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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.

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. As the No. 9 seed in a competitive conference, they defeated 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.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
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.

Roster

2023–24 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 40 Barnes, Harrison 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992-05-30 North Carolina G 3 Duarte, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-06-13 Oregon F 17 Edwards, Kessler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2000-08-09 Pepperdine G 23 Ellis, Keon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 2000-01-08 Alabama G 31 Ford, Jordan (TW) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-05-26 Saint Mary's G 5 Fox, De'Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-12-20 Kentucky G/F 9 Huerter, Kevin  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1998-08-27 Maryland G 20 Jones, Colby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 2002-05-28 Xavier G 22 Jones, Mason (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-07-21 Arkansas C 25 Len, Alex 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1993-06-16 Maryland F 41 Lyles, Trey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1995-11-05 Kentucky C 00 McGee, JaVale 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1988-01-19 Nevada G 15 Mitchell, Davion 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1998-09-05 Baylor G 0 Monk, Malik  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-02-04 Kentucky F 13 Murray, Keegan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2000-08-19 Iowa F/C 10 Sabonis, Domantas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996-05-03 Gonzaga F 18 Slawson, Jalen (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-10-22 Furman F 7 Vezenkov, Sasha 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1995-08-06 Bulgaria

Head coach Mike Brown Assistant coach(es) Jimmy Alapag Leandro Barbosa Doug Christie Deividas Dulkys Jordi Fernández (associate HC) Dutch Gaitley Luke Loucks Jay Triano Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: April 22, 2024

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

2023 preseason game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
Preseason: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 @ Toronto L 99–112 Sasha Vezenkov (12) Domantas Sabonis (6) Domantas Sabonis (6) Rogers Arena 18,654 0–1 2 October 11 @ L.A. Lakers L 101–109 De'Aaron Fox (18) Domantas Sabonis (16) Fox, Sabonis (5) Honda Center 10,830 0–2 3 October 15 Golden State L 115–121 (OT) Domantas Sabonis (19) Domantas Sabonis (11) De'Aaron Fox (6) Golden 1 Center 17,884 0–3 4 October 18 @ Golden State L 115–116 De'Aaron Fox (25) Domantas Sabonis (10) Domantas Sabonis (8) Chase Center 18,064 0–4 5 October 19 Utah W 116–113 Malik Monk (23) Kessler Edwards (8) Malik Monk (8) Golden 1 Center 15,726 1–4
2023–24 preseason schedule

Regular season

Play-in

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. 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.

West group C

Player statistics

Regular season

• Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

1. "Sacramento Kings Franchise Index". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
2. https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2024
3. "2023 NBA Draft: Complete 1-58 order of picks". NBA.com. June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
4. "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
5. "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
6. "Fan dies after emergency during Pels-Kings game". December 5, 2023.
7. "Sports Digest: Fan dies after medical event in stands at Kings-Pelicans game". December 6, 2023.
8. "Sacramento Kings Finalize Trade to Secure Colby Jones". NBA.com. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
9. "Kings acquiring Pacers' Chris Duarte for picks, sources say". ESPN.com. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
10. "Sacramento Kings Complete Trade With Dallas Mavericks". www.nba.com. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
11. "Harrison Barnes staying with Kings on 3-year, $54M extension". www.espn.com. June 29, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
12. "Trey Lyles, Kings Reportedly Agree to 2-Year, $16M Contract in 2023 NBA Free Agency". syndication.bleacherreport.com. June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
13. "Sacramento Kings, Domantas Sabonis agree on contract extension". www.espn.com. July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
14. "Kings' Alex Len: Re-signs with Kings". www.cbssports.com. July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
15. "Kings have 3-year deal with EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov". www.espn.co.uk. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
16. "SUNS SIGN KEITA BATES-DIOP, DREW EUBANKS, CHIMEZIE METU AND YUTA WATANABE". NBA.com. July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.

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