The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings both entered the 2019-20 NBA season with dreams of being fully immersed in the playoff picture.
Sure, the Warriors were without Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, but the five-time defending Western Conference champs still had Steph Curry and Draymond Green, plus they added D’Angelo Russell.
And sure, the Kings missed the playoffs a year ago (by nine games, I might add), but they were a young team clearly on the up-and-up, that finished ninth in a conference where some playoff teams were going to take a hit.