The Sacramento Kings were eager to make a splash this offseason after missing the Western Conference playoffs and have a terrific core in place with De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis, Keegan Murray and Malik Monk, who re-signed on a four-year deal. Devin Carter was a nice selection at the back end of the lottery, giving Sacramento a much-needed defensive-minded guard.

Instead of building around their stars and adding more defensive pieces, the Kings are taking a huge risk by bringing in a soon-to-be 35-year-old DeRozan. This move is the equivalent of putting new speakers in your car when the check engine light comes on. It’s something that Sacramento can point to and say, “Wow, look what we did!” despite no real progress being made.

DeRozan is the type of star teams still have to build their offenses around, which makes the fit tricky.

The 15-year vet finished 17th overall in isolation possessions per game (3.4) with Fox (2.9) falling not far behind. For a team that ranked second in passes made per game (305.6) and seventh in assists (28.3), there’s real potential for this offense to look stagnant at times now with another ball-dominant player in the mix.

There has to be some durability worries moving forward as well.

DeRozan led the NBA in minutes per game last season (37.8) at age 34 and is fifth among all active players in total court time logged only behind LeBron James, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. He’s avoided major injuries throughout his career, but there’s a lot of mileage on these tires, especially with DeRozan’s 63 playoff games factored in.

The Kings have to keep expanding Murray’s role and give him the necessary pathway to becoming an All-Star, and his offensive role may actually shrink with DeRozan on board.

Sacramento needed a wing that could defend at a high level and shoot open threes without requiring the ball in his hands. DeRozan is essentially the opposite of this, and will now be making nearly $74 million throughout his age-35, -36 and -37 seasons.