Kings Pulse: A Sacramento Kings Podcast
398 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsAn 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.
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Episodes
Getting to Know: Grant Napear
May 15, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutesBrenden got the chance to speak with Grant Napear, who has been the play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings for the past 32 years. Grant is the first guest in a series focused on getting to know the names, faces, and voices that are apart of the Kings better as individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sacramento Profiles: Tyrese Haliburton & Killian Hayes
May 14, 2020 05:04 - 1 hourWe dive into Tyrese Haliburton of Iowa State and Killian Hayes who is currently playing in Germany for ratiopharm Ulm. We touch on them as prospects in general and how they would fit on the Sacramento Kings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sacramento Profiles: Obi Toppin & Onyeka Okongwu
May 08, 2020 04:15 - 54 minutesBrenden and Rich dive into some of the highest ranked bigs in the 2020 NBA Draft in Onyeka Okongwu (USC) and Obi Toppin (Dayton) in regards to their differences in play and fit for the Sacramento Kings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sacramento Profiles: Isaac Okoro & Devin Vassell
May 06, 2020 04:47 - 54 minutesBrenden and Rich dive into how Isaac Okoro (Auburn) and Devin Vassell (Florida State) would fit onto the Sacramento Kings and where we would feel comfortable selecting each of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sacramento Profiles: LaMelo Ball & Deni Avdija
May 03, 2020 03:45 - 1 hourWe dive into the fit of LaMelo Ball and Deni Avdiija on the Sacramento Kngs and their profiles are 2020 NBA Draft prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Who should the Kings' players be studying?
April 29, 2020 03:05 - 53 minutesBrenden and Rich list who each of the Kings' players should be watching and stealing bits and pieces from during this quarantine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sacramento Profiles: Anthony Edwards & James Wiseman
April 24, 2020 00:50 - 54 minutesWe are beginning to dive into the 2020 NBA Draft prospects and start with two of the highest ranked prospects in Anthony Edwards and James Wiseman. We profile each of them and talk about their fit with the Sacramento Kings current roster, should they be selected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pre-hiatus report cards: Point Guards
April 17, 2020 23:52 - 50 minutesBrenden and Rich take a look at the Sacramento point guards on the roster in De'Aaron Fox, Cory Joseph, and Yogi Ferrell. We placed a one-year monetary value on each of them as well as a grade for the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pre-hiatus report cards: Shooting Guards
April 15, 2020 10:45 - 1 hourRich and Brenden grade the years of Bogdan Bogdanovic and Buddy Hield, compare their values, styles, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pre-hiatus report cards: Small Forwards
April 10, 2020 07:10 - 54 minutesBrenden and Rich give their grades, monetary value, and strengths and weaknesses of all of Sacramento's small forwards - Harrison Barnes, Kent Bazemore, and Justin James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pre-hiatus report cards: Power Forwards
April 03, 2020 06:09 - 47 minutesBrenden and Rich hand out grades and evaluate the current annual monetary values of Marvin Bagley III, Nemanja Bjelica, and Jabari Parker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pre-haitus report cards: Centers
March 30, 2020 05:42 - 1 hourBrenden and Rich go through the centers on the roster (Richaun Holmes, Harry Giles, and Alex Len) and give them grades and annual monetary values on their season pre-hiatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Drafting the decade w/ Tim Maxwell
March 25, 2020 04:42 - 1 hourTim Maxwell joins Brenden and Rich to facilitate a draft of all Sacramento Kings' players of the 2010-20 decade. Rich and Brenden serpentine draft from a pool of players and Tim decides which team would win a playoff series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Offseason trade values
March 23, 2020 02:58 - 36 minutesBrenden and Rich rank the assets (players & picks) that Sacramento will have this offseason from highest to lowest value. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kings jersey tournament
March 21, 2020 03:34 - 1 hourRich leads Brenden through a tournament ranking the best Sacramento Kings jerseys to have existed and coming out with a final victor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A conversation w/ Matt George
