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Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown is not happy. Who can blame him? The Kings just lost against a Charlotte Hornets team who were without their main man, LaMelo Ball. After the game, Brown called out his players’ free throw woes, lamenting how the Kings should be doing better from the charity stripe with the […]

The Phoenix Suns recent struggles continued in their 120-105 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night, despite a fairly strong outing from Kevin Durant (28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 9-14 FGM). The Kings were doing everything they could to slow down Durant, which led to a hilarious interaction between himself and Sacramento’s head […]

We might have ourselves the Dunk of the Year, ladies and gentlemen! Malik Monk might be more known for his shooting, but the Sacramento Kings guard reminded us of his freaking hops on Friday night. Against the Phoenix Suns, Monk rose up for a vicious poster dunk over Drew Eubanks. It was a ferocious dunk […]

After their magical run last season, there was one burning question about the Sacramento Kings. Are they for real? We’ve seen many playoff teams fall off after the luster of their Cinderella run fades. In their second season, Sacramento is proving that they are, indeed, for real. A big reason for their continued success is […]

The Sacramento Kings are one of the top championship contenders in the Western Conference this season, and they’ve been reminding many fans of the Golden State Warriors lately. The Kings have kept a close eye on their rivals in the Pacific Division and have built a starting lineup and bench that are emblematic of up-tempo, […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are starting to get a few of their crucial players back from injury, and they’re beginning to go on a roll. CJ McCollum has returned from a collapsed lung, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram have mostly avoided the injury bug, and Trey Murphy is also back on the hardwood after suffering […]

Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes is not the flashiest player in the world. In fact, he is one of the players who thrives in a more functional team setting, as that’s where he can nail the little things (defense, drawing fouls, nailing open shots) that are conducive to winning. However, Barnes’ level of production is […]

The Sacramento Kings are an ascending team in the NBA’s Western Conference that currently sits in fourth place. The Kings are making waves, but they aren’t too far away from being a lottery team, either. The closeness of the standings currently highlights the importance of the next few weeks in the NBA, as the league’s […]

The Sacramento Kings are coming off of a very successful 2022-2023 season, but Mike Brown is trying to help them build on that to go from a good team to a great team, and he spoke about what he wants his team’s mindset to be to help them achieve that goal. “We’ve talked about this […]

Mike Brown felt almost like a real king Monday night, as he hit a coaching milestone after steering the Sacramento Kings to a 132-120 home win over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers. After all, he was given a literal king’s throne to sit on in the locker room to celebrate his 400th win as head coach […]

The Sacramento Kings proved to everyone last season that they were no longer bottom-feeders in the Western Conference and could compete with the best of the best. A 48-win season is no fluke and the Kings backed up their stellar regular-season play by pushing the Golden State Warriors to seven games in the first round […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers faced off against De’Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night, a matchup featuring two playoff contending teams in the state of California. With both teams looking to get off to a fast start to the 2023-24 season, it was the Kings who came away with a […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown shared his sentiments on the horrific Maine mass shooting after their 130-114 win over the Utah Jazz. Brown was emotional during his post-game press conference on Wednesday, per Kings on NBCS. “At a frickin’ grocery store, man. If that doesn’t touch anybody…I don’t know. I don’t even…I don’t know […]

A lot can happen over the course of 16 years. In fact, our world has greatly changed over the last 16 years with iPhones and smart technology becoming daily essentials in life. For the Sacramento Kings, nothing happened from 2006 through 2022, as they consistently sat at the bottom of the NBA standings, the laughingstocks […]

The Sacramento Kings lost in the first round to the defending champion Golden State Warriors last season by a final tally of three games to four. Considering the positive steps Coach Mike Brown’s team made, it almost felt like the Kings won the series. Now, with the 2023-2024 season looming, the Kings and Coach Brown […]

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox is one of the top young players in the NBA. Last season, Fox created a phenomenon across the NBA as he led the Kings to surprising playoff victories that resulted in the team “lighting the beam” at ARCO Arena. Recently head coach Mike Brown revealed his championship aspirations for the […]

The Sacramento Kings recently ended their 16-year playoff skid during the 2022-23 season when they took the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors to seven games in their first-round series. While they came up short of advancing to the Western Conference Semifinals, last season proved to be a huge success for head coach Mike Brown […]

The Joe Burrow contract situation between the quarterback and the Cincinnati Bengals doesn’t have a resolution heading into the 2023 NFL season. However, the Pro Bowl QB doesn’t seem to mind, and everyone from owner Mike Brown to the average Bengals fan on the street will love to hear that he wants to be a […]

If Sacramento fans had their way, Mike Brown would already have a statue in front of Golden 1 Center. In his first season as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, Brown not only took the team to the postseason for the first time since 2006, ending what was a 16-season playoff drought, but he […]

Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown has a way with words. The notoriously stingy owner spoke about the multiple star players who are up for new contracts soon, and although he used a strange pig metaphor to discuss the upcoming Joe Burrow, Tee Higgins, and Ja’Marr Chase contract extensions, he does have a point. “We have […]

