Just two years ago, the Sacramento Kings were in the middle of their memorable first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors.
The Kings, led by general manager Monte McNair, coach Mike Brown, star guard De'Aaron Fox and newly acquired center Domantas Sabonis, won 48 games in 2022–23 to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, snapping the longest active playoff drought in North American professional sports at 17 years. The Kings ended up losing to the Warriors in seven games, but it marked what those in Sacramento hoped would be the beginning of a promising era of basketball in California's capital city.
