One hundred and twenty-six decibels, the record for the loudest indoor arena, goes to Sleep Train Arena and the home of the Sacramento Kings. The record was broken during a Kings Bucks game, and although the fans managed to break a record, the Kings still lost. Since moving to the small town of Sacramento, the Kings have never been a good team. The team saw only mediocre players with the occasional appearance of great visiting players, arriving only to hammer the team and the ambitious hopes of a minimal fan base. Even though the franchise saw a pair of playoffs and a Conference Finals debut, in which they were beaten, the team found a way to persevere. But with new ownership comes a fresh start for a team that has licked the bottom of the barrel. Because such loyal fans deserve this treatment. People say the franchise is lost and the team is a disaster. What seems to be the unanswered question in all of this is: why. What makes the Kings so bad? The players who have come to the Kings in recent years have been college juniors picked in the first round of the draft with aspirations of becoming stars. Every kid who comes into the NBA thinks he's the next Lebron James and thinks he can single-handedly make a bad team great. But this is precisely where the problem arises; These nineteen and twenty-year-olds who take the field are talented but they don't have their feet on the ground, and as soon as the season starts and their hopes are high, they manage to play the best game of one against five. Take a player we traded recently; Tyreke Evans. He is a very talented player who could drive to the basket and still make the basket. The problem that existed with Tyreke was that he didn't pass the ball. He once heard the fans applaud his na... middle of paper... that skill and utilize the skills of every player on the team. And Sacramento's coaches haven't reached the finish line yet. People look at Sacramento as one of those teams that is going to need a LeBron James or a Michael Jordan to help us get out of the rut we're in. But people don't do that. We don't look because we are in a stalemate situation, to find a solution. The Kings have played terrible basketball over the last five to ten years, plain and simple. The people most responsible, the players and coaches, for their lack of care and commitment to a team they think is just an obstacle in their career. And while they choose complacency in how they approach the problem, and sulk under the guise of bad basketball, fans are punished with horrible entertainment. There is a solution, but it will only come when the coaches and players are ready to say they are proud to be a Sacramento King.