The Sacramento Kings fired Luke Walton on Sunday and promoted Alvin Gentry as interim head coach. Gentry became Sacramento's 12th head coach in 16 seasons and Walton became the latest casualty after starting out 6-11 on the new campaign. Walton actually ended his tenure as the second winningest coach in franchise history, with a 68-93 record in a little over two seasons.

Seriously, though, it's just saddening to see just how a loyal fanbase like Sacramento is being treated to losing basketball for over one-and-a-half decades now. When you see that purple Kings logo, don't you just feel immense pity for the organization and whatever's left of its fans? Or maybe it will make you vomit, just like that Sacramento courtside fan on Saturday night that became a spot-on image of how disgusting this franchise has been for 16 years.

Obviously, Walton's firing isn't going to move the needle one bit. If it hasn't worked over the last decade-and-a-half, what makes the front office think it will work now? Sacramento's issues are so deep, that there really is just one way to, not just solve it, but just get the mere opportunity to do so. Nonetheless, here is a list of some things the Kings need to do to salvage their poverty franchise.

Kings Franchise Salvaging Maneuvers

1. Change the owner

This is that “one way.” There's simply no other way around this mess. Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé needs to go. There hasn't been a moment since Ranadivé bought the team in 2013 where one NBA fan or analyst said, “The Kings are making the playoffs.” This team has been that bad under Ranadivé's watch.

He has established a losing culture within the organization and there's no other person that feels this more than his franchise star De'Aaron Fox. Just by looking at the 23-year old's body language this season, it's easy to see just how affected he has been with all this losing. Fox had a magnificent All-Star calibre campaign in 2020-21. However, his numbers and efficiency across the board are all way down this 2021-22 season.

All of these issues stem from Ranadivé's ineptitude as an owner, with his inability to hire the right people for the top positions in his organization, to always feeling the need to get involved in every basketball operations decision. Ranadivé selling the team likely wouldn't happen anytime soon. For a successful businessman like him, he would probably want to to be the one to turn this franchise around. Unfortunately, that isn't going to happen as long as he's in charge.

2. Decide what to do with De'Aaron Fox

Well, since Ranadivé isn't going, maybe they should consider what to do with De'Aaron Fox. The 2017 5th overall pick is the closest representation the Kings have as a franchise star. But is Fox going to be that guy for the Kings in the long run? If not, they should do this.

3. Follow the Oklahoma City Thunder blueprint

The Kings have been in this seemingly never-ending cycle of being a lottery team. Unfortunately, despite living in the lottery for over a decade now, Sacramento hasn't landed any franchise-altering prospect that would give them any glimmer of hope for their future. (Luka Doncic could've been the one?)

With that, perhaps one blueprint the Kings can follow is the plan that Sam Presti laid out for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Presti has simply collected draft assets over the next five years to increase their chances of landing a franchise star or two that will carry their team for the next decade. With a team that hasn't too good of a track record in drafting, maybe Sacramento can do the same in the hopes that they can luck themselves on a potential superstar with all their draft capital.

But yeah, this probably isn't going to work either, and so will no. 2. Just get rid of Vivek Ranadivé.