The Sacramento Kings are one of six teams that will compete for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference in Orlando starting next month. The Kings (28-36) are 3.5 games back of the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies (32-33) — the same number of games that the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans trail the Grizzlies by.
So why is it, then, that the Kings seem to be an afterthought in every national conversation about the playoff picture in the Western Conference? Have people forgotten that the Kings are going to Orlando?