The Sacramento Kings may just be the biggest surprise of the 2022-23 NBA season to this point.
If you were to travel back in time to before the start of the season, the Kings were on nobody’s radar. Sacramento had a pretty lowkey offseason, signing BBN favorite Malik Monk to a two-year deal and drafting Iowa’s Keegan Murray with the fourth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. They were expected to have a bright future, but not turn into contenders as soon as they have.
With their 33-point drumming of the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, the Kings have slithered into third place in the Western Conference and are just 5.