{"id":304175,"date":"2025-09-26T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/304175\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:44:13","slug":"sacramento-kings-2025-26-projected-starting-lineup-new-look-roster-featuring-dennis-schroder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/304175\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings 2025-26 projected starting lineup, new look roster featuring Dennis Schroder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sacramento Kings have undergone some massive changes over the last 12 months, and with a new roster, they hope to turn their fortunes around in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/sacramento-kings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> have made a lot of big changes over the last year. In the middle of last season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/mike-browns-cryptic-final-words-moments-before-being-fired-by-sacramento-kings-you-know-truly-in-the-foxhole-with-you-and-whos-not\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kings fired Mike Brown as head coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few months later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/demar-derozan-malik-monk-react-as-kings-send-deaaron-fox-to-spurs-for-zach-lavine-in-a-three-team-deal-with-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kings would trade De\u2019Aaron Fox and land Zach LaVine<\/a> as part of a three-team deal.<\/p>\n<p>To add to their depth, the Kings landed <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/dennis-schroder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Schroder<\/a>. But the one man <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/jonathan-kuminga-and-golden-state-warriors-hold-numerous-discussions-as-new-team-emerges-with-interest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Kings have their eye on is Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/golden-state-warriors-refuse-to-trade-two-stars-to-sacramento-kings-in-jonathan-kuminga-deal-steve-kerr-is-a-big-fan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warriors unlikely to trade Kuminga to the Kings<\/a>, the franchise might have to make do with the roster they have.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2203907556-941x627.jpg\" alt=\"Sacramento Kings forward DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine\" class=\"wp-image-161835\" \/>Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images2025-26 Sacramento Kings projected starting lineup<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings have been one of the quieter teams this offseason, holding onto most of their pieces while adding very little.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the Kings\u2019 lineup and rotation are expected to look like:<\/p>\n<p>Starting LineupSecond UnitDennis SchroderDevin CarterZach LaVineMalik MonkDeMar DeRozanDoug McDermottKeegan MurrayDrew EubanksDomantas SabonisDario Saric<\/p>\n<p>Some fans might be wondering why Malik Monk features in the rotation, given that the Kings tried to trade him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The conjecture right now is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/sacramento-kings-attempting-to-sign-russell-westbrook-without-trading-key-star-he-was-initially-out-the-door\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kings are trying to keep Monk<\/a> while still trying to sign his former LA Lakers teammate, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/russell-westbrook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Westbrook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/nba-insider-predicts-russell-westbrook-outcome-that-would-not-surprise-several-teams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westbrook\u2019s arrival isn\u2019t a guarantee<\/a>, the Kings are trying their best to find a way to sign the former MVP ahead of the new season. His arrival could alter the rotation structure heavily.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Kings need a lot of luck to compete in Western Conference<\/p>\n<p>The last few years have seen a slight improvement for the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference. In 2023, they broke a 16-year playoff drought and made the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Kings made the play-in tournament but lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/new-orleans-pelicans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> and were eliminated from the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Kings failed to make the playoffs entirely, a steep decline from where they were two seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>If the Kings want to make a playoff run next season, they need a lot of things to go in their favor, as their roster isn\u2019t as strong as some of the heavy hitters in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings have undergone some massive changes over the last 12 months, and with a new roster,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,3213,26519,4672,4056,6,986,477,4055,574,3212],"class_list":{"0":"post-304175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-demar-derozan","10":"tag-dennis-schru00f6der","11":"tag-domantas-sabonis","12":"tag-kings","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-sacramento","15":"tag-sacramento-kings","16":"tag-sacramentokings","17":"tag-western-conference","18":"tag-zach-lavine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115268305953745708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}