The preseason didn’t start the way the Sacramento Kings wanted it to. After an offseason of additions in the draft, a new point guard in Dennis Schröder,
The Kings wrapped up their first week of training camp and after a disappointing season last year, vibes are high in Sacramento. Doug Christie is getting the team conditioned and ready to run, the veterans seem excited to implement the new schemes, and the rookies are impressing and learning from the older players in their first training camp.
The NBA draft was definitely the highlight of the offseason for Sacramento Kings fans. Coming into the draft, the Kings were without a first-round pick after it was sent to the Atlanta Hawks as part of the Kevin Huerter trade.
Unlike the Philadelphia 76ers or Utah Jazz, the Sacramento Kings did not have a first-round pick going into the draft. Nevertheless, the Kings arguably walked away from the draft as its biggest winners.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
Like the Phoenix Suns, the Sacramento Kings were able to get excellent value out of the 2025 NBA Draft. In the first round, the Kings traded to get Colorado State wing Nique Clifford.
After the former Cardinal star was drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings, Maxime Raynaud's dream of being a professional basketball came true.
The Sacramento Kings are off to a great start in the Las Vegas Summer League, but will be without one of their key contributors through two games tonight against the Phoenix Suns.
The Sacramento Kings are off to a great start in Summer League, not just with a 2-0 record, but with the most important players in Nique Clifford, Maxime Raynaud, and Devin Carter all showing positive signs through two games.
Maxime Raynaud was a player that many analysts had going in the first round, but ended up falling to Sacramento at 42. After signing Raynaud to a fully guaranteed deal, it was clear that Sacramento wasn’t just taking a shot on the Stanford product; they were confident he was going to be a difference maker.
The Sacramento Kings took down the Orlando Magic 84-81, and while it was a team effort that got them the victory, it was Maxime Raynaud who took over the game early to give the Kings an early lead.
With the No. 42 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings selected Maxime Raynaud out of Stanford. The 7-foot-1 Frenchman is, as Kings GM Scott Perry put it last week, "a double-double machine." He's also looking to add a new facet to his game during his rookie season.