It\u2019s a new day for the Sacramento Kings, who are hoping the 2026-2027 NBA season can be about renewal and positive momentum.<\/p>\n
For some local media members, it\u2019s also about how many of the players are \u201chella fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Kings held their annual media day, giving the local media up-close-and-personal access to returning stars like Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine, as well as a chance to meet newly signed Ben Simmons, who hopes to rejuvenate his NBA career after several injuries and ongoing narratives about his motivation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Several local outlets livestreamed the event, including Sacramento NBC affiliate KCRA, giving fans at home a chance to hear from the players in real time. However, between those interviews, the mics also picked up the media members in the room, making it easy to hear their thoughts in real time, too.<\/p>\n For several media members, those thoughts were about how some of the players were attractive, even if they didn\u2019t have personalities to match.<\/p>\n Some of the media members not realizing they\u2019re on a hot mic. Calling Ben Simmons cringe but \u201chella fine\u201d, one also says LaVine is \u201chella fine\u201d before one interjects saying his personality is annoying and a prick. pic.twitter.com\/FIsoqgnUYC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Austin (@kings_muse) September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The mics appeared to pick up a conversation among several media members about Sara Hodges, a former sports anchor and reporter for Sacramento\u2019s KOVR, who now works in a similar capacity for KGO-TV in San Francisco. The conversation then turned to Simmons, who, according to one person, was \u201ccringe,\u201d while another said he was \u201clucky he\u2019s so fine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a good-looking dude,\u201d replied the first media member. \u201cHis skin\u2019s like so smooth, I was like, damn, no tattoos?\u201d<\/p>\n A third person then asked the second whether Jordan Poole was more their type, and someone replied, \u201cAllegedly, I like light-skinned, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat about Zach LaVine, then?\u201d asked the third person.<\/p>\n \u201cHella fine,\u201d the second replied, while the first offered an \u201cehhh.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think his personality annoys the sh*t out of me, so that\u2019s what makes him [inaudible],\u201d said the first person.\u00a0\u201cZach\u2019s cute. His personality f*cking annoys me. He just seems like hella like a prick.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a f*cking UCLA guy,\u201d replied the third media member. \u201cJust all of them are.\u201d<\/p>\n Another person chimed in, adding that they found LaVine \u201chella fine, too.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked how they would rank the Kings players by hotness, the first person put Simmons ahead of LaVine, as the conversation returned to his youthful looks and admiration for \u201chis skincare routine.\u201d<\/p>\n The conversation became harder to hear beyond that before the clip posted on X by Kings Muse ended. According to that account, someone apparently realized the mic was picking up unintended voices, so the KCRA livestream was\u00a0stopped, deleted, and replaced with a new one<\/a>, though that new livestream was promptly deleted <\/a>as well.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know who these intrepid media members are, but we hope for their sake that they get the chance to make amends, ideally in the form of having to talk directly to Simmons and LaVine about their attractiveness and personality deficiencies.<\/p>\n \t