Kings Pulse: A Sacramento Kings Podcast

First games with Sabonis, DiVincenzo, Holiday, and the others

The Sacramento Kings made a massive roster overhaul at the 2022 NBA Trade Deadline and most of the fanbase is praising Monte McNair and Wes Wilcox for a job well done. Domantas Sabonis, Donte DiVincenzo, Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb, Trey Lyles, and Josh Jackson have all been officially added to the roster and made their debut for the Sacramento Kings.I spent this episode breaking down what we've seen from those new players in the last two games played and I added a handful of clips from the players, front office, and coaching staff regarding the moves and how they affect the team moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What are the Kings getting in Domantas Sabonis?

The Sacramento Kings acquired Domantas Sabonis from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Tyrese Haliburton. The full, shocking, trade that was completed between the two teams was Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, and Tristan Thompson for Domantas Sabonis, Jeremey Lamb, Justin Holiday, and a protected 2027 2nd round pick. Mark Schindler joins the show to talk about just how good of a player Sabonis is, the swap with Haliburton, what sorts of players the Kings are getting in Lamb and Holiday as well, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The duo of Tyrese Haliburton & Davion Mitchell and trade deadline talk

The Sacramento Kings are bound to make a big move this trade deadline. Franklin Caroscelli, of Sports 1140 KHTK, joins me to talk about the weirdness behind the absence of De'Aaron Fox, the recent play from Davion Mitchell & Tyrese Haliburton, what we've noticed with Buddy Hield, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evaluating Sacramento’s trade assets w/ James Ham

James Ham, Kings Insider for The Kings Beat and ESPN 1320, joins the show to talk through the assets that Sacramento is working with as the February 10th trade deadline inches closer. We go through the Sacramento Kings level of NEED to make a change before this season at the jump, then dive into the specifics of Harrison Barnes, Buddy Hield, Marvin Bagley, and Richaun Holmes -- De"Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton are also mentioned, of course, but with a bit of a different tone than the others. James and I spend time talking about the value that those players have to Sacramento and to other teams around the NBA, the importance of utilizing draft picks, the idea of McNair possibly highlighting available cap space this offseason, the options beyond Ben Simmons and Domantas Sabonis (Jerami Grant, anyone?) and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Portland Perspective on the Deadline w/ Danny Marang

Danny Marang, who covers the Portland Trail Blazers, joins the show as I continue to search for some additional perspective on the looming trade deadline. We talk about how the Sacramento Kings and Blazers have been heavily linked and made transactions in years passed and why they could very well do the same again before February 10th. Danny explains how Sacramento can avoid making the same mistakes with De'Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton that Portland made with Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, what their trade deadline could look like, Robert Covington and Marvin Bagley being linked recently, the availability of many on the roster, Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exploring Turner & Sabonis Deals w/ Mark Schindler

The Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers have both been often mentioned as the NBA gets into trade season prior to the February 10th deadline. Mark Schindler (@MSchindlerNBA), who covers the Indiana Pacers, joins the show to give his perspective on the Pacers poor start, the talents of Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis, Turner's comments about wanting an expanded role, and to go through some fake trades that could lead to Sacramento landing either Turner or Sabonis at this deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Checking in at the Halfway Point

The Sacramento Kings have officially reached the halfway mark of the 2021-22 season. Franklin Cartoscelli joins the show as we go through each player on the roster and give our thoughts on how they've performed up to this point relative to our expectations heading into the year. As we speak about each Sacramento Kings player it gives us an opportunity to dive into how they have performed throughout this season, their future with the organization, and more. Here to a better second half! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s no NEED to trade De’Aaron Fox

I've heard a few people say that the Kings NEED to trade De'Aaron Fox this season and I really could not disagree more. I spend nearly 90 minutes explaining my thought process on why this is a bad time to move on from him. Fox has reached an All-Star despite all the ridiculous and constantly changing circumstances he's gone through since being drafted by the Sacramento Kings. Trading him right as he finally gets the best teammate of his career and someone else who can ease his offensive responsibility would be a risk. He's 24-years-old and it's hard to imagine his circumstances with the Kings getting worse than they have been. Also, you don't want to just end up in a similar situation with Haliburton where the Kings lack the talent around him to optimize him. One player does not win basketball games in the NBA, unless they are truly generational, and the Sacramento Kings FINALLY have two players with genuine All-Star potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A frustrating night as players returned to action

Alvin Gentry did not hold back from expressing his extreme disappointment and frustration after the Sacramento Kings suffered from the same issues that keep appearing all season in the second half against Memphis. From audio clips where Gentry dives into his frustration, a repeated line of everyone needs to "look in the mirror" at themselves and responded to a question focused on changing the roster. I also included notable clips from Terence Davis and De'Aaron Fox who also expressed their frustrations in different ways and dissected what I understood from the conversations. And there is a lengthy conversation about Buddy Hield that I felt was necessary... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Repeating the same mistakes + trade season primer

It's more of the same issue for the Sacramento Kings this season as they come back from a 3-game road trip without a single win. I gave my thoughts on those losses and shared a few of the notable postgame press conference audio clips from De'Aaron Fox and Alvin Gentry talking about Sacramento's issues throughout that stretch. In the second half of the episode, I spend time going through the handful of recent reports of potential trade candidates that have come out with the Dec. 15th deadline near. About 7 players are mentioned that I think the Kings could potentially target. hich ones are intriguing to you and what would your trade offer look like? Be sure to send them to me @Kings_Pulse on Twitter or on this episode's post at the Kings Herald wesbite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices