Kings Pulse: A Sacramento Kings Podcast
An in-depth Sacramento Kings podcast hosted by Brenden Nunes that helps you keep your finger on the pulse of all things Sacramento Kings with analysis, theories, breakdowns, quotes from players/coaches, knowledgeable guests, and more.
Episodes
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
They discussed the Kings (5-16) needing to embrace a youth movement. It's time for them to trade the likes of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, and potentially Domantas Sabonis.
Who should stay through a retool/rebuild? Or could they go in another direction and try to make a desperate win-now trade...
What's wrong with the Sacramento Kings? Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins dive into the team's 3-11 start on the latest episode of the Kings Pulse Podcast.
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
They dive into the disappointing result of Sacramento's 2025-26 NBA regular season opener, where they blew a 20-point lead in an eventual loss to the host Phoenix Suns.
Be sure to subscribe to The Kings Pulse Podcast on YouTube to stay up to date with the latest episode.
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Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
With Keegan Murray (left thumb) for 4-6 weeks, we dive into what they can do to attempt to replace his production, starting and closing spot.
Be sure to subscribe to The Kings Pulse Podcast on YouTube to stay up to date with the latest episode.
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Today, we delve into the state of the 2025-26 Western Conference, examining each team individually and categorizing them into tiers to determine where the Kings stand.
Be sure to subscribe to The Kings Pulse Podcast on YouTube to stay up to date with the latest episode.
Matt George Joins the Show: Training Camp Takeaways; Are the Kings expecting too much from Schroder?
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins were joined by Locked On Kings Host Matt George for another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Topics include:
- Differences in this year's training camp, the first led by head coach Doug Christie
- Domantas Sabonis notes the strict tone from Christie, GM Scott Perry
- Are the Sacramento Kings expecting too much from Dennis Schroder?
- Positi...
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins present another edition of the Kings Pulse Podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings.
Today's topics include:
- Main takeaways from Sacramento Kings 2025-26 media day
- DeMar DeRozan reflects on the "s---show" that was last season
- Scott Perry and Doug Christie's united vision and ideal identity
- Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis provide updates on their extension talks
- Malik M...
Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins relaunch the Kings Pulse podcast, keeping your finger on the pulse of the Sacramento Kings. Today's topics include: - Outlining new GM Scott Perry's ideal identity - Should they at least consider trading Keon Ellis? For the sake of value? - Is Keegan Murray the most important player on the Kings? - Why Jonathan Kuminga does AND doesn't make sense - Continued interest in Malik Monk And PLENTY more!
Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson start to dive into the Sacramento Kings' offseason improvement options. As GM Monte McNair has pointed out, there are three ways to improve: free agency, the draft, and trades.
Well, we'll be spending one episode on each! Today's show centers around Sacramento's free agency options while working with the (projected numbers) 4yr/$55.3M mid-level exception and 2yr/$9.8M bi-annual exception.
Than...
Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson dive into the end of the Sacramento Kings 2023-24 season. They discussed the play-in results, gave takeaways from exit interviews with the players along with Monte McNair and Mike Brown, and plenty more.
Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson preview Tuesday's play-in matchup between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors.
We dove into the key matchups, looked back at their four regular season games, attempted to give our X-Factors, and more.
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Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson discuss the recent play of the Sacramento Kings, who have somewhat reinvented themselves since losing Malik Monk and Kevin Huerter. We discussed who needs to step up in their absence, what has led to their defensive improvements, potential silver linings, and more.
The Sacramento Kings are in a tight Western Conference playoff seeding race with ten regular season games remaining in 2023-24. We discussed their recent encouraging defensive improvements and how sustainable they might be, Keon Ellis starting in place of Kevin Huerter, the recent blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks, and more.
Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson are back with another episode as the 2023-24 Sacramento Kings remain one of the most inconsistent teams in the NBA.
We defined 'spray threes,' which are highly valued by the Kings and their importance, looked at Malik Monk's case for Sixth Man of the Year, discussed his looming free agency, and plenty more.
The Sacramento Kings fall to the Chicago Bulls just one game after beating the Minnesota Timberwolves on the road.
Brenden Nunes and Hunter Patterson dive into the recent player's meeting, Sacramento's continued inconsistencies, players getting targeted on defense, and more.
Thank you for tuning in and be sure to like and subscribe on YouTube and all listening platforms to stay up to date with the latest episodes and keep your fing...
The Kings Pulse podcast is back covering the Sacramento Kings! Brenden Nunes is joined by new co-host Hunter Patterson of The Athletic.
We discussed Hunter's recent article after speaking with Keegan Murray about his growth this season, the recent emphasis on improving their 3p defense, potential postseason matchups, took a Q&A from socials, and more!
Hunter's article on Keegan: https://t.co/HRL1kg2or3
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Anthony Slater, who covers the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors for The Athletic, joins the show to talk about the decision to start Chris Duarte over Kevin Huerter, his impressions of JaVale McGee after covering him in Golden State, where the Kings and Warriors rank amongst the NBA's Western Conference, and more.
The Sacramento Kings have officially started their 2023-24 (pre)season. Brenden Nunes and Chris Watkins doce into the new additions - Chris Duarte, JaVale McGee, and Sasha Vezenkov - the third-string point guard, annual NBA GM survey, and more.
The Sacramento Kings have officially signed Nerlens Noel to a deal. We reacted to that news, what it might mean for Neemias Queta, and looked through the potential backup center rotation between Noel, Alex Len, and Trey Lyles.
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The Sacramento Kings traded two future 2nd round picks (DAL 2028 & SAC 2030) to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for third-year wing/guard Chris Duarte.
In order to gain a better understanding of Duarte's career up until this point, his prior chemistry with Domantas Sabonis, why he was traded, and more we were joined by Pacers beat reporter Tony East.
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