2023–24 Sacramento Kings season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2023–24 Sacramento Kings season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 40th season in the city of Sacramento.[1]
| 2023–24 Sacramento Kings season | |
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| Head coach | Mike Brown |
| President | John Rinehart |
| General manager | Monte McNair |
| Owner | Vivek Ranadivé |
| Arena | Golden 1 Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 46–36 (.561) |
| Place | Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Local media | |
| Television | NBC Sports California CBS 13 |
| Radio | KHTK Sports 1140 |
The Kings won the West Group B in the inaugural 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament by going undefeated at 4–0 in the group stage. However, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the New Orleans Pelicans.
The team failed to improve on their 48–34 record from the previous season, finishing 46-36 and as the 9th seed in the Western Conference. They advanced to the play-in tournament, defeating the 10th-seeded Golden State in the first stage of the Play-In Tournament, but fell to the 8th-seeded New Orleans Pelicans in the second stage to end their season.
The Sacramento Kings drew an average home attendance of 17,927 in 41 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season.[2]
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
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| 1 | 24 | Olivier-Maxence Prosper | SF/PF |  Canada |
Marquette (Jr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Jordan Walsh | SF |  United States |
Arkansas (Fr.) |
| 2 | 54 | Jalen Slawson | SF | United States |
Furman (Sr.) |
The Kings had one first-round pick and two second-round picks entering the draft. All picks are the Kings' own, except the 38th pick, which was conveyed from the Indiana Pacers as part of the 2022 Tyrese Haliburton-for-Domantas Sabonis trade after falling outside its protected 56th-to-60th range.[3][4]
Roster
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Standings
Division
| Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – Los Angeles Clippers | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 25–16 | 26–15 | 9–7 | 82 |
| x – Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 2.0 | 25–16 | 24–17 | 9–9 | 82 |
| x – Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 4.0 | 28–14 | 19–21 | 7–10 | 82 |
| pi – Sacramento Kings | 46 | 36 | .561 | 5.0 | 24–17 | 22–19 | 10–7 | 82 |
| pi – Golden State Warriors | 46 | 36 | .561 | 5.0 | 21–20 | 25–16 | 7–9 | 82 |
Conference
| Western Conference | ||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c – Oklahoma City Thunder * | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 82 |
| 2 | x – Denver Nuggets | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 82 |
| 3 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1.0 | 82 |
| 4 | y – Los Angeles Clippers * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 6.0 | 82 |
| 5 | y – Dallas Mavericks * | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 49 | 33 | .598 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 10.0 | 82 |
| 9 | pi – Sacramento Kings | 46 | 36 | .561 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 10 | pi – Golden State Warriors | 46 | 36 | .561 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Utah Jazz | 31 | 51 | .378 | 26.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Memphis Grizzlies | 27 | 55 | .329 | 30.0 | 82 |
| 14 | San Antonio Spurs | 22 | 60 | .268 | 35.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Portland Trail Blazers | 21 | 61 | .256 | 36.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
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Regular season
| 2023–24 game log Total: 46–36 (Home: 24–17; Road: 22–19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
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November: 8–6 (home: 4–1; road: 4–5)
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December: 9–5 (home: 6–3; road: 3–2)
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January: 8–7 (home: 3–3; road: 5–4)
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February: 6–6 (home: 2–2; road: 4–4)
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March: 10–6 (home: 6–5; road: 4–1)
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April: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
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Play-in
| 2024 play-in game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Play-in: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1)
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In-Season Tournament
