DeMar DeRozan says all is well for Kings amid current losing streak

DeMar DeRozan says everything is going well for Kings amid current losing streak originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Sacramento Kings can’t seem to catch a break — or a win.

After Wednesday’s blowout 137-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, veteran forward DeMar DeRozan didn’t mince his words about the state of the team.

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“In such a place,” DeRozan said The Sacramento Bee»s Chris Biderman when asked where the Kings are emotionally. “No one wants to lose like we lost.”

DeRozan finished with seven points in 15 minutes of action as the Kings fell to 3-13, ranking 14th in the Western Conference – ahead of only the 2-13 New Orleans Pelicans. Sacramento has now lost eight straight games – its longest skid since the 2021-22 season.

“I think everything that’s going on right now for us is just shit, honestly,” DeRozan told Biderman. “Sometimes when you’re in the deep end it’s hard to hear anything. You’re just trying to swim out somehow.”

The Kings’ few positives didn’t come easily. Their three wins this season came against the Utah Jazz and Milwaukee Bucks – both decided by just two points – and a short-handed Warriors team missing Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green. Sacramento was also without Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine and Keegan Murray, who was still sidelined after thumb surgery at the time.

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Murray finally rejoined the rotation on Wednesday, but any sense of relief was short-lived. Sabonis will miss at least three to four weeks with a partially torn meniscus – another blow to a roster already searching for answers.

Sacramento will have another chance to break out of its current slump when it visits the Denver Nuggets on Saturday at Ball Arena.

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