Rule number one of the Sacramento Kings is that there will always be drama with the Sacramento Kings. Despite their best season since 2005-2006, the Kings have still had their share of drama in the media, most notably the ongoing strife between Dave Joerger and assistant GM Brandon Williams. Last night, a mere 30 minutes before tipoff against the Portland Trail Blazers, The Athletic’s Sam Amick reported that Vlade Divac held a conference call with Kings ownership to tell them to stop meddling.
Yet still, four years into this job that comes with one of the league’s trickiest landscapes at the ownership level, Divac kept hearing rumblings of discontent from the same group of minority owners who just three years ago had explored ways to wrestle control away from lead owner and chairman, Vivek Ranadive.