an injury, Evans was given the opportunity to start. He remained in the starting lineup afterwards, as the Nets decided to start Evans over Humphries. On March 27 in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Evans notched career highs in both points (22) and rebounds (26) as the Nets won 111–93. 2 days later in a game against the Denver Nuggets, Evans had another great night with 15 points and 16 rebounds but the Nets lost 109–87. Evans said he heard a teammate say to Nets coach P. J. Carlesimo to bench Evans because of lack of offensive production. Evans used this as inspiration to be more aggressive on the offensive end of the floor. In his first season with the Nets, Evans played 80 games with 56 starts, and for the second time in his career, he averaged over 10 rebounds a game with 11.1. Sacramento Kings (2014–2015) On February 19, 2014, the Brooklyn Nets traded Evans and guard Jason Terry to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for guard Marcus Thornton. Having only played in nine of the Kings' first 16 games to start the 2014–15 season, and having not played in the previous seven games, Evans made up for the absence of starting center DeMarcus Cousins against the Memphis Grizzlies as he recorded 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 20 rebounds in 35 minutes off the bench. The seldom-used Evans sparked Sacramento back into the game during the third quarter, getting Marc Gasol in foul trouble and slicing Memphis' lead to 74–65 heading to the fourth. However, the Kings went on to lose the game, 97–85. BIG3 Basketball In 2017, Evans joined the BIG3 basketball league's Killer 3's team, playing alongside Charles Oakley (who also was the head coach), Chauncey Billups, and Stephen Jackson. In 2018, Evans joined the BIG3 basketball league's 3 Headed Monsters, playing alongside Rashard Lewis, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, and being coached by Gary Payton. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 67 || 60 || 20.4 || .471 || .000 || .519 || 6.6 || .5 || .6 || .2 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 75 || 27 || 17.1 || .406 || .000 || .561 || 5.4 || .4 || .7 || .1 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 79 || 79 || 23.8 || .476 || .000 || .534 ||