The Sacramento Kings aren't waiting to move into the Golden 1 Center before they start winning again. Instead, the team is charging full-steam toward ending its nearly decade-long playoff drought before vacating Sleep Train Arena in 2016.
The Kings might have the pieces in place to do just that. Last season, they saw DeMarcus Cousins evolve into a legitimate MVP-caliber talent on the court, even as the off-court drama persisted.
George Karl, who took over as head coach after the All-Star break in February, spent much of his early tenure in the eye of a Boogie-centric firestorm. The Kings' woes continued under Karl's command, with Cousins sitting out 11 times and the team compiling an 11-19 mark after the hire.
The former Coach of the Year shouldn't find himself quite so up against it this time around. He appears to have struck a detente, however uneasy, with his resident superstar and won't have to worry about saving a sinking ship midseason.
Not that the task ahead of Cousins, Karl and company will be anything close to a cakewalk. They'll have to sort out roles and rotations with a roster that, while upgraded, ...
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