March 18, 2020 18:22 - 34 minutesBrenden is joined by Matt George of KHTK and Locked On Kings to get his thoughts on the suspension, the Kings' level of play prior, Matt's path to journalism, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The top individual performances
March 17, 2020 22:05 - 46 minutesBrenden and Rich compile a top-10 list of the best individual performances throughout the 2019-20 season by Kings' players along with some honorable mentions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Where we go from here
March 16, 2020 04:18 - 51 minutesBrenden and Rich are joined by multiple guests, including a respiratory therapist to talk a bit on COVID-19 and a listener and radio host for the 916th man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Update regarding coronavirus
March 12, 2020 23:50 - 13 minutesBrenden and Rich talk about the coronavirus situation that is going on and the plans moving forward for Kings Pulse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rotational Questions w/ Omer Khan
March 11, 2020 04:23 - 53 minutesBrenden is joined by Omer Khan to touch on an interesting billboard that went up in Sacramento, Bagley's potential return, Len and Giles battling for minutes, Bazemore's market, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Buddy Hield sitting w/ Will Griffith
March 09, 2020 06:23 - 36 minutesBrenden is joined by Will Griffith of Sactown Royalty to recap the recent back-to-back against Portland and Toronto, talk about Buddy Hield not being out there to close the game, the center rotation with the return of Richaun Holmes, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Draft Talk w/ Nate Miller & Bryant West
March 04, 2020 07:01 - 1 hourWe are joined by Nate Miller and Bryant West to talk about players to watch in the upcoming draft now that we have entered March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Guess Who?
March 02, 2020 03:46 - 44 minutesWe cover the recent win against the Pistons, what the big man rotation should look like when the team is healthy, the playoff push, and then play a Sacramento Kings' version of Guess Who. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Making a playoff push
February 29, 2020 05:26 - 54 minutesThe Sacramento Kings have won 4 of their last 5 games and the playoffs are looking like a possibility. We dive into their recent play, upcoming opponents, and bath bombs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reviewing the remaining schedule
February 26, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutesJoined by Sanjesh Singh, of Sactown Royalty, we entertain the idea of making a playoff push. The number of wins it will take to make the playoffs, the most crucial stretches of games, and is it really reasonable? This episode is brought to you by Betonline.ag, use the code BLUEWIRE to receive a 50% welcome bonus with your first deposit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What would a retool entail?
February 19, 2020 17:14 - 58 minutesWe debate if Sacramento should consider retooling this roster come the offseason. What the positive assets are to be used, who are the untouchables, what needs to talk place throughout the rest of this season. And we close with Rich giving away some beard secrets. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical finan...
Reactions to The Athletic article
February 14, 2020 15:32 - 56 minutesSam Amick, Jason Jones, and Shams Charania dropped quite an article giving a peak to what is going on behind the curtains in Sacramento's front office. Mainly focusing on the relationship between Vivek and Vlade, mentions of Bagley's injury, and then the potential of Buddy Hield requesting a trade should he not start again. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and b...
What's changed since the Buddy/Bogi swap?
February 12, 2020 05:58 - 44 minutesSince Buddy Hield has been moved to the bench in favor of Bogdan Bogdanovic, the Sacramento Kings have won 6 of 9 games. We take a dive into what has changed and allowed the team to be successful after just ending a losing streak prior to that. Also, we touch on the lack of transparency coming from Sacramento with the announcement of Richaun Holmes' injury and question if the team is better without Marvin Bagley. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Ta...
Introducing the 2020 NBA Draft
February 10, 2020 16:51 - 1 hourWe are joined by Bryant West, the draft expert of Sactown Royalty to pick his brain about the top of the upcoming draft class that the Sacramento Kings are likely to be selected in the lottery for. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical financial phenomena behind your finances. https://open.spotify.com/show...
