This time of the year is about optimism for every NBA team, including the Sacramento Kings. The Kings are likely more optimistic than some teams because the previous season is probably one they would like to forget, and that’s been the case for around a decade.
Over that stretch, the Kings have had a team with a defined identity maybe twice. There was the 2005-06 roster that featured Ron Artest (Metta World Peace), Bonzi Wells, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson, Mike Bibby and Kevin Martin that was a resilient, “us against the world” type of team. And for a few short months early in the 2014-15 season Michael Malone had the Kings believing in defense and playing a “bully ball” type of basketball through DeMarcus Cousins – the November 2014 era you may say.