Some facts are irrefutable. Take the fact that I\u2019m typing on a keyboard, and you, in response, are reading these words (thanks for doing that, by the way). Nobody denies such claims, because, well, there\u2019s no benefit to arguing with a bulletproof truth. In stating such a rock-solid fact, the world stabilizes<\/p>\n
Some truths of the world can be compared to the complexion of a slice of Swiss cheese. Facts that are largely true, save for a few rare exceptions. For example, gravity will always draw items to the ground. That is, of course, unless that thing is filled with helium, or is copping some Air Jordans (it\u2019s gotta be the shoes<\/a>!). Here\u2019s my favorite Swiss cheese truth: The Sacramento Kings are always terrible at basketball.<\/p>\n We all hold the Mike Bibby, Chris Webber, Vlade Divac Kings of the early 2000s in high regard, of course, but aside from some minor blips on the chart, Sacramento has been one of the most consistently awful organizations in all of professional basketball.<\/p>\n We all celebrated when De\u2019Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis dragged their organization from its prolonged postseason drought (I support the Seattle Mariners. Believe that I can empathize). We all roared with glee as the fanbase chanted \u201cLight the beam!\u201c But when the Kings committed organizational suicide by dealing De\u2019Aaron Fox for the distinguished honor of reconstructing the failed DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine-era Chicago Bulls (a team which has also suffered a relatively humiliating history outside of the Jordan years. Must be the shoes), we all just laughed.<\/p>\n The Kings will do what the Kings have done. Time is a circle; welcome back to the beginning.<\/p>\n Predicting Sacramento to miss the playoffs wasn\u2019t difficult, but with the amount of veterans they loaded onto the depth chart, it\u2019s clear that the front office had no intention of leading the tank race back in October. But here we are in the middle of March, and a purple emblem stands in the top 3 of Tankathon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n