Sacramento Kings

Paul Millsap tied career highs with 32 points and seven assists while pulling down a season-best 14 rebounds, as the Utah Jazz fended off the Sacramento Kings, 101-94, at EnergySolutions Arena.

By Ziller KEY BATTLE Kevin Martin vs. Ronnie Brewer. Brewer's an ace defender, but Martin has average 24+ points in his last 10 games against the Jazz, including a memorable 37 last season in Sacramento. Jerry Sloan's frequent fouling strategy helps -- Martin gets a shade less than 10 FTAs against the...

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans are among a cast of 18 players selected for the Rookie Challenge.

Tyreke Evans looked relieved, smiling in the Sacramento Kings' locker room after an ugly victory over the Golden State Warriors.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Tyreke Evans looked relieved, smiling in the Sacramento Kings' locker room after an ugly victory over the Golden State Warriors.

Losing has been the norm lately for the Sacramento Kings, who hope to put the brakes on a season-high seven-game slide Tuesday night versus the Golden State Warriors at ARCO Arena.

By what_the_crap Jon Brockman bruised his left hip in practice SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento Kings rookie forward Jon Brockman bruised his left hip in practice and is questionable for Tuesday night's game against Golden State. Brockman is averaging 2.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.

By bingram@hoopsworld.com (Bill Ingram) The Sacramento Kings may have a dismal record, but there is plenty to be excited about ... Kobe Bryant still tops jersey sales ... First Look!

Jamal Crawford scored 20 points to lead a strong effort by Atlanta's backups, and the Hawks bounced back from a sluggish start to beat the Sacramento Kings 108-97 on Wednesday night.

By noreply@blogger.com (Basketbawful) The Phoenix Suns: Hmm...the second game of back-to-backs for the Suns, eh? Well, if you read Basketbawful, you know what that means: Kings-Bullets: Andres Nocioni exploded with a pair of bricks and a foul and rejection for a +4 suck differential in 4:10, while Kenny Thomas was shelled with a...

By Aykis16 3.  Andres Nocioni The Bad: 2. Omri Casspi 3. Beno 5. Ime U'DOH!'ka 7. Spencer Hawes The Ugly: 1. The Kings in the 4th Quarter 2. The Kings decision making against the Sixers 4. The latest Kevin Martin trade rumors Spencer: "BOO!" Nostradumbass Record for the Season: 21-18

By noreply@blogger.com (Basketbawful) Westphal blows the inbound with a timeout when he had a man [Spencer Hawes!] breaking open. The Minnesota Timberwolves: This letter just arrived c/o the T-Wolves: The Sacramento Kings: (Cue up Lacktion Chris with another tale of fail...)

By Exhibit G Preferably you'd want someone who is deadly 3-point shooter so Evans can kick out and punish defenses for collapsing on him.  You'd want someone exactly like Kevin Martin.  It's been detailed here before, but if you doubt that Martin can get points without being a number one option, please...

The Bulls blew a 35-point lead last night blog) To the Sacramento Kings. I've little interest in going behind the box score on this one, if you wouldn't mind. If you do, show your ticket stub to Glen, ...

The Sacramento Kings (12-14 SU, 17-8-1 ATS, 13-11-2 O/U) have been one of the best surprises of the 2009-10 season, overachieving on an ... NBA Betting Odds - Sacramento Kings at Chicago Bulls NBA PicksVegasSports-Odds Chicago Bulls vs Sacramento Kings, 7:00 PM CSN-ChicagoChicagoNow (b...

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Sacramento, however, remains among the NBA's best with a 104.3-point average and has topped 100 in six straight home games, winning five. ... Kings' Dollar Beers Draws Crowd, CriticismNews10.net Sacramento Kings see big advance sale for Dollar Beer NightPennLive.com (blog)

Kings' Downplay Spending: The Sacramento Kings are one of the few teams with salary cap room remaining to spend (about $3 million), and now that players ... and more »

Yahoo! Sports The Pacers hope Ellis' performance was a one-time event and there won't be a repeat when they take on the Sacramento Kings tonight at Arco Arena. ... NBA Preview: Pacers vs. Kings December 2, 2009The Spread Kings welcome Pacers to ARCO Arena13WHAM-TV all 334 news articles »

By Ziller Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah rips out his still beating heart just to find out what it looks like after scoring late in the fourth quarter in the Bulls 101-87 win over the Sacramento Kings in their NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedronc...

