The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Luke Walton on Nov. 21 with the hope it would turn the team around. With the NBA trade deadline approaching and the team still near the bottom of the Western Conference, changes might be looming.

Sacramento entered the 2021-’22 season tied for the longest playoff drought in NBA history. The franchise’s last postseason appearance came in 2005-’06, with Rick Adelman at the helm as head coach and Kevin Garnett leading the NBA in rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

  • Sacramento Kings record (2008-’22): 383-691
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Sixers, Kings have discussed a possible Ben Simmons-De'Aaron Fox blockbuster

Despite having one of the worst records in the NBA, the Kings rank 20th in payroll. While general manager Monte McNair still wants to snap the playoff drought, there now seems to be an increasing possibility that two of the Kings’ highest-paid players are traded in February.