Buddy Hield had an absolute meltdown in the wake of a double-overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday. The Sacramento Kings shooting guard was benched for a portion of this game due to his poor defense, something he could not seem to comprehend.

Hield had an ugly relationship with former coach Dave Joerger, as the latter was selective with his rotations and did not fully give him the green light, even as the team's leading scorer. The same is starting to happen with new coach Luke Walton, as the relationship between the two is clearly starting to splinter.

“Seems like we’re all over the place. Trust issues going on, I guess,” said Hield after a 105-104 loss to the Timberwolves, according to Matt George of Sports 1140 KHTK. “Guys stop believing in players. It is what it is.”

The 6-foot-4 shooting guard was demanding of a beefy contract extension this past offseason upon his rise to being a viable 20-point scorer, but he struggled to make shots on Thursday, putting up 17 points on a 6-of-20 shooting night from the field and 3-of-11 from deep.

He now has a four-year, $94 million deal to justify, and his shooting numbers in the past five games hardly do so. Hield has not shot over 40% from the floor in the last five games, but shot well over 50% in the two prior to that skid. His streaky nature as a shooter and consistently poor defense make it a hard combination to keep on the floor, even for Walton, who's known to be a players' coach.

“Everybody’s getting scored on,” said Hield. “So you can’t say it’s defensively because everybody’s getting scored on, so you’ve got to come with a different excuse with me.”

Asked if he felt he was being singled out by the coaching staff, Hield let it rip.

“I never said that,” he said. “I just feel like I’m one of the better players on the team, I should be in there in the fourth quarter, trying to help my team win, regardless. That’s why I’m here, right?”

Only 31 games into the season and the 12-19 Kings are already seeing some chemistry issues. The recent loss of De'Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley III don't make for a better prospect either, as they navigate a five-game skid.