Reactions to the Dedmon deal
February 07, 2020 16:14 - 34 minutesThe trade deadline happened fast, but there was not much action for the Sacramento Kings. They dumped Dewayne Dedmon's contract back to the Atlanta Hawks along with two second-rounders for Jabari Parker and Alex Len. We shared our thoughts on the deal. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical financial phenom...
Deadline Phone Calls
February 05, 2020 06:11 - 1 hourWe do a Sacramento focused mock trade deadline of our own, acting in the roles of various general managers around the association and shopping or calling about some of the Kings' roster. The deadline is just a few days away now and Sacramento has been mentioned in rumors a fair amount of times. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bri...
Let's talk about tanking
January 24, 2020 17:51 - 1 hourWe have reached that point. Sacramento has now lost 6 straight games and 15 of their previous 18 so we dived into tanking. What is it, is it effective, should the Kings tank? We also propose potential trades if they were to go down that route. Sorry for the sad episode, but it's hard to remain positive currently. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down c...
Bazemore insight w/ Chris Kirschner + potential sales
January 22, 2020 07:01 - 54 minutesChris Kirschner, who covers the Atlanta Hawks for the Athletic, joins us to talk about Bazemore since he spent the majority of his career in Atlanta along with sharing the Hawks' potential interest in requiring Dewayne Dedmon. We then talk a bit about the recent struggles, our comfort level in the core moving forward, and who should be on the trade block a few weeks out from the deadline. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani...
Analyzing the Bazemore-Ariza trade
January 20, 2020 18:14 - 40 minutesSomething finally happened! Sacramento traded Trevor Ariza, Wenyen Gabriel, and Caleb Swanigan to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver, and Portland's own 2024 & 2025 second-rounders. We break down all aspects of this move, give it a final grade, and then discuss a looming Dewayne Dedmon move. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break ...
Recent news w/ Tim Maxwell
January 17, 2020 09:03 - 1 hourWe are joined by Tim Maxwell of Sactown Royalty to talk about all the news from Sam Amick over various podcasts. Dave Joerger, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Buddy Hield, and we touch on current head Coach Luke Walton and more. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical financial phenomena behind your finances. https://ope...
Telling numbers for each player
January 15, 2020 09:35 - 56 minutesWe each pull one stat on each player that is the most notable or the most telling stat one game before the halfway mark of the season. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical financial phenomena behind your finances. https://open.spotify.com/show/20gI5HoX4J0zlsCgnjqWoP?si=w8xX2XpITSuysd_xGiGQiQ Support this ...
Mid-season Awards
January 13, 2020 08:44 - 49 minutesWe pick an MVP, DPOY, MIP, 6MOTY, and ROY for the Kings now that we are approaching the halfway mark of the season. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the mystical financial phenomena behind your finances. https://open.spotify.com/show/20gI5HoX4J0zlsCgnjqWoP?si=w8xX2XpITSuysd_xGiGQiQ Support this podcast: https://a...
Sacramento's winning streak
January 09, 2020 07:21 - 59 minutesThe Sacramento Kings are now on a winning streak! In the absence of Richaun Holmes, Harry Giles got his first NBA start and Dewayne Dedmon was resurrected. Trevor Ariza won a game for the Kings?? Hoping that this could be a turning point for Dedmon, Buddy getting benched for an extended period and guarding Booker for some reason, and more. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat wit...
Individual player progression with Sanjesh Singh
January 06, 2020 09:54 - 55 minutesWe are joined by Sanjesh Singh of Sactown Royalty to talk through how each individual player has performed relative to our expectations heading into the season. This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reviewing expectations with Sanjesh Singh
January 06, 2020 09:54 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBWe are joined by Sanjesh Singh of Sactown Royalty to talk through how each individual player has performed relative to our expectations heading into the season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/support
A win + Dedmon trades
January 04, 2020 17:15 - 57 minutesThe Sacramento Kings finally broke their 8 games losing streak with a win against the Memphis Grizzlies on the shoulders of De'Aaron Fox and Richaun Holmes. We also touch briefly on the loss against the Los Angeles Clippers and then dive into a few possible Dewayne Dedmon trades now that the center has officially requested out of Sacramento. This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/sup...
