Yes....we did this. YouTube TV is an option and they broadcast the games on NBC Sports CA. Only problem is YouTube TV is getting close to the same price that cable, DirectTV, etc. is. I still do like it better though.
I also have YouTubeTV and find it quite an acceptable alternative. In fact I'm quite happy with it.
I'm surprised that you see YouTubeTV as being "close" in price to cable, as it is still half or less of what traditional cable (full price) would be for me, of course you might start with a promo that makes YTTV like 2/3 the price of cable but then get locked into a longer contract that goes up to full price after a year, with no guarantee that you can negotiate back down to a promo price.
YouTubeTV wasn't my first streaming service - I started with AT&T TV (which morphed into Direct TV Stream), but they forced me out due to price increases that basically equalled cable and had the same sort of long term contract. YTTV has no long term contract, it's month-to-month so if they do decide to jack up the price you can get out. The YTTV interface is a bit clunkier than Direct TV Stream (e.g. no way to page down on the guide) but it has some nice benefits like the ability to custom order your channels. And there are like 100+ channels, basically the full set you would get from cable. Literally the only channel I care about that is not on YTTV is the Pac12 Network, but that wasn't on Direct TV Stream either.
Due to the lack of Pac12 Network, I have also done month-to-month subscriptions of Sling during college basketball season. Sling is even cheaper than YTTV but has very limited channel lineups and apparently is now (or was very recently) in a negotiation war with the ESPN networks, so it might not be the best primary unless they've resolved that. It does carry NBC Sports Network California, though, so Kings games are on.
But for any of the three streaming services I've done, I've found the quality of the picture to actually be BETTER than cable. The "blackouts" are the same as cable, so if you would traditionally get Kings games in Modesto (I would think that's the case) then the streaming services will carry the games as well. NBA League Pass would almost certainly black out Kings games in Modesto, so a streaming service is the way to go.
The only issue I have at all with the streaming services is that there is a bit of a lag relative to cable/satellite. For live sports, it can be a pain if you are looking at a box score or if you have friends/family that text you during the game. It's kind of a variable lag, seems to be 5-10 seconds. But if you can live with that, then streaming is definitely the way to go in my opinion.
