“I’m not a loser. 1-10 just doesn’t sound good”

The Sacramento Kings season continues. This last morning, the Californian franchise added its tenth defeat of the season at the hands of the Orlando Magic (107-100), leaving the Kings in the hole of the classification along with the Utah Jazz, who have precisely the same balance, one victory and ten losses.

Although the Kings’ year was not looking very promising in terms of results, rookie Darius Acuff Jr. is being the only oasis of the season for the team. And despite the defeats, the 18-year-old rookie has taken over Sacramento’s offensive game and continues to shatter records night after night. In fact, the young point guard is among the top 10 scorers of the season, with 26.2 points per night and with an inappropriate volume of shots for a player of his age (22.8 attempts per game). To this we must add 3.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game.

However, despite recording such numbers, the frequent bad results have already begun to take their toll on the Kings rookie, who did not hide his frustration in the press conference after the last loss against the Magic:

“A lot of the fault was ours. We have to correct it… I don’t know. We tried. I think we have to come together at the end of the fourth quarter, improve as a team and close the games. We have to find the solution at some point,” said Acuff, who was also asked about how losing so much is affecting him.

“A lot. I’m not a loser. It’s not fun. But like I already said, it’s an 82-game season. So, hopefully, something will work,” said the promising point guard.

Likewise, his teammate Zach LaVine also spoke at the press conference after the clash against Orlando, and in addition to recognizing Acuff’s “support” role, he took the opportunity to praise the young first-year player, whom he described as “a really special player.”

“Darius (Acuff) is special, you know? This is not for me anymore. I have to try to support him the best way I can. If that means playing a little more without the ball and it involves more catch-and-shoot situations, that’s the role I’m going to take. Now, obviously, I can go out and look for him. Like if you tell me to go score, I’ll do it for sure. But I’m trying to be in the best support role possible for him, you know, because he’s going to be really special,” he declared. LaVine.