Kings pain, box scores, and draft math.
Sac Kings Therapy tracks the Sacramento Kings with the patience of a fan base that has seen too much. Game recaps quickly turn into three-point complaints, young-player talk, draft-position anxiety, and the occasional wrestling detour.
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Sac Kings Therapy is Sacramento Kings coverage for the part of the season when every result feels emotionally complicated. A loss can be useful. A win can be annoying. A close game can still feel like a warning label. The show works through that contradiction with rapid postgame talk that starts from the final score and keeps pulling on the loose threads: missed threes, allowed threes, offensive rebounds, foul trouble, defensive matchups, and the familiar feeling that the Kings found a new way to make the obvious problem obvious again. It pays attention to texture. The Blazers game is not just a loss; it is a small version of the whole Kings problem, with poor three-point volume, poor three-point defense, and enough rebounding chaos to make the numbers sting. The Warriors games bring a different charge, with Draymond Green, Steph Curry, Devon Carter, and Beam Team memories giving the matchup some leftover heat. The Raptors and Pelicans episodes show the other side of the show: surprise wins, young players doing real things, and the uneasy question of whether late-season competence helps or hurts. Draft talk is never far away. Keegan, lottery odds, Caleb Wilson, Darius Acuff, Keaton Wagler, Andre Sojogovic, and Kings draft misses become part of a larger argument about why the franchise has been stuck for so long. The show is casual, but not careless. It notices who can handle the ball, who finishes through contact, who needs strength, and who might not fit the roster. It also leaves room for league drama and wrestling tangents, from Pat McAfee and Cody Rhodes to Darby Allin winning the title. Those side roads do not feel random so much as part of the same fan brain trying to process entertainment, disappointment, and bad timing. Sac Kings Therapy is blunt, sometimes exasperated, and more analytical than its messy delivery first suggests. It is for fans who know the roster, know the scars, and still want to talk through the latest thing anyway.
Made for: For Sacramento Kings fans who already know the roster and want detailed, irritated, funny postgame talk. It also fits NBA draft watchers who enjoy lottery anxiety tied directly to one franchise's daily mood.
What sets it apart: The show turns ordinary Kings games into practical franchise audits, moving from shot quality and matchups to tanking odds, roster duplication, and prospect fits. Its wrestling tangents and loose conversational rhythm give it a fan-room feel without losing the basketball evidence.
Owen and Fong talk Sacramento Kings and a variety of other topics to hopefully provide entertainment to our listeners.Artwork by @ijumpkid on Instagram
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sac Kings Therapy turns late-season Kings games into specific, candid analysis of player development, roster fit, and the decisions ahead.
Sac Kings Therapy turns each Sacramento result into a larger argument about where the team is headed. Owen's reactions, sometimes joined by Fong, move from decisive possessions and individual matchups to roster fit, lottery position, and the choices facing the Kings after the…
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A late-season Kings win opens into a grounded discussion of youth, lottery odds, and roster judgment.
Sac Kings Therapy frames a 117-113 win over the Pelicans as both a show of fight and a slightly awkward late-season result for a team no longer chasing much.
A Kings win in Toronto, a rebounding gap, and fit questions that stick.
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A competitive Kings loss opens into a measured look at draft position, prospect fit, and what comes next.
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A hard-fought Orlando loss becomes a grounded look at effort, development, and Sacramento's top-four hopes.
Sack Kings Therapy frames Sacramento's 117-121 loss to Orlando as a useful measure of what competitive basketball can still look like for the Kings. After falling behind by 10 and 12, the team kept pushing back, a response that lands differently from the earlier Hornets debacle.
A charged Kings-Warriors game sparks pointed talk on screens, broadcasting, and wrestling's ticket-sales logic.
Sac Kings Therapy catches the residual charge of a Kings-Warriors matchup that still feels wired to the beam-team era, even with the two teams in different places now.
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The host discusses the Sacramento Kings' ninth straight loss, focusing on their recent defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder and analyzing the Thunder's impressive defense.
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Owen recaps the Kings' final home game, a tense win over the Warriors marked by physical play from Devin Carter and Draymond Green.
Owen and Fong recap the Sacramento Kings' loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, highlighting Maxime's 30-point performance and the team's rebounding issues.
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The host analyzes the Sacramento Kings' 109-138 loss to the LA Clippers, attributing it to poor three-point shooting and defensive struggles.
Episode 626 of Sac Kings Therapy centers on the Kings' 117-113 win over the Pelicans on April 3, 2026, after Sacramento erased a 17-point deficit.
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