The losing continues! The Sacramento Kings are on their way to hitting another all-time low after giving up eight straight games throughout most of November. Despite facing a struggling Grizzlies team on Friday who were without their disgruntled star Ja Morant and the injured Jaren Jackson Jr., Sac-Town were still unsurprisingly blown out by 41 points, 137-96; technically their worst this season. This catastrophic start is such a huge blow to the franchise, which may have just proven NBA insider Zach Lowe’s feelings about this team were right.
The Grizzlies, now 5-11, were having a terrific night at home. They controlled the pace right after the tipoff and had an extremely exceptional offense despite not having their two best players on the floor. Santi Aldama recorded his first 20-point game after logging a season-high 29 points (also tying his career-high). Backup big man Jock Landale made the most out of his 15 minutes of play by dishing out an efficient 21-piece while rookie Cedric Coward chipped in with a 19 of his own. After the game, the Memphis Grizzlies recorded a franchise-best 42 assists and snapped their 5-game losing streak with a fantastic win.
Meanwhile, The Kings Record Another Franchise-Worst Start in First 16 Games
Sacramento haven’t won a game since November 4, marking a crushing eight-game skid where each loss was by at least 13 points. After losing to Memphis by a huge margin, the Kings fell even deeper to 3-13, the second worst record in the West right now. To add, four of those losses had at least 27-point deficits.
Looking at it, they were already doomed from the beginning. A team cramped with ball dominant, high volume/low efficiency guards (Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Russell Westbrook, and Malik Monk) is set for failure in the stacked Western Conference. Moreover, Murray.
Zach Lowe Might Have Been Right About the Kings This Season
Truly, the Kings’ 2025-2026 campaign is looking like their worst season in recent memory. A few weeks ago, the former ESPN analyst went on the Bill Simmons’ podcast and slammed Sacramento’s front office for signing Westbrook, just a year after blowing up their core by trading for LaVine and DeRozan. Lowe had a way with words, calling it the Kings “year from hell” and that the Kings are the “Hindenburg of NBA teams”—an ode to the disastrous Hindenburg airship tragedy in 1937—which completely shows his hatred towards this squad.
Well, as the ratings are going, his predictions are on point. Not very long ago, everyone was ecstatic when the Sacramento Kings ended their 17-year playoff drought after qualifying in the 2023 playoffs. Light The Beam was in full swing with De’Aaron Fox leading the way and things were looking good for the franchise. However, things quickly took a 180-turn after a series of questionable decisions.
Right now, the only silver lining the Kings can at least hold onto is that Keegan Murray has already returned from injury and LaVine is quietly finding his rhythm. However, Domantas Sabonis will be out for a few weeks due to an injury, and the 36-year-old DeRozan is already showing signs of slowing down. The most unfortunate part in their current situation is how the Kings only made one pick in the 2025 NBA draft—a late second-rounder.
Is it high time to blow this team up and rebuild or perhaps just continue this disaster of a season and hope to at least qualify for the Play-In spot.
