The 2025-26 NBA season is about to begin, and the Sacramento Kings are once again looking to join the postseason party in the Western Conference. Alas, not too many are bullish on the Kings' chances of making the playoffs once more. Domantas Sabonis will miss the start of the season due to an injury and so will Keegan Murray. Moreover, fans aren't very optimistic about the team's mishmash of talent that was made all the more complicated by the addition of Russell Westbrook.
Nonetheless, veteran star DeMar DeRozan is simply using all that doubt towards the Kings as fuel, with the 36-year-old raring to prove everyone wrong .
“You got to find fuel wherever you can find it. That's definitely one of them. To see those bullsh*t list they put out there, you definitely gotta be fueled o