A couple of years ago, the Sacramento Kings were the darlings of the NBA. At that time, they were young, hungry, and ascending behind De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis, and an electrifying Keegan Murray. The Kings are no longer a feel-good story of revival; instead, they are a franchise caught between nostalgia for what once was and uncertainty about what comes next. The Western Conference continues to get stronger, and the Kings seem to be regressing into the middle tier, a place they had fought so hard to escape.