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West Pacific · 2026–27 season

The story so far

Kings fans opened the season torn between tanking and winning, and a winless start pushed misery to 94 and the tank talk louder. Wins in Washington and New York brought brief relief, but at 4-7-2 they sit in whiplash despair.

From Reddit fan threads · through Oct 26–Nov 1 · 4-7-2

Season misery
65Miserable
Worst week
94Oct 12–18
Best week
6Nov 2–8
Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 73 (Miserable) · 0-2Oct 5–11: misery 87 (Despair) · 0-2Oct 12–18: misery 94 (Despair) · 0-2Oct 19–25: misery 54 (Meh) · 2-1Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 74 (Miserable) · 2-2Nov 2–8: misery 6 (Euphoric) · 1-09/2810/510/1210/1910/2611/2
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long
  • Frustration at a team stuck in the middle turned into open rooting for 0-82-2 during the winless start, then softened once wins arrived and some admitted winning beats a high pick.

    “I hope this team manages to find a way to go 0-82-2. It would be the best thing to happen to this franchise since 2014. Guaranteed top 3 draft pick, the front office would finally be purged, and AEG might sell.”

    ▲ 43Oct 12–18

Emerging
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 6Nov 2–8● so far1-0›
  2. 74Oct 26–Nov 12-2›
  3. 54Oct 19–252-1›
  4. 94Oct 12–180-2›
  5. 87Oct 5–110-2›
  6. 73Sep 28–Oct 40-2›