Kings Pulse: A Sacramento Kings Podcast

Sacramento showed they can keep up with any team in the NBA

After a hard-fought battle against the current championship favorites, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Sacramento Kings have plenty to be proud of.Postgame quotes from Domantas Sabonis, De'Aaron Fox, and Coach Mike Brown are included in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beginning of the road trip, reactions to All-Star reserves, & trade deadline primer w/ Chris Biderman

Chris Biderman, of the Sacramento Bee, joins the show to talk about his experiences and takeaways from the beginning of his travels with Sacramento for their seven-game road trip in Minnesota and San Antonio with Indiana up next. We also share our thoughts on De'Aaron Fox not making the All-Star team in the Western Conference and if there is anyone he should have been selected over. Jaren Jackson Jr? Paul George? Damian Lillard? Our final conversation revolves around the trade deadline that is now one week away and why we both don't feel like the Kings HAVE TO make a move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is there a deal to be made with Charlotte?

With the trade deadline less than two weeks away, James Plowright, who covers the Charlotte Hornets for All Hornets, joined me to talk about some of their potential trade pieces.- Mason Plumlee- Jalen McDaniels- P.J. WashingtonShould Sacramento be seriously chasing any of these players before the deadline and what would it take to acquire them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HB is ”irreplaceable”, Keegan’s growth, Fox setting the tone, & the bench production

The Sacramento Kings won an up-and-down game against the second-seed Memphis Grizzlies to improve to 27-19 after locking them up in the fourth quarter. The leadership of De'Aaron Fox was on full display.Coach Brown said that Harrison Barnes is "irreplaceable" and "has to be around". Keegan Murray is clearly looking more and more comfortable. The bench production was essential (Trey Lyles, Malik Monk, & Richaun Holmes).Lots of insightful quotes in this one from Coach Mike Brown, Trey Lyles, and Keegan Murray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keegan Murray’s huge night against OKC

The Sacramento Kings extend their winning streak to six with a victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder behind a triple-double from Domantas Sabonis and a career-night from Keegan Murray.Should Sabonis be in the MVP conversation? All-NBA? PJ Dozier has been signed to another 10-day contract. How realistic is it to think that Sacramento could host a playoff series this postseason? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sacramento’s defense lets them down once again

The Sacramento Kings fall to the Los Angeles Lakers 136-134 in an offensive battle that featured very little defense from either side. De'Aaron Fox was clearly unhappy postgame, Coach Mike Brown made it crystal clear that this game was another example of their bad bad defense... tough one to swallow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Great games, but tough finishes for Sacramento’s stars against Atlanta

We covered the most recent games against the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks which had varying outcomes but De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis had great showings in both of them. They did each have two game-altering poor plays down the stretch and we debate how much that will impact how people view them. Twitter was adamant that KZ Okpala should have been playing against the Hawks and we gave our opinions on that topic. Malik Monk has been struggling as of late... does that have to do with the revolving door of guys at the backup center position? And plenty more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Compliments from LeBron James and De’Aaron Fox & Domantas Sabonis All-Star cases

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Road Trip Recap + Trade Season Primer

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The defense continues to trend upwards, Stockton check-in, & Malik Monk’s case for 6MOTY

The Sacramento Kings have improved to 13-9 thanks to their much-improved defense and continued offensive success. Included are quotes from conversation with Coach Mike Brown & Luke Loucks about De'Aaron Fox's improvement on both ends of the floor, along with a conversation with Chima Moneke regarding his time between Stockton and Sacramento.Brenden and Chris also spent some time talking about the case that Malik Monk is building for Sixth Man of the Year. We walk through some of the other candidates which include: Bennedict Mathurin, Malcolm Brogdon, Russell Westbrook, & more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices