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How Monk, Kings helped revive each other's once-dying potential

Chaotic. Helpful. Needed.

Those are the three words Kings guard Malik Monk used to describe his NBA journey thus far, from being drafted No. 11 overall by the Charlotte Hornets seven years ago to finding a place where he finally felt like he belonged in Sacramento – and everything in between.

After shining in his one year at Kentucky, Monk was eager to take his talent to the next level. But things didn’t go as planned in Charlotte, and he came head-to-head with adversity early on.

“Oh, man. Shit. It had me questioning a lot,” Monk told NBC Sports California.