Sacramento Kings head coach Dave Joerger reacts as his team takes on the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)

Right now as we take a look at the Kings current status as of Tuesday they are in ninth play at 15-22 in the NBA Western Conference. They are literally a half a percentage point out of eight place behind Portland the Trailblazers right now with a .410 winning percentage and the Kings with a .405 winning percentage. They are one game ahead in the win column and they are one game ahead of New Orleans. So you have this clump right there vying for that number eight spot. Then you got the Lakers that are just a couple of games back at this point.

So what we’ve had in the conference over the last couple of years where there was such a gap between the eight teams and teams below that you have teams running away with everything and then the rest of the teams. You have this real cluster that is really battling for that last spot that’s trying to get into the playoffs. This makes it very interesting for all the teams that have not been there for awhile.

Charlie O podcasts the Sacramento Kings each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com