The Sacramento Kings have given up 276 points in their last two games. Despite the porous defense and the chanting of the home crowd, defensive-minded guard Keon Ellis still can’t get meaningful playing time. Ellis is a 6-foot-6 guard in his fourth season in Sacramento. He was undrafted out of Alabama, but played his way into a key role in the Kings rotation by his second season. He’s a 42.9 percent three-point shooter for his career who averaged 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks in 24.4 minutes per game last season. And he’s only playing in garbage time as the team’s defense has collapsed. Based on advanced stats, Ellis is one of the most valuable defensive players on the Kings. He has consistently strong defensive numbers — +2.1 and +2.0 in defensive box score plus/minus in the last two seasons. He’s logged above-average defensive ratings of 113 and 114 points per 100 possessions, while the team as a whole was at 115.2 and 116.2 points per 100, respectively. This season, he’s behind veteran point guards Dennis Sch
