{"id":141044,"date":"2025-09-13T21:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/141044\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:16:07","slug":"this-season-might-prove-the-kings-are-in-the-middle-of-an-epic-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/141044\/","title":{"rendered":"This season might prove the Kings are in the middle of an epic collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">Everyone makes mistakes. That includes NBA franchises that can draft the wrong player, trade someone away they shouldn&#8217;t have, or mad a bad coaching decision. It happens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">For the Sacramento Kings, the last year has felt like <a href=\"https:\/\/aroyalpain.com\/kings-regret-demar-derozan-trade-grows-nightmare-offseason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a series of huge mistakes<\/a> packed into a relatively short period of time. Individually, any one of them could cripple a franchise.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">Because of these choices, the 2025-2026 season will be a telling one. If it doesn&#8217;t go well, a full rebuild from the court all the way through the front office might be coming to Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>It started with Mike Brown<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">While it feels like a lifetime ago at this point, the Kings brought Mike Brown in as head coach in 2022. He went on to lead the team to a winning record in 2022-2023 as well as the King&#8217;s first playoff appearance since 2006. Brown was unanimously voted the NBA Coach of the Year that season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">The 2023-2024 season wasn&#8217;t as auspicious with the Kings&#8217; record slightly sliding, leading to them missing the playoffs. When the 2024-2025 season started off slowly, <a href=\"https:\/\/aroyalpain.com\/knicks-will-make-mike-brown-realization-kings-fans-know-well\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Kings fired Brown <\/a>two days after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Terminating Mike Brown directly led to long-time point guard and face of the franchise, De&#8217;Aaron Fox, leaving for the Spurs shortly after. After a series of baffling trades and acquisitions, the Kings now have an unbalanced team that isn&#8217;t likely to have a good season.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings future hangs in the balance<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Look, the team may surprise everyone, fall into a groove, and have a solid 2025-2026. Weirder things have happened in the NBA. If Detroit can turn it around, so can Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">The reality is that a lack of success this season could mean cleaning house. Yes, that means a complete rebuild on the court with only a handful of current players like Domantas Sabonis <a href=\"https:\/\/aroyalpain.com\/keegan-murray-problem-kings-must-finally-solve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and Keegan Murray remaining<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">That house cleaning will also include the front office, particularly anyone associated with canning Mike Brown. It was the inciting incident for all of the Kings&#8217; current woes. after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone makes mistakes. 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