By Ziller Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, middle, expresses concern as the specter of being touched by the extra smelly San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, left, of France, as Spurs center Theo Ratliff protects himself and Kings guard Kevin Martin looks on in horror during the second half o...

By Ziller about : A team official, left, applies hand sanitizer for San Antonio Spurs player Manu Ginobili's hands after the Spurs guard swatted a rogue bat from the air and removed it from the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009...

By Ziller If a thing is destroyed to the point which not even wreckage remains, you can't perform an autopsy. That basically describes the difficulties in figuring out everything that went wrong with the 2008-09 Sacramento Kings, and even moreso the defense of the 2008-09 Sacramento Kings.

Sacramento Kings – Tyler Hansbrough, PF, North Carolina: The Kings take a shot on the ACC's all-time leading scorer. Not considered a true NBA athlete, Hansbrough brings intangibles and attitude that the Kings hope will rub off on some of their young ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Basketbawful) The Houston Rockets: The Pistons were missing Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson -- although A.I. being out might have actually helped Detroit -- and it still took the Rockets two overtimes to get the win, despite a mega-game from Yao (31 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocked shots...

By Ziller Now that the dust has cleared, let's consider the remaining 27 games of the Sacramento Kings' 2008-09 season. Kevin Martin Speed has managed to boost his three-point shooting percentage for the fifth straight season. He's already No. 57 in NBA history. He's taking more threes than ever. This...

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA CORRRECTION (eca 027) Cavs crush slumping Celtics, move to 19-0 at home By Paul Levine, dpa Eds: Corrects 12th graf: Ray Allen finishing with 12 points sted 7?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - With the snow falling outside, the visiting Boston Celtics ran into a perfect s...

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA LeBron, Cavs crush slumping Celtics, move to 19-0 at home By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - With the snow falling outside, the visiting Boston Celtics ran into a perfect storm inside. ?? LeBron James poured in 38 points, and the defensive-minded Cleve...

By Ryan Ward Coming into this game, almost everyone counted out the Sacramento Kings against the Los Angeles Lakers. It is early in the season, but it is pretty obvious looking at the Kings' 6-16 record and the how competitive the West is again this season that the Sacramento is headed toward another di...

Sacramento Kings assistant coach, Chuck Person, speaks with Spero and Money before the Lakers face the Kings!

Reggie Theus knew he was on the hot seat. He didn't however, know it would be this hot this early. The Kings coach entered his second season well aware that the powers-that-be in the organization weren't going to pick up the option on his third season. But after just nine games, Kings co-owner J...

By dberri According to the Sacramento Bee, the biggest problem KJ will face in his new job is a budget crisis (an on-going problem throughout California). But there might be a bigger problem for fans of the Sacramento Kings (although not bigger for KJ).  The Kings are currently 1-4, and have been out-...

By Signal to Noise 4. Houston Rockets - Not jumping on the bandwagon to top the conference, no way, not until Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming make it through a full season without injury. Adding Ron Artest could be really good, especially on the defensive end, but they're not leaping that far ahead.

By J.E. Skeets And behind Brad Miller is Spencer Hawes, who should round into a consistent scoring contributor despite his youth, health concerns, and that "Free Ted Stevens" bumper sticker on the back of his F-150. Backing Moore up is Shelden Williams and Kenny Thomas, and let’s just forget that any of...

By Basketbawful Fun Facts: Mikki Moore last season led the NBA in shooting fouls, committing four hacks for every shot he blocked...not a good ratio. The franchise has played in five different cities since it was founded: Rochester, Cincinatti, Kansas City, Omaha and Sacramento. The Kings are yet another te...

LAS VEGAS — Pau Gasol had 12 points and six rebounds to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 94-89 in exhibition play Sunday night. ... Bryant, Gasol help Lakers top Kings HoopsWorld Phil Jackson mixes lineup, trying to find right match Los Angeles Times

By Brett Edwards Now, as we look to the Sacramento Kings, things start to get a bit more interesting. Sac-to has a budding star in Kevin Martin, a veteran, versatile big in Brad Miller, and a couple more quality starters in Beno Udrih and Francisco Garcia. Mikki Moore, the fifth starter, is definitely servic...

