The Sacramento Kings enter the 2026-27 season with a lot of questions, but also a lot of excitement after drafting Darius Acuff Jr. with the seventh overall pick.
The Sacramento Kings walked out of the 2026 NBA Draft with three promising rookies: Darius Acuff Jr., Alex Karaban, and Emanuel Sharp. While fans can nitpick weaknesses in each of the three prospects, it is hard to say the Kings could've had a better draft result.
In 2026, the Cavaliers drafted Meleek Thomas and Alex Karaban. Their first round pick, Karaban was then traded to the Kings for the pick that would become Thomas.
The Sacramento Kings were quite unfortunate on the night of the 2026 NBA Draft lottery. They were tied with the Utah Jazz for the fourth-worst record in the NBA this past season (22-60), and yet they fell all the way to seventh in the draft.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
Summer League is built on hope, but it also has a way of exposing uncomfortable truths. For the Sacramento Kings, those lessons carried great weight. Darius Acuff Jr and Alex Karaban both produced stretches that justified the organization’s belief in their long-term upside.
The Sacramento Kings lost their third straight Summer League game last night to the Boston Celtics, but arguably the most important player on the court for them had his best performance to date.
The Sacramento Kings are already a man down heading into the California Classic. Sacramento's rookies were gearing up to make their Summer League debut on Saturday against the Brooklyn Nets, but Darius Acuff Jr.
The Sacramento Kings had a huge 2026 NBA Draft, headlined by their selection of Darius Acuff Jr. with the seventh overall pick, but they did not stop there.