Malik Monk sheds light on Kings future

After letting coach Mike Brown go mid-season, the Sacramento Kings fired GM Monte McNair after Wednesday’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks as the franchise’s future was a topic reporters asked Kings guard Malik Monk about. After Wednesday’s 120-106 loss, Monk affirmed his commitment to Sacramento, and is looking forward to coming back next season as their 2024-25 campaign comes to an end.

When a reporter asked Monk if he’d have to reassess his future with the Kings, Malik responded he’d stick around with certainty, per James Ham’s X, formerly Twitter.

“I’m all in. No question,” Monk said. “No question about that. It’s terrible to end the season on the bench not helping your team, especially when you know you can. It’s tough to watch that. But it’s a bright future for us I feel like, especially with the down year we had this year. I feel like it only can go up. This year been crazy. So, I’m looking forward to next year.”

Before a reporter could finish asking if he’d ever experienced a season like 2024-25, Monk knew his answer instantly.

“No [expletive] like this,” Monk replied before the reporter finished his question. “Nothing at all. I haven’t seen anything like this before.”

Monk doesn’t know of a clear-cut solution for the Kings. However, improving is the ultimate goal between now and 2025-26.

“I really can’t pinpoint what we need to do, obviously, it’s win more games,” Monk added. “I just feel like we got to come out here with pride every night, especially in front of this home crowd, and I’m going to do my best to preach that.”