Watch: Sacramento Kings players and head coach speak at Media Day about 2025-26 season
START THEIR SEASON IN LESS THAN A MONTH. THEY’RE TAKING ON THE UTAH JAZZ. AND TODAY KINGS PLAYERS AND THE COACHES SPOKE WITH REPORTERS. IT WAS MEDIA DAY. AND SPORTS DIRECTOR DEL RODGERS IS AT THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER. SO DELL, WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TODAY IN THE COACHES? WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, IT WAS IT WAS GOOD NEWS. I THINK. LISA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MEDIA DAY FOR THE SACRAMENTO KINGS. THEY HAD THE PLAYERS, GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD COACH ALL AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA. AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TEAM AS LAST YEAR, THEY HAVE SOME NEW FACES ON THIS YEAR’S TEAM. BUT THEIR APPROACH TO THE SEASON THIS YEAR IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. AFTER BEING NAMED INTERIM HEAD COACH MIDWAY THROUGH LAST SEASON. DOUG CHRISTIE IS NOW THE OFFICIAL HEAD COACH OF THE SACRAMENTO KINGS, AND UNDER NEW GENERAL MANAGER SCOTT PERRY. BOTH FEEL GREAT THINGS COULD HAPPEN THIS SEASON, BUT WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE, TOUGH, TEAM ORIENTED, ACCOUNTABLE, DISCIPLINED AND PROFESSIONAL. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THIS YEAR, I’M GOING TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THOSE PILLARS. ON THE COURT OFF THE COURT. AND HOW WE ARE HOLDING UP TO THOSE VALUES. THIS IS WHAT WE’RE COMING TO DO. MAKE OUR FANS PROUD AND AND HIT THE FLOOR IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE THEM PROUD. ALSO, WITH A NEW FRONT OFFICE COMES HIGH EXPECTATIONS WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT THIS TEAM WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, A MID-SEASON FIRING OF THEIR HEAD COACH AND A MIDSEASON BLOCKBUSTER TRADE THAT MOVED DARREN FOX OFF THE ROSTER. NOW, WITH SO MUCH CHANGE FROM FRONT OFFICE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST IT WAS IT WAS A LOT GOING ON. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GUYS THAT WAS HERE, WE WE STILL TRY TO MANAGE TO MAKE SOME OUT OF, OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON WHEN THINGS START TO CHANGE, I KNEW IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON A DOUG AND SEE DOUG’S VISION AND, AND HAVE A TRAINING CAMP WITH DOUG, WITH THE PLAYERS WE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WE WE COULD DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND WE DIDN’T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR BECAUSE SO MUCH STUFF WAS HAPPENING. SO I THINK THIS TIME AROUND YOU’LL SEE A MUCH DIFFERENT TEAM FROM BEING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING’S ON THE UP AND UP. WE’RE VERY WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO START THE SEASON OFF AND BE AND BE, YOU KNOW, A TEAM THAT’S LOOKING TO TO WIN. SO AFTER MISSING THE POSTSEASON, THIS TEAM THAT HAS BEEN REVAMPED FROM THE COACHES TO THE PLAYERS TO THE FRONT OFFICE NOW HAS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS SEASON. SCOTT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING IT CLEAR OF HOW HE WANTS TO PLAY, HOW HE WANTS THIS ORGANIZATION TO RUN AND WHAT TO BELIEVE IN, AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF THE PLAYERS HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT’S A REALLY GOOD START. GOOD. SO THE FIRST DAY OF OFFICIAL TRAINING CAMP DOESN’T START UNTIL TOMORROW RIGHT HERE AT THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER. AS FAR AS THEIR FIRST REAL ACTION, WILL THIS THE FIRST EXHIBITION GAME OF THE SEASON, WHICH IS OCTOBER THE 8TH, RIGHT HERE AT THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER AGAINST THE TORONTO RAPTORS. FOR NOW, I’M DEL RODGERS. NOW BACK TO YOU. WELL, I THINK DOUG, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF BOBBY JACKSON, THEY’RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE. WELL, THE KINGS START THEIR SEASON AT HOME. THEIR FIRST ROAD GAME
Watch: Sacramento Kings players and head coach speak at Media Day about 2025-26 season
Updated: 4:24 PM PDT Sep 29, 2025
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Sacramento Kings Head Coach Doug Christie and players gathered at the Golden 1 Center Monday for Media Day to talk about the new 2025-26 season. Players shared what they’ve been doing in recent months and shared their expectations for the new season. (Refresh this page for the latest interviews.)