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Will Artest Fuel Rocket Launch?
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...   [read the full post]

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Rate Post-Game Thread: Warriors at Kings

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Sun, Nov 8

By Ziller Next Game Golden State Warriors Sacramento Kings Sunday, Nov 8, 2009, 6:00 PM PST ARCO Arena Complete Coverage >

Rate Golden State Warriors (1-3) at Sacramento Kings (2-4), 9 p.m.

Original at Miami Herald external link    Sun, Nov 8    3 related articles

A pair of Pacific Division rivals hookup in California's capital Sunday when Sacramento opens a four-game homestand by playing host to Golden State.

Rate Evans scores 32 points to lead Kings

Original at Miami Herald external link    Sat, Nov 7    10 related articles

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Tyreke Evans scored a career-high 32 points and the Sacramento Kings held off the Utah Jazz for a 104-99 victory Saturday night in their first game without high-scoring guard Kevin Martin.

Rate Post-Game Thread: Kings at Jazz

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Sat, Nov 7

By Ziller Next Game Sacramento Kings Utah Jazz Saturday, Nov 7, 2009, 6:00 PM PST EnergySolutions Arena Preview: Kings at Jazz, Game 6 posted by Ziller about 39 comments | 0 recs Complete Coverage > Kings win! Kings win!! Kings win!!!

Rate Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin discusses his decision to have surgery on his left wrist, which...

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Fri, Nov 6

By KINGS.COM Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin discusses his decision to have surgery on his left wrist, which will keep him out a minimum of eight weeks.

Rate Kings' Martin deciding on surgery

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Fri, Nov 6

The Sacramento Kings ' best player and the league's third leading scorer at this early point has a hard...

Rate A Young Team With an Aversion to Youth

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Thu, Nov 5

By Ziller Before Udoka, the Kings could be considered deep at two positions: point guard (Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih, Sergio Rodriguez) and small forward (Andres Nocioni, Omri Casspi, Desmond Mason, Donte Greene). The Kings have the youngest frontline (21-year-old Spencer Hawes and 23-year-ol...

Rate Johnson and Crawford help Hawks beat Kings

Original at Miami Herald external link    Wed, Nov 4

Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford had 26 points each to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Sacramento Kings 113-105 on Wednesday night.

Rate Atlanta Hawks (3-1) at Sacramento Kings (1-3), 10 p.m.

Original at Miami Herald external link    Wed, Nov 4

The Sacramento Kings hope to build on a thrilling home- opening win they return to the hardwood at ARCO Arena to host the Atlanta Hawks.

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Preview: Grizzlies at Kings, Game 4

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Mon, Nov 2

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...

Rate Curse of the Suicidal Bat: Kings Chopped Down By Spurs 113-94

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Sun, Nov 1

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...

Rate Opinion: Hornets 97, Kings 92 - Kings playoffs magic number reduced to 79

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Sat, Oct 31

By section214 Photographic proof that Kevin Martin and Jason Thompson could not throw a ball into the ocean last night. A word on +/- - Admittedly, this is my least favorite stat, as I think that there are many factors that can skew this number. Last night Kevin Martin was a +1 while Tyreke Evans was a -10. ‘Nuf...

Rate Recap: New Orleans vs. Sacramento

Original at Miami Herald external link    Fri, Oct 30

Emeka Okafor accounted for the go-ahead basket with a putback slam and then blocked Kevin Martin's three-point attempt in the waning seconds as the Hornets won their home-opener, 97-92, over the Sacramento Kings.

Rate Official Sactown Royalty Kings 2009-10 Preview

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Fri, Oct 30

By Ziller 2. What are the team’s biggest strengths? This will be an offensive-minded team, with Kevin Martin  and Evans leading the way. Drawing fouls should be a major part of the Sacramento offense, given that the team was 5th in free throw rate last season and that Evans is a much better slasher tha...

Rate Preview: Kings Season Opener at Oklahoma City

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Exhibit G 5 days ago: Sacramento Kings center Spencer Hawes, right, blocks a shot by Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden, left, in the fourth quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Sacramento won the game 104-89. (AP Photo)

Past Month

 

Rate Rack 'em! Prognosticating Wins & Losses For Your 2009-10 Sacramento Kings - A Futility Exercise In Seven Parts

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Sat, Oct 24

By section214 April – 5 of 6 at home, but most of the teams are jockeying for important playoff positions. The Kings play hard (as they have all season), but lose close games at home to the Blazers and Spurs. They have a terrible shooting night in dropping a home game to the Clips, but they do beat the Rockets on...

Rate New coach Paul Westphal hoping to rebuild Kings

Original at Miami Herald external link    Fri, Oct 23

Old age, injuries and a series of bad personnel moves sent the Sacramento Kings spiraling from the team with the NBA's best record to the one with the worst during a seven-year slide.

