Next year is when the real expectations will be:
-Lead core is all fully back with Fox/Buddy/Bogdan having 2 full seasons under Joerger and 1year and a half as the lead cogs of the offense
-Giles and Bagley likely unleashed, a whole off-season to get stronger and continue to get better
-Barnes gets to go through a real training camp with the playbook and not just be thrust into a 35+ MPG role with a bunch of players he doesn't know or a playbook he doesn't know.
-It's more than likely we add a good amount of talent in FA this off-season with our cap space and us being a "team on the rise". Won't be in play for the big boys obviously, but I could easily see the lower-tier guys being far more interested (Bojan, Beverly, BroLo, Noel, etc).
I mean, a good portion of the DC is already filled for next season. Can't remember too many times we could say that heading into the next year:
Fox || ???
Buddy || Bogdan
Barnes || ???
Bagley || Bjelica
??? || Giles
I mean imagine if we could fill those empty slots with PatBev/Noel and Bojan Bogdanovic?
All this is to say that I think next year will be the first we've had since the glory days where the Kings will actually have expectation on them to be somewhat good.