Sunday Musings: Can Scott Perry and Doug Christie avoid the pitfalls of previous Kings regimes?

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Themes develop every year during training camp. The 2025-26 version of this Sacramento Kings annual event is no different.

When media is allowed into the team’s practice facility, the players are usually running and head coach Doug Christie has said that he wants his group to be the best conditioned squad in the league. Veteran center Drew Eubanks went as far as to call this the toughest training camp he’s been a part of in his eight years in the league.

“Honestly, this is probably the hardest training camp I’ve had or been a part of,” Eubanks said following Saturday’s practice. “Just going…it seems like every single day it’s been a two and a half, three hour practice where we’re getting up and down and competing. It’s been great so far, I love it.”

Christie likes to use the “iron sharpens iron” line from Proverbs 27:17. He wants a competitive camp that at times gets a little uncomfortable. The read and react offensive system he is instituting takes chemistry and timing. The only way to build that chemistry and timing is to get on the court and compete in live action as much as possible. 

Outside of the play on the court, there is something more subtle happening during camp. Following each day, there is a meeting that takes place on the sidelines between Christie and the front office trio of Scott Perry, B.J. Armstrong and Alvin Gentry.