Johnny Bassanelli

Kangz

[Underdog NBA @UnderdogNBA]

Steven Adams has jokes at media day:

"I will say: you guys should anticipate November. The performance of the league, league-wide. GTA is dropping."

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Just in: Three-time All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Sacramento Kings, his agents Max Wiepking, Sean Tribe and Ryan Arney tell me and @MarcJSpears. The one-time All-NBA star is back in the NBA for a 10th season after sitting out 2025-26.

[RUN @RunWithFox]

Rookie Tyrese Haliburton 🥲

[Jakur @jsealey2_]

I was gaslit last year to believe I was overreacting when I said Austin Rivers slander should never be tolerated by real hoopers. I am here to double down.

[Ben Pfeifer @bjpf_]

unrelated to the topic of the piece but, for those who worship all in ones, strict from the creator of DARKO

it, cannot in fact, see them play!

[Brooklyn Netcast @BrooklynNetcast]

The NBA can save the Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings franchises by gifting them the top 2 picks in the draft, seems like the sensible option.

[Basketball Jersey Archive @jerseyarchive]

💣⚫🟣 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Nike Sacramento Kings 2026 Christmas Jersey Leaked [Basketball Jersey Archive🤝 @ProLineMockups 🤝 @nbaunitracker]: https://t.co/nj0rkXGOYk

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

Went to text the guys who played at Kentucky about this game and forgot they think they Arkansas alum now🤣

[KingsFanKrish @krishcoughran]

I'm not trying to troll here, but please use your common sense here people. We are finally playing a good team trying to win and we are being exposed for exactly what we are and our prior wins against tanking teams didn't mean anything. We aren't learning how to win or any of that nonsense. We were simply playing very bad teams who understand better than we do that losing is better than winning at this time of year when you are a bad team.

[jj @MIKELBR0WN]

The adam silver script

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Why the NBA should embrace tanking -

The NBA has kate been misguided thinking that fans want to see their teams compete every night with a chance to win. It’s never been that way that way.

When I got into the nba, they thought they were in the basketball business. They aren’t. They are in the business of creating experiences for fans.

Few can remember the score from the last game they saw or went to. They can’t remember the dunks or shots. What they remember is who they were with. Their family, friends, a date. That’s what makes the experience special.

Fans know their team can’t win every game. They know only one team can win a ring. What fan that care about their team’s record want is hope. Hope they will get better and have a chance to compete for the playoffs and then maybe a ring.

The one way to get closer to that is via the draft. And trades. And cap room. You have a better chance of improving via all 3 , when you tank.

We didn’t tank often. Only a few times over 23 years, but when we did, our fans appreciated it. And it got us to where we could improve, trade up to get Luka and improve our team.

The nba should worry more about fan experience than tanking. It should worry more about pricing fans out of games than tanking.

You know who cares the least about tanking , a parent who cant afford to bring their 3 kids to a game and buy their kids a jersey of their fave player

Tanking isn’t the issue. Affordability and quality of game presentation are

[Kenny Caraway 🏁 @KingKC_916]

If you decide to PASS on Daryn Peterson, you’re completely overthinking all of this.

[Austin @kings_muse]

12-41

[Greg Waddell @gwizzy12]

Greatest athletes I’ve seen in my 32 years of life:

1) LeBron James
2) Carlos Alcaraz
3) Darryn Peterson for the first 18 minutes of January games important enough to get his attention
4) Patrick Mahomes
5) Steph Curry
6) Scottie Scheffler
7) Caitlin Clark
8) Keaton Wagler

[Kenny Caraway 🏁 @KingKC_916]

I said earlier this week and I meant it: Daryn Peterson is the best college basketball player I’ve seen since Kyrie Irving at Duke.

He is the TRUTH!

[No Ceilings @NoCeilingsNBA]

AJ Dybantsa (43 pts)
Keaton Wagler (46 pts)
Kingston Flemings (42 pts)
Darius Acuff (31 pts)
Cam Boozer (32 pts)

Believe in the 2026 NBA Draft class.

[Esfandiar Baraheni @JustEsBaraheni]

Really hope the Kings land the 1st pick. That fan base needs something so badly. This is just... woof. I miss the Beam Team.

[𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 @Three_Cone]

I don’t think any team needs to win the lottery more than the Kings

[Christian Braun @Ballin25Braun]

DP best to ever play at Kansas

[KingCharge @KingCharge]

inshallah the 2026 nba draft lottery will bless sacramento