Sactown Royalty

Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Sacramento’s stifling defense forced Boston into 28 turnovers The wait is finally over Kings fans! The Sacramento Kings are the champions ... of the 2021 Las Vegas Summer League! Despite facing a team with several NBA-experienced players, Sacramento thoroughly and utterly dominated Boston on Tuesday, winning 100-67. The Celtics … [Read more...] about Kings blow out Celtics 100-67 to become Summer League champions

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Mitchell could play alongside Fox and Haliburton this season. If there was one thing the Sacramento Kings didn’t need on draft night, it was another guard. Last year, they drafted Tyrese Haliburton 12th overall and in 2017, they drafted De’Aaron Fox fifth overall. They also already had Buddy Hield on the roster. Despite … [Read more...] about Kings officials ‘optimistic’ about three-guard lineups with Davion Mitchell

NBAE via Getty Images The Kings have the opportunity to win their first Summer League championship since 2014. For the first time in seven years, the Sacramento Kings will appear in the championship game at the NBA’s Summer League in Las Vegas and this time, their opponent will be the Boston Celtics. Both Boston and Sacramento went 4-0 in qualifying play and have looked … [Read more...] about Kings vs. Celtics: Can Sacramento take home some hardware?

Longabardi most recently spent time as a member of Scott Brooks’ staff on the Wizards The Sacramento Kings are hiring longtime NBA assistant Mike Longabardi to join Luke Walton’s coaching staff, as first reported Monday by Sam Amick and Shams Charania of The Athletic. Longabardi most recently spent time as an assistant coach from 2019 to 2021 with the Washington Wizards, under … [Read more...] about Kings hire Mike Longabardi as assistant

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Kings will be without one of their best players on Tuesday. Chimezie Metu will be serving a one-game when the Sacramento Kings play the Boston Celtics for the Las Vegas Summer League championship on Tuesday for punching Eugene Omoruyi in the head on Sunday, the league announced on Monday. The following was released by the … [Read more...] about Chimezie Metu suspended for Summer League championship game