This was the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.[5][6] During the in-season tournament period, the Kings competed in Group C of the Western Conference, which included the Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, and San Antonio Spurs. The Kings advanced to the knockout round of the In-Season Tournament following their victories over the Thunder, Spurs, Timberwolves (who held the best record of the entire Western Conference at the time), and Warriors (who won by one with a Malik Monk game-winner after coming back from a 24-point deficit during that match). However, when entering the knockout round section of the In-Season Tournament on December 4, the Kings lost to the winners of Group B (which were the New Orleans Pelicans, who finished 3–1 in their group at the time) by a final score of 127-117 due to New Orleans winning the rest of the quarters that night after losing the first quarter by 1 point. Tragically, during that night, a 34-year-old Kings fan named Gregorio "Greg" Florez Breedlove had a medical emergency during the first quarter of that game and died 20 minutes after emergency medical services arrived to try and help him out.[7][8]
West group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | SAC | MIN | GSW | OKC | SAS | |
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| 1 | Sacramento Kings | 4 | 4 | 0 | 482 | 452 | +30 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 124–111 | 124–123 | 105–98 | 129–120 | |
| 2 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 4 | 3 | 1 | 438 | 438 | 0 | 111–124 | — | 104–101 | 106–103 | 117–110 | ||
| 3 | Golden State Warriors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 483 | 479 | +4 | 123–124 | 101–104 | — | 141–139 | 118–112 | ||
| 4 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4 | 1 | 3 | 463 | 439 | +24 | 98–105 | 103–106 | 139–141 | — | 123–87 | ||
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 429 | 487 | −58 | 120–129 | 110–117 | 112–118 | 87–123 | — |
Player statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Harrison Barnes | 82 | 82 | 29.0 | .474 | .387 | .801 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .7 | .1 | 12.2 |
| Chris Duarte | 59 | 11 | 12.2 | .381 | .346 | .788 | 1.8 | .7 | .5 | .1 | 3.9 |
| Kessler Edwards | 54 | 0 | 5.1 | .415 | .385 | .556 | .8 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 1.7 |
| Keon Ellis | 57 | 21 | 17.2 | .461 | .417 | .743 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .9 | .5 | 5.4 |
| Jordan Ford | 6 | 0 | 3.7 | .571 | .667 | 1.000 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 74 | 74 | 35.9 | .465 | .369 | .738 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 2.0 | .4 | 26.6 |
| Kevin Huerter | 64 | 59 | 24.4 | .443 | .361 | .766 | 3.5 | 2.6 | .7 | .4 | 10.2 |
| Colby Jones | 30 | 0 | 6.4 | .394 | .091 | .545 | 1.3 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 2.1 |
| Mason Jones | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | .250 | .286 | .500 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .2 | .0 | 1.4 |
| Alex Len | 48 | 0 | 9.3 | .617 | .000 | .588 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .2 | .7 | 2.5 |
| Trey Lyles | 58 | 0 | 20.0 | .445 | .384 | .700 | 4.4 | 1.2 | .3 | .3 | 7.2 |
| JaVale McGee | 46 | 0 | 7.4 | .598 | .143 | .578 | 2.7 | .4 | .3 | .4 | 4.0 |
| Davion Mitchell | 72 | 4 | 15.3 | .452 | .361 | .714 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .2 | .0 | 5.3 |
| Malik Monk | 72 | 0 | 26.0 | .443 | .350 | .829 | 2.9 | 5.1 | .6 | .5 | 15.4 |
| Keegan Murray | 77 | 77 | 33.6 | .454 | .358 | .831 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .8 | 15.2 |
| Filip Petrušev† | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .500 | .500 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 | |
| Domantas Sabonis | 82 | 82 | 35.7 | .594 | .379 | .704 | 13.7 | 8.2 | .9 | .6 | 19.4 |
| Jalen Slawson | 12 | 0 | 3.1 | .667 | .000 | .6 | .2 | .1 | .1 | .7 | |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 11 | 0 | 4.8 | .250 | .250 | 1.3 | .4 | .1 | .1 | .6 | |
| Aleksandar Vezenkov | 42 | 0 | 12.2 | .440 | .375 | .800 | 2.3 | .5 | .5 | .2 | 5.4 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Transactions
Trades
| June 28, 2023[9] | To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Colby Jones (No. 34) |
To Boston Celtics Draft rights to Jordan Walsh (No. 38) 2024 DAL second-round pick |
| July 6, 2023[10][11] | To Sacramento Kings Chris Duarte |
To Indiana Pacers 2028 DAL second round pick 2030 SAC second round pick |
| To Sacramento Kings Cash considerations |
To Dallas Mavericks Richaun Holmes Draft rights to Olivier-Maxence Prosper (No. 24) |
Free agency
Re-signed
| Date | Player | Ref. |
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| June 29 | Harrison Barnes | [12] |
| June 30 | Trey Lyles | [13] |
| July 2 | Domantas Sabonis | [14] |
| Alex Len | [15] |
Additions
| Date | Player | Former Team | Ref. |
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| July 1 | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos | [16] |
Subtractions
| Player | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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| Chimezie Metu | Free agency | Phoenix Suns | [17] |