Sac Kings Therapy

NBA Media Day is almost here and things are starting to spice up as the clock ticks midnight on the offseason. Indiana is looking to trade Buddy, the Damian Lillard saga is picking up traction, and many more stories floating around. It was a wild week in the NFL, the Dolphins took the soul out of the Broncos and fed it to the Shinigami, the Raiders have a hilarious blunder in crunch time that basi...

The Kings made a series of moves over the last weekend, they sign Jordan Ford to a 2-way contract and waive Neemias Queta and Nerlens Noel. The Kings roster is currently set with 14 players and 3 2-way players so it'll be interesting to see if the Kings do anything with their remaining roster spots. Meanwhile across the league the Damian Lillard to Miami saga is picking up steam but there are...

Team USA fell to Germany and Canada in back to back games with style. Both games came down to wire, but the US were out-executed in both of them and so they go home without any medals in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. But fear not, Lebron James is preparing to assemble the NBA Avengers squad of him, Steph, Draymond, AD and Tatum for the 2024 Olympics with others such as DeAaron Fox and Devin Booker expr...

Team USA lost to the still undefeated Lithuania National Team this weekend where some of the USA team's weaknesses were exposed. That being said, they've qualified for the Olympics and are still in good position to win the tournament. Elsewhere in the wrestling world, WWE Payback and AEW All Out happened and CM Punk was fired. Interesting times in the industry and could have long lasting e...

In small sprinkle of Kings news this week, Podcast hosts Owen and Fong go through the Sasha introductory press conference, the Kings signing Javale McGee, and Jordi Fernandez being on the radar for a head coaching position very soon. And as a bonus, we go through Noah Lyles comments on the NBA not being a "world" league as well as a bunch of other ranty subjects. Intro Music by Blue Dot...

In what's been a somber few days in the wrestling world, we lost 2 incredible people in Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk. Both have influenced the wrestling world in huge ways and have left their mark on the industry. They will truly be missed. We then pivot to less serious news in the 9ers trading away the former 3rd overall pick Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys. Here's to hoping he's able t...

The King's 2023-24 schedule has been released and the Kings are going to get quite a bit of love on National TV this upcoming season! The NBA is making a bet on the Kings being good again this season and it'll be up to them to live up to those expectations. In other Kings news, Seth Partnow released his annual NBA Tiers articles and quite a few Kings are on it, but where he's ranked th...

In this edition of King's Flashback, we go back to December of 2015, where the Kings welcomed the Knicks into the Sleep Train Arena for their lone national TV game on TNT that season. This was George Karl's only full season with the Kings and it was a tumultuous time for the Kings behind the scenes. It was also prime DeMarcus Cousins who wreaked havoc on the court and behind the scenes. Bu...

The King's preseason schedule has been released and the Kings have 5 games with 4 different teams. 2 games against the Warriors and 1 against the Lakers, Raptors and Jazz. Neemias Queta has signed a standard deal with the Kings. The details of the deal have not been released but the likelihood is that him and Nerlens Noel duke it out in training camp to see who gets that final center spot. Deu...

After an all too long hiatus of Naruto Rewatch: Owen and Fong return to go through episodes 26-30. The story now shifts to part 2 of the Chunin exams where the Genin enter the Forest of Death to enter battle with other squads to get 2 scrolls so they can bring to the tower and move on to the next phase. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura run into trouble immediately and come face to face with a formidable...

In the Sac Kings Therapy tradition of the offseason, Podcast hosts Owen and Fong go over a retro game from a different time for the Kings, usually from the King's glory years. In this edition, we go to a more recent game in NBA history, one in which the Kings made history by being the first team ever, out of 8,378 games to come back down 17 with less than 3 minutes to go to win the game agains...

In what will now be dubbed as the Series of Random on Sac King Therapy, Podcast hosts Owen and Fong decide to watch the much acclaimed Kuroko no Basket. The series is about a young man named Tetsuya Kuroko trying to find a situation where he can play true team basketball after leaving the best team in Japan. The anime was a hit when it first came out in 2012 and the hosts decide if it still holds...

