Sacramento Kings Archives

Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear still stands by message that cost him job

"6 years ago today. Are there really still people that don't agree with this?"

"This is a guy that went to BYU, got the money and all the power and all that at BYU, made the choice himself."

"I was just informed they are pulling the plug on my show."

Sacramento Kings announcer Kyle Draper revealed on social media his contract with the team is not being renewed.

Doris Burke was very emotional in the final ESPN broadcast of her longtime NBA broadcast partner, Mark Jones.

Jones told the Sacramento Bee he isn't going anywhere, even if his future role with the Kings isn't fully defined yet.

"You make a lot of statements and put out statements that you have no context. Where do you get your context from?"

Former Sacramento Kings broadcaster Grant Napear is returning to local radio after spending five years in exile after a controversial tweet.

Ty Lue made it clear he’s not worried about the Clippers’ late-game execution — and he’s tired of being asked if he is.

Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear lost a wrongful termination lawsuit over his "All Lives Matter" tweet in 2020.

"The NBA Trade Deadline might be more exciting than the season itself."

NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California will be placed in a higher tier, effective immediately.

"No Class. No balls."

Brown was let go just minutes after speaking to reporters after Friday's practice.

"They should just invite everyone down from the upper balcony."

"Possession after possession"

In the last seconds of the Spurs victory over the Kings, Victor Wembanyama got away with an obvious over-the-back on Domantas Sabonis.

García-Ochoa gave Sabonis a fourth-place MVP vote, a First Team All-Defense vote, and a First Team All-NBA vote.

The NBA Play-In Tournament remains a strong draw for the league.

"That's going to be a pejorative, hurtful, deleterious turnover."

"They don't give a f*** if I come up here and talk, I'll tell you that."

Draper credits his colleagues in journalism and Sacramento fans for supporting his sobriety journey.

"I probably need to mute my tv because bob myers is killing me."

Barnes was in his third season as a pre and postgame studio analyst for Kings broadcasts on NBC Sports California.