The topic du jour since Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals has been the best way to guard Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic after the two-time MVP tallied 41 points (on 16-28 shooting), 11 rebounds, and four assists in a loss. Following the game, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was asked whether or not […]

Entering the offseason, the only thing the Sacramento Kings are focused on as an organization is finding ways to build off of their recent success. This is why targeting EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov has become a priority. The 2022-23 season proved to be historic for Sacramento not only because head coach Mike Brown won the […]

Coming off of a 48-34 season, their most wins since the 2004-05 season, the Sacramento Kings are a dangerous team on the rise in the Western Conference. Led by two All-Stars in Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox, this season proved to be a major success for the Kings and now, they could be gearing up […]

Although the Sacramento Kings fell in Game 7 of their first-round series against the Golden State Warriors, chants of “SAC-RA-MENTO” still rained down from the very top row at Golden 1 Center. One of the most passionate fan bases in the entire league, Sacramento showed their appreciation for this year’s team, a group that ended […]

There was no better story in the NBA this season than the Sacramento Kings and heading into the offseason, there is a lot to like about this organization. De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis were both All-Stars this season, Fox earned the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year Award, general manager Monte McNair was named the […]

Mike Brown is one of the most decorated coaches in the NBA today. He has won two Coach of the Year Awards. Moreover, he once stirred a LeBron James Cavaliers to the 2007 NBA Finals. Sixteen years later, Brown would play an instrumental role from the sidelines to help the Sacramento Kings end their long […]

The Sacramento Kings season came to an end after they lost Game 7 of their first-round series against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. The Kings held a two-point lead at the halftime break, but the wheels fell off for Sacramento in the second half, as the Warriors outscored them 64-42 over the final two […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown revealed the toughest pill to swallow following the Kings’ playoff loss to the Golden State Warriors. “Probably the biggest thing that will haunt me this summer was their ability to offensive rebound,” said Brown, via ESPN 1320 Sacramento Kings Insider James Ham. Mike Brown said you can survive a huge game […]

Mike Brown has sent a message of hope to Sacramento Kings fans, after their team was eliminated from the NBA playoffs in heart-breaking fashion by a Steph Curry-led Golden State Warriors. After an incredible rise this season which saw them jump to third-place in the Western Conference, the young Kings were ultimately unable to get […]

The resilience of De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis was on full display in Game 5 of their playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. While playing through injuries (Fox has a fractured finger while Sabonis is still recovering from Draymond Green stomping on his chest), both stars have been instrumental in their team’s success, with […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown is not happy with the way the offense operated in their Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Brown pointed out that the Kings’ transition offense doomed them in the game, which saw the Warriors escape with the 126-125 win. The Sacramento tactician would have preferred if the […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr couldn’t help but troll Sacramento Kings tactician Mike Brown about the Dubs’ playbook during their Game 4 showdown at Chase Center on Sunday. Before joining the Kings last summer, Brown spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach with the Warriors under Kerr. There is no doubt […]

The Sacramento Kings dropped the chance to put the Golden State Warriors on the ropes in Game 3. Although the Warriors were finally back home, Draymond Green was suspended for the game. They still came out and convincingly beat the Kings in a wire-to-wire, 114-97 win. The Kings still lead the series 2-1 but now […]

The Sacramento Kings may be up 2-0 over the Golden State Warriors in their NBA Playoffs series, but head coach Mike Brown warned his team that things won’t go easier from here on out. Brown–who was named the first unanimous Coach of the Year after helping the Kings break their 16-year playoff drought–reminded his team […]

The Sacramento Kings‘ 2022-23 season has been a dream. A 16-year playoff drought, the longest in NBA history, is over. The Kings are up 2-0 on the Golden State Warriors, smelling blood in the water of the defending champs. Now, head coach Mike Brown has just been named NBA Coach of the Year. After De’Aaron […]

The Sacramento Kings pulled off another huge win on Monday night against a Golden State Warriors side that had not previously lost back-to-back games in the NBA Playoffs for quite some time now. Well, the Kings changed all that on Monday as they escaped with another hard-fought victory at home, 114-106, to give themselves a […]

Sacramento Kings fans were absolutely seething at one particular player during their team’s Game 2 win over the Golden State Warriors. During a play, Domantas Sabonis grabbed Draymond Green’s leg. Green responded by planting said foot on Sabonis’ chest. Green was ejected from the case with a chorus of boos from the home crowd. After […]

Sacramento Kings star De’Aaron Fox had a playoffs debut to remember. The Kings enjoyed a winning return in their first playoffs appearance since 2006 following a thrilling 126-123 Game 1 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night. Fox, in particular, stood out as he scored 38 points — tying the record tie for […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has been voted the National Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Mike Brown has helped the Kings make one of the most dramatic single-season turnarounds in recent memory. The 2021-2022 Kings went 30-52. This season, they went 48-34 in the regular season […]