The expansion to include a play-in tournament was thought to bring hope for a Sacramento franchise that last made the playoffs in 2006.
However, with less than two weeks left, BPI gives Sacramento just a 12% chance of sneaking into the play-in tournament. With star rookie Tyrese Haliburton expected to miss the rest of the year, it appears the Kings will find themselves heading to the lottery for a 15th straight season.
However, all is not doom and gloom for the franchise with the NBA's longest active postseason drought.
Sacramento has a franchise guard in De'Aaron Fox, one of the top rookies with Haliburton and a rookie GM -- Monte McNair -- who did his understudy learning from Daryl Morey in Houston.
The focus this offseason now shifts to the future of head coach Luke Walton, free agent Richaun Holmes, bolstering a bench that ranked last in the NBA, and of course the July draft with yet again another lottery pick.