Kings followers have remained loyal to their favourite NBA workforce for many years and been rewarded the previous two seasons with playoff-worthy hoops.
But at the same time as Kings lovers have stuffed visiting arenas with “Light the beam!” chants, it seems not everybody has taken discover — with former Golden State Warriors guard Gilbert Arenas amongst that group.
“Golden State and the [Los Angeles] Lakers are about to be in the playoffs,” Arenas mentioned on his podcast “Gil’s Arena.” “Them different two groups that acquired no fan base, get out of right here! We do not need to see ya. …
“That’s TV. You’d rather have [Lakers and Warriors] than the [New Orleans] Pelicans. Pelicans and Sacramento in five or six games? Nobody’s watching those games.”
As Kings followers know, Arenas is simply plain unsuitable — visiting enviornment beam chants apart.
When the Kings broke their 16-season NBA playoff drought final yr, Game 7 of their opening-round collection towards the Warriors within the 2023 playoffs averaged 9.8 million viewers, making it the most-watched first-round playoff game in 24 years. The game, which peaked with 11.9 million viewers, was ABC’s largest-ever viewers for a non-NBA Finals postseason game.
While that very effectively might have been the Steph Curry impact, the collection between the 2 Northern California groups created lots of hype on its own. Sacramento took the defending NBA champions down to the wire, and it definitely was must-see TV.
Perhaps Arenas will tune in and see what he has been lacking out on this postseason.