{"id":82747,"date":"2025-12-05T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/82747\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:28:47","slug":"should-the-sacramento-kings-pursue-giannis-antetokounmpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/82747\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the Sacramento Kings pursue Giannis Antetokounmpo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Sacramento Kings go through extended struggles, they tend to have drastic reactions to their underwhelming moments. Sitting at 5-17, 14th in the Western Conference, they\u2019re at the point where people are expecting notable change.<\/p>\n<p>While resetting and embracing a rebuild\/youth movement would seem like the logical path, the Kings don\u2019t typically follow that. Given the current standing and reportedly uncertain future of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brenden Nunes, Chris Watkins, and Allen Stiles debated whether Sacramento should enter trade conversations.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem crazy, and the chance that Antetokounmpo would be willing to re-sign in California\u2019s capital would likely be limited, but Sacramento general manager Scott Perry could put together an enticing package for the former Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764941325_758_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the entire interview with Chris Watkins and Brenden Nunes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SactownSports1140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sactown Sports 1140 YouTube page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to\u00a0The Allen Stiles Show from 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday, on <a href=\"https:\/\/sactownsports.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sactown Sports 1140.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Sacramento Kings coverage on Sactown Sports<\/p>\n<p>As we move further into the NBA season, drama is beginning to unfold\u2013and we aren\u2019t just talking about the Sacramento Kings, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/author\/sam-amick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Athletic\u2018s Sam Amick<\/a>\u00a0joined\u00a0The Carmichael Dave Show with Jason Ross\u00a0on Thursday to share his thoughts on the possibility that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo could request a trade, lay out his report on the Kings\u2019 interest in Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, when will trade talks pick up around the NBA?<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sactownsports.com\/60417\/sam-amick-sacramento-kings-ja-morant-dec\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Amick on Giannis\u2019 future &amp; the Kings\u2019 interest in Ja Morant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Sacramento Kings schedule for the 2025-26 season<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, December 6th\u00a0\u2013 @ Miami Heat \u2013 5:00 PM PT<br \/>\nMonday, December 8th\u00a0\u2013 @ Indiana Pacers \u2013 4:00 PM PT<br \/>\nThursday, December 11th\u00a0\u2013 vs. Denver Nuggets \u2013 7:00 PM PT<br \/>\nSunday, December 14th\u00a0\u2013 @ Minnesota Timberwolves \u2013 4:00 PM PT<br \/>\nThursday, December 18th\u00a0\u2013 @ Portland Trail Blazers \u2013 7:00 PM PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thank you for reading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sactownsports.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SactownSports.com<\/a>. Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sactown1140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMMGengsw2Ki2Aw?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a>, and subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SactownSports1140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sactownsports.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SactownSportsEmail-300x250-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SactownSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Sacramento Kings go through extended struggles, they tend to have drastic reactions to their underwhelming moments.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1073,121,123,122,3157,3156],"class_list":{"0":"post-82747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-home","9":"tag-sacramento","10":"tag-sacramento-headlines","11":"tag-sacramento-news","12":"tag-sactownsports-com","13":"tag-sactownsports-com-sacramento-sports-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}