not just to Milwaukee but to the broader NBA. Their structure, coaching staff and the visibility that comes from playing in showcase events or putting up big numbers consistently keeps them on NBA radars.
They're probably never going to be South Bay Lakers-level high-profile, but there's no denying they’ve silently become a productive hub for NBA-level auditions. Just ask guys like Sandro Mamukelashvili, who has been thriving on the San Antonio Spurs now, or Jordan Nwora, who had productive years as a Toronto Raptor and Indiana Pacer even after he was traded from Milwaukee.
This only means that for Davis, it’s a second chance that is every bit earned, not given. And hopefully, the other Young Bucks on the Wisconsin Herd squad can get that same chance one day, too. Guys like Justise Winslow, Ibou Badji and Pete Nance are simply too talented to be on a G-League roster.
It also means that the Bucks can't afford to let their G-League standouts like Chris Livingston go to waste by being whisked away by other teams. It's interesting that the Kings saw something in the Wisconsin Herd standout that the Milwaukee Bucks didn't. And that's on the coaching staff and the general manager's eye for talent. Time will tell how it works for them.
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