(0:00-22:49) Today on “The Rose Garden Report” Sean welcomes James Ham to talk some Kings basketball. Ham is the Kings Insider for ESPN 1320 and the host of the “Kings Beat” podcast. The Kings right now are third in the Western Conference and close to finally clinching a playoff spot. It has been a long road for the Kings to be back in the position and James looks back on the rocky road that led the team to this spot.


(22:50-39:21) What is crazy about the story of the Kings is that they never really went full tank in the NBA. James goes into why the team never really did a full tank in a season and how they managed that. James and Sean share stories of the rough days of the Kings. Then Sean asks James, “could you see this team make the Western Conference Finals?”


(39:21-End) In this massive turnaround that the Kings have had this year. One of the biggest changes made in the offseason was the head coach. James Ham tells Sean about how a lot of the success of the Kings relies on Mike Brown. As the kids would say, the vibes have never been higher in Sacramento. James and Sean go into how the Kings are everyone’s favorite team right now.  

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