The Kings have signed Nerlens Noel to minimum contract to fill their 14th roster spot. Can he help the Kings? What does this mean for Neemias Queta? In other Kings news, Sam Amick and Anthony Slater of The Athletic talk to Monte McNair about the King's offseason and the team going forward. A good amount of Kings content this week to start off what will likely be a long offseason. Intro Music b...

The Kings beat the Bucks in what will be presumably their final Summer League game. It was a chaotic game to say the least, the Kings jumped out to a huge lead by shooting the lights out from 3 in the first half. But they let Bucks back into the game by turning the ball over in the most silly ways. Ultimately, they were able to close them out and win going away but they made it way harder than it...

The Kings get back in the win column at Summer League by decisively beating the Wolves. The Kings got solid games from the usual suspects, Jordan Ford, Kessler Edwards and Keon Ellis, but they were also aided by surprise showings from Alex O'Connell and Chance Comanche. The Kings will play the Bucks on Saturday in what could be their final Summer League game this year. Marc Stein reported the...

The Kings lose 2 tough back to back games against the Clippers and Bulls. In the first game against the Clippers, the Kings had an ugly stretch in the 2nd quarter in which their offense abandoned them and they could not buy a bucket for over 5 minutes of game time. That stretch would doom them and that was where the game was lost. In the 2nd game, their offense was on point, shooting 51% FG, 46% f...

The Kings win their 1st Summer League game against the Hawks in Las Vegas. It was a rough game where neither team could put the ball in the bucket, but the Kings got big performances from Jordan Ford and Neemias Queta as well as timely shots from the rest of the team to pull this one out. We don't hear this often but the King's defense really smothered the Hawks and it paid off in crunch t...

The 2023 California Classic just finished, and it provided a little bit of an appetizer for the main course that will be Summer League in the coming days. Kings fans got to see Colby Jones and Jalen Slawson for the first time, and they got to also see familiar faces such as Neemias Queta and Keon Ellis return and show their improvement. But Keegan Murray rightfully stole the show, dominating the g...

On a jammed packed opening few days of free agency, the Kings maintained and improved the roster with plenty of under the radar savvy moves. They acquired Chris Duarte, re-signed Trey Lyles, Alex Len and Domontas Sabonis, and successfully brought over Sasha Vezenkov from Greece to join the Kings this upcoming season. None of these moves are flashy by any means, but they definitely improved upon th...

Today is the day before Free agency "starts" tomorrow June 30th at 3 PM Pacific. Owen collects his thoughts on what the Kings could do now that they have extended Harrison Barnes and who the Kings could target now with the rest of their cap space. Intro Music by Blue Dot Sessions. https://www.sessions.blue

Free agency starts on June 30th at 3 PM Pacific time, and the Kings are one of the few teams with significant cap space to make a move. One such move will likely be to fill the 4 position hopefully with a forward with some size who can shoot and play defense. Owen goes through a number of players the Kings could go after to fill that option. Afterwards, he talks about the John Collins trade to the...

Well, the 2023 NBA draft came and went. And stuff happened, boy did stuff happen. The Kings decided to trade their first round pick Olivier Maxence-Prosper along with Richaun Holmes to the Dallas Mavericks to open up cap space. They did draft Colby Jones and Jalen Slawson in the 2nd round, both look to be ready made contributors and could likely find their way into the Kings rotation during the se...

The NBA draft is 3 days away and Owen and Fong go through all the draft prospects they did and pick out their favorites as well as who they think the Kings will pick on Thursday. They also go over the blockbuster deal of Bradley Beal being traded to the Suns, ending the Beal-Wizards era in Washington with a wet fart. Will this be a sign of things to come as we go full steam ahead into what will be...

In what will be the final draft episode for 2023, Owen and Fong go over Tristan Vukcevic, Jett Howard and Jaime Jacques Jr. In a contrast to last episode, all 3 players here are incredibly dynamic offense players with varying levels of defensive questions marks. Kings will have to take a gamble if they pick one of these guys that their offensive capabilities can overcome their defensive deficienci...

In this draft episode, we'll be going through 3 defensive minded prospects, all with intriguing offensive upside. They are Bilal Coulibaly from the Metropolitans 92s, Olivier-Maxence Prosper from Marquette and Bobi Klintman from Wake Forest. All 3 will likely provide much needed defense for the Kings with the potential to also produce on the offensive end. After that, we go over the sprinkling...