Talking through the struggles
December 30, 2019 16:30 - 44 minutesBrenden and RIch go through the last 7 straight losses and touch on some of the trends of the games including Buddy Hield's inconsistent minutes and messages from Walton, Dedmon's trade request and expected return value, and Harry Giles finally seeing the floor. This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trade Hypotheticals
December 21, 2019 08:25 - 1 hourTrade season has begun and while we do not see any trades quite fit for the Sacramento Kings at this time, it never hurts to explore some possibilities. We took ideas from Reddit and Twitter and mentioned them along with our own in this episode, let us know which trades intrigue you the most. This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
CHA recap, Q&A on rotations and trades
December 19, 2019 08:17 - 1 hourWe talked about Fox's return to the lineup in Charlotte and why the struggle was somewhat expected. Then we took some questions from Reddit and Twitter that lead us to conversations on the current rotations, mainly the frontcourt, and then potential trade pieces. This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kingspulse/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
GSW recap, Bagley banter
December 16, 2019 07:29 - 52 minutesWe dive into the three most recent games against the Thunder, Knicks, and Warriors and Bagley's performance in the three of them. We also talk about him taking minutes from Richaun Holmes, if they should be playing together, Harrison Barnes's recent shooting struggles, De'Aaron Fox nearing his return, and more. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down comp...
We deserve these wins, man
December 10, 2019 06:02 - 1 hourProfessor Big Shots. F**k it. We deserve these wins, man. We start with recapping the Dallas game with Brian Zilem of the Blue Hardwood podcast, then Tim Maxwell joins us to get out all of his Luka talk that he is restricted from doing on twitter, and we finish with talking about the great ending in Houston where Nemanja Bjelicia treated us to some well-deserved wins, man. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh ...
Ranking the losses
December 08, 2019 08:20 - 56 minutesIt got worse, somehow. The Sacramento Kings have topped themselves once again this year for the worst loss of the year after blowing a nine-point lead with under two minutes left in regulation and eventually falling to the Spurs in overtime. It felt right to go through the memorable losses of the year and rank the top 5. Sorry for the sad episode, we can't help it. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will foll...
DEN Recap & Ranking the players
December 02, 2019 17:46 - 47 minutesRich and Brenden dive into what may have been the best win of the year in a comeback win at home against the Denver Nuggets, led by Harrison Barnes. With some surprising play from different players throughout the year, we ranked each of them throughout the rest of the season, including the two-way players, going 1-17. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Podcast: On The Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani podcast, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break do...
Thanksgiving Special
November 28, 2019 08:37 - 46 minutesHappy Thanksgiving to all of our listeners, and in this episode we run with that theme by comparing all of the current Kings players to Thanksgiving dishes. Is De'Aaron Fox clearly turkey? Does Bjelicia have sauce enough to be gravy? Is cranberry sauce good at all? We also spend some time talking about Buddy Hield's career night in Boston that resulted in a loss and the tough battle against a defensive powerhouse in Philadelphia. This episode is sponsored by · Talk Money With Mesh Lakhani Po...
BKN & WAS recap w/ Ryan Ritter
November 25, 2019 06:06 - 38 minutesIt is our 100th episode of the Kings Pulse Podcast and Rich sadly missed out with sickness, wishing the best for him. We were joined by Ryan Ritter of A Royal Pain to talk with Brenden about the first two games of the East coast trip for the Kings in Brooklyn without Bogdanovic and in Washington. We covered Justin James's first significant minutes, got Ryan's thoughts on Dedmon's struggles and the lineups when Bagley returns, and more. Here's to the next 100. This episode is sponsored by · T...