By Kelly Dwyer That, in itself, is huge. We're but a scant few years removed from Eddie Jordan calling Bobby Hurley his opening night starter, Mitch Richmond playing an entire year as trade bait, and a somewhat youthful Anthony Johnson turning into the team's biggest surprise.

By dberri Artest and the Sacramento Kings Table One: The Sacramento Kings in 2007-08 The "good" Rockets Table Three: The Houston Rockets in 2007-08 Point Guard: Rafer Alston, Aaron Brooks Center: Yao Ming, Luis Scola, Dikembe Mutombo Point Guard: McGrady Small Forward: Artest Center: Yao Ming

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) A positive for Houston is that Artest has a solid relationship with Rick Adelman, who coached Artest for half a season in Sacramento. That was the last time Artest played in the playoffs; the Kings went 26-14 down the stretch after acquiring Artest in a midseason deal in 2005-06 but Artest's numbers were hardly spectacular during that run: he shot .383 from the field, .302 from three point range and .717 from the free throw line. On the positive side of the ledger, he played excellent defense and averaged 16.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.2 apg and 2.0 spg. His playoff numbers were very similar (.383, .333, .696, 17.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.6 spg) as the Kings lost 4-2 to the San Antonio Spurs. It is worth mentioning that Artest missed game two of that series, a 128-119 loss for...   [read the full post]

Calls by the referees in the NBA are likely to be more subjective than in professional baseball or football. But as the judicious and balanced Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilborn wrote this Sunday, too many of the calls in the fourth quarter ( when the Lakers received 27 foul s...

  USA - He was in town lobbying for a new arena for the region's only major professional sports franchise, the Sacramento Kings, at the expansive but old Cal Expo ...

The 2007-08 Sacramento Kings season featured a rookie head coach, a handful of injuries and a glimpse of a young nucleus with much promise. ... Season In Review: Sacramento Kings HoopsWorld Marty Mac's World: Sometimes things are better left unsaid Sacramento Bee

Season In Review: Sacramento Kings HoopsWorld - If you are looking for a guy who fills the stat sheet and played hard every night, Salmons provided that for the Kings. Because of Salmons, head coach ... Theus shocks Martin Sacramento Bee

Caught with their skirts down. Off the job and out of uniform. Make the jokes ? bloggers are ? but the Sacramento Kings aren't laughing and are mostly mum on a public relations flap over some salacious photos posted online of its Royal Court dancers.

By section214 Pervis Ellison  1989 was a crappy year to have the first pick of the draft, though Sean Elliott, Glen Rice, Tim Hardaway and Shawn Kemp were part of this class. The Kings got 34 games out of Ellison, and eventually traded him, receiving Eric Leckner and Bobby Hansen in return.

By TZ SACRAMENTO KINGS (11-18)   101.0 ORtg (#18), 105.3 DRtg (#26), 95.6 Pace (#11) The Knicks are sort-of like what the Kings would be were they healthy -- good offensive talent, abomination of a defense. Except the Kings -- injuries and all -- are better than the Knicks on all counts. Don't ask me.

By David Friedman I just read three magazine articles that perplexed me. "Mal" means sick and if you flip that around and add an "s" for "subpar" then you'll know where I found these articles. Anyway, the first one declared that the New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings are going to face each other in this year's NBA Finals. Maybe this was just a satirical piece--albeit one that failed to provide either humor or insight--because even with the long lead time it takes to put out a magazine there is no way that anyone who actually watches the NBA could possibly believe that those squads are going to the Finals in 2008 without purchasing tickets. If the Knicks get rid of Stephon Marbury soon then they could possibly, maybe grab the eighth playoff spot in the East. As for th...   [read the full post]

The 2007 NBA Draft in review Peru Tribune, IN - Sacramento Kings - Spencer Hawes, Washington: Hawes is a decent big man prospect who should eventually replace Brad Miller. Now the Kings just have to find ...

The Sacramento Kings fired coach Eric Musselman on Friday after just one tumultuous season. The Kings went 3349 and missed the playoffs amid infighting and unimpressive play.