So, the Sacramento Kings are having a rough season, with the last couple of seasons before it not being much better. As such, it might be time to let the beam go. The whole point of it was to celebrate wins. When you rarely win, it just becomes an embarrassing reminder of how bad things are.
Lighting the beam started the same time Mike Brown took over as head coach in 2022-2023. Going into that season, the Kings had not seen the postseason in 16 years. It was the longest playoff drought in the NBA, MLB, MLB, and NFL at that time, which is not something you want to be known for.