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The Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings completed a trade, but it didn’t involve John Collins or Harrison Barnes. Kevin Huerter is moving to the California capital, and Atlanta reshapes its roster even further around Trae Young. Who won the deal? Trade Grades: Atlanta Hawks Trade Kevin Huerter to Sacramento Terms of the Deal Sacramento receives: […] READ MORE
The Sacramento Kings are unaccustomed to receiving luck from the NBA gods. They have the longest postseason drought in NBA history and last made the postseason in 2006. Their defeat to the Lakers in the 2002 Conference Finals series featured so many controversial referee decisions that a presidential candidate wrote to David Stern to request […] READ MORE
The Sacramento Kings made it official and crowned Mike Brown as the team’s head coach on Sunday. Sacramento team owner Vivek Ranadive and general manager Monte McNair selected Brown as the Kings’ head coach over announcer Mark Jackson, the other rumored finalist for the job. Brown became the Kings’ new coach after a well-publicized search. […] READ MORE
Management is searching for a new Lakers coach to raise the team back into contention. The Los Angeles Lakers had two disappointing seasons behind them. They exited the first round last year. The team recently lost to the Suns in the play-in rounds. Coach Frank Vogel knows that he is up for replacement. Searching for […] READ MORE
The Sacramento Kings have now missed the playoffs for 15 consecutive years. A historic feat, as they’ve now matched the LA Clippers for the longest playoff drought in NBA history. The Clippers though endured their barren spell from 1977 to 1991. Now thirty years removed, time has hopefully had the chance to heal some wounds. […] READ MORE
In the sports industry, you do not have a typical Nine-Five job. That is certainly the case for NBA front offices in a unique offseason, especially for Jon Horst of the Milwaukee Bucks. With just a day before the NBA Draft, Horst pulled off two big moves in Milwaukee. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia 76ers are on the hunt to find a suitor for former All-Star big man Al Horford. The 34-year-old had a rough season in the City of Brotherly Love, averaging just 11.9 points and 6.8 rebounds on 45 percent shooting, 35 percent from three, and 76.3 percent from the line. It was Horford’s lowest […] READ MORE
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Sacramento Kings were one of the elite teams in the Western Conference. They made eight straight playoff appearances including three Conference semifinals and one Western Conference finals appearance. Since then, the Kings have missed 15 straight post-seasons, traded away star players for chocolates, and missed on a […] READ MORE
The Sacramento Kings did not make it to the Western Conference play-in games, but they made it to the NBA Bubble. That’s a start. The team clearly has talent, but have made a few regrettable front office decisions in the past few years that have held them back. With that being said, it’s not farfetched […] READ MORE
After a four-month hiatus, several NBA teams entered the Bubble coming off a red hot winning streak. One of them, is most notably, the Los Angeles Lakers, who were on an 11-2 roll before the hiatus. Despite four months of limited basketball activities, multiple reports emerged of the Lakers secretly practicing drills in a safe […] READ MORE