Ask an NBA fan to blindly, without the help of a smartphone or internet machine, name all 30 NBA teams, and the Sacramento Kings might be the squad most often left out. In spite of the brilliance of the Chris Webber-led Kings from a decade ago, this anonymous outfit hasn't made much of a dent in the league's collective consciousness of late, missing out on six consecutive postseasons along the way. Their coach, whose name you probably have to be reminded of, is attempting to change both the team's perception and preparedness one possession at a time. Coach Keith Smart ("That's the guy; forgot for a second, there.") recently underwent an offseason project no non-prisoner should have to endure. He charted thousands of the team's 2011-12 defensive possessions in order to see where his Kings went wrong; coming up with this shocking stat (as relayed by Sacramento Bee scribe Jason Jones , and sent to us by Sactown Royalty ) along the way: This is the first time he's been the head coach throughout all of the offseason in the NBA so he broke down all the film he could to plan for this season. He said in approximately 7,000 defensive possessions for the Kings there were only about 30 where all five players were in a defensive stance at the same time. That's a success rate of less than half of one percent, Sactown Royalty crunches . And this comes on the heels of another feature concerning Smart, from the Bee's Ailene Voisin, about his bleary-eyed offseason work :
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