Kangz.



If the Sacramento Kings are ever going to crawl out of this dark place, to convince their tortured fans that those glory days of the late 1990s and early 2000s will return again, then they need that word to be erased from the lexicon of their frustrated followers.



For the casual crowd that might not be hip to this recycled hoops story, “Kangz” is a one-word way of explaining the utter absurdity that happens within their franchise on an all-too-often basis. It’s the coaching hirings and firings gone wrong, the in-fighting, the ownership blunders, the power plays, the bad draft picks, the brutal trades — everything that has led to their league-long streak of playoff absences that began in 2007. It’s the slap to the forehead when you don’t know what else to say, a way for those die-hards who have remained so loyal for so long to express their utter hopelessness and despair.



Kangz.



You know how you get that word...