Kings Pulse: A Sacramento Kings Podcast

It's time for the Sacramento Kings to embrace a youth movement, trade veteran players

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
They discussed the Kings (5-16) needing to embrace a youth movement. It's time for them to trade the likes of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and potentially Domantas Sabonis.
Who should stay through a retool/rebuild? Or could they go in another direction and try to make a desperate win-now trade?

Kings off to a HORRIBLE start... do they have ANY strengths?

What's wrong with the Sacramento Kings? Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins dive into the team's 3-11 start on the latest episode of the Kings Pulse Podcast.

Sacramento Kings blow 20-point lead in 2025-26 regular season opener

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
They dive into the disappointing result of Sacramento's 2025-26 NBA regular season opener, where they blew a 20-point lead in an eventual loss to the host Phoenix Suns.
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Who should the Sacramento Kings start and close in place of Keegan Murray?

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
With Keegan Murray (left thumb) for 4-6 weeks, we dive into what they can do to attempt to replace his production, starting and closing spot.
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2025-26 Western Conference Tiers: Who's going to be outside the play-in?

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Today, we delve into the state of the 2025-26 Western Conference, examining each team individually and categorizing them into tiers to determine where the Kings stand.
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Matt George Joins the Show: Training Camp Takeaways; Are the Kings expecting too much from Schroder?

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins were joined by Locked On Kings Host Matt George for another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Topics include:
- Differences in this year's training camp, the first led by head coach Doug Christie
- Domantas Sabonis notes the strict tone from Christie, GM Scott Perry
- Are the Sacramento Kings expecting too much from Dennis Schroder?
- Positional battles - How sustainable is picking up 94 feet? Who will be doing that?
And PLENTY more!
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Sacramento Kings 2025-26 Media Day Takeaways: The "s---show" of last season, looking ahead

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Today's topics include:
- Main takeaways from Sacramento Kings 2025-26 media day
- DeMar DeRozan reflects on the "s---show" that was last season
- Scott Perry and Doug Christie's united vision and ideal identity
- Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis provide updates on their extension talks
- Malik Monk on being in trade rumors this offseason
- Other funny moments from around the league
And PLENTY more!
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Scott Perry's ideal identity for the Sacramento Kings

Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins relaunch the Kings Pulse podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings. Today's topics include: - Outlining new GM Scott Perry's ideal identity - Should they at least consider trading Keon Ellis? For the sake of value? - Is Keegan Murray the most important player on the Kings? - Why Jonathan Kuminga does AND doesn't make sense - Continued interest in Malik Monk And PLENTY more!

Who could the Sacramento Kings sign in free agency?

Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson start to dive into the Sacramento Kings' offseason improvement options. As GM Monte McNair has pointed out, there are three ways to improve: free agency, the draft, and trades.
 
Well, we'll be spending one episode on each! Today's show centers around Sacramento's free agency options while working with the (projected numbers) 4yr/$55.3M mid-level exception and 2yr/$9.8M bi-annual exception.
 
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Exit Interviews and Malik Monk loses 6MOTY race

Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson dive into the end of the Sacramento Kings 2023-24 season. They discussed the play-in results, gave takeaways from exit interviews with the players along with Monte McNair and Mike Brown, and plenty more.