When the Sacramento Kings’ brass, led by general manager Monte McNair, stunned the Kingdom by trading away Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers for the acquisition of two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, their intentions of making the play-in tournament and ending the drought were made clear. However, just eight games into the Sabonis-De’Aaron Fox era of Sacramento basketball, that notion is becoming further and further from reality.
With a 2-8 record, there’s a five-game discrepancy between the Kings and the No. 10 seed, which is now vacated by the New Orleans Pelicans after they brutally beat Sacramento on Wednesday night.