Rate Frye and Stoudemire lead Suns past Kings

Original at Miami Herald external link    Tue, Oct 20    9 related articles

Channing Frye scored 29 points, Amare Stoudemire had 26, and the fast-moving Phoenix Suns overcame the losses of Steve Nash and Grant Hill to beat the Sacramento Kings 143-127 on Tuesday night in their final home preseason game.

Rate Preview: Kings vs Lakers, Preseason Game 3

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Thu, Oct 15

By Ziller Using only telepathy, Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin, left, attempts to convince Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum, from France, that a Great Horned owl is preparing to attack during the first quarter of a NBA preseason basketball game in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 6...

Rate Kings Tickets For Sale - Now You Can Be The View From Section 214

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Mon, Oct 12

By section214 ·         Sat, 12/12 – Minnesota Timberwolves (Tyreke takes on Johnny Flynn!) ·         Sat, 1/2 – Dallas Mavericks (Dirk, Jason and the gang.) ·         Sun, 3/14 – Minnesota Timberwolves (Will Kurt Rambis still be employed?)

Year 2009

 

Rate 30Q: Can the Kings' Defense Possibly Be That Bad Again?

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Tue, Sep 29

By Ziller In the 2002-03 season, the Kings had the No. 2 defense in the league. The starting five was Bibby/Christie/Peja/Webber/Divac. Webber blew out his knee in the playoffs and missed most of the 2003-04 season, during which the primary starting five was Bibby/Christie/Peja/Miller/Divac. The...

Rate NBA Teams: Who's Moving Where?

Original at Hoops World external link    Sat, Aug 8

If there is one team that could move more than a few miles, it's the Sacramento Kings. They've already played in Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas City, ... Schedule puts Grizz at home in 2009 openerTri State Defender all 29 news articles »

Rate Leitao linked to NBADL coaching gig

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Fri, Jul 31

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The Rockets opened up the coaching search after taking over the team in July. Jason Hamm, who left the Sacramento Kings after three-plus years as an ... and more »

Rate 50 Predictions Revisited (Part 2)

Original at Hoops World external link    Sun, Jun 14

On a whim here—the Sacramento Kings win the first overall pick in the NBA draft. Incorrect. Had the best statistical chances to do so, but didn't land a single one of the top three lottery picks. Poor guys. The San Antonio Spurs won't make it out of ...

Rate NBA PM: Phil's Biggest Influence

Original at Hoops World external link    Wed, Jun 10

Twice now he's show interest in the Sacramento Kings opening and the job was his, but he reportedly turned it down. A two-year shot at fixing the struggling Kings wasn't as attractive as potentially inheriting the Lakers top spot. ...

Rate Opinion: First-ever Journal NBA Mock Draft

Original at blogs.rapidcityjournal.com external link    Mon, May 25

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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 ...

Rate Loss That Means Everything and Nothing

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Thu, Apr 2

By Ziller Sacramento Kings' Jason Thompson reacts to a funky smell during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Final - 4.1.2009 1234OT 1Total Sacramento Kings 403630269141 Golden State Warrio...

Rate Worst of the Night: March 18, 2009Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Basketbawful external link    Wed, Mar 18

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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...

Rate Magic hold off Allen and undermanned Celtics

Original at FOXSports.com external link    Mon, Mar 9

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA Magic hold off Allen and undermanned Celtics By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - Sharpshooting Ray Allen tried to carry the Boston Celtics over the finish line, but the load proved to be too heavy. ?? Dwight Howard scored 18 points with 15 rebounds, and a p...

Rate Opinion: What's Left to See in Sacramento: Kevin Martin

Original at Sactown Royalty external link    Thu, Feb 19

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...

Rate Opinion: Sacramento Kings & Houston Rockets: History Lessons

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Dec 19

By Brandon Gallawa Rick Adelman is unequivocally the best coach the Kings have had during their time in Sacramento.  During his eight seasons with the Kings, Adelman won 395 games with a .633 winning percentage.  He took the Kings to the playoffs every season and led them to the Western Conference finals in 200...

Rate Kings-Lakers: Defense Keeping Rivalry Alive

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Thu, Dec 11

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...

Rate Podcast: 12/8 CHUCK PERSON

Original at a1135.g.akamai.net external link    Tue, Dec 9

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

Rate Sacramento Kings Team Report

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

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...

Rate Ill-Advised NBA Western Conference Predictions

Original at s2nblog (WordPress) external link    Thu, Oct 30

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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.

Rate BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Sacramento KingsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Tue, Oct 28

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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...

Rate 30 Previews In 30 Days: The Sacramento Kings [NBA Season Previews]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Deadspin external link    Sun, Oct 26

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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...

Rate Opinion: Pau Gasol has 12 points and six rebounds as Lakers beat Kings in ...

Original at The Canadian Press external link    Mon, Oct 13

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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

Rate Opinion: Crystal Ballin': NBA Pacific DivisionVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The FanHouse - AOL external link    Tue, Oct 7

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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...

Rate Opinion: Artest the Savior?

Original at dberri (WordPress) external link    Thu, Jul 31

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

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Rate Will Artest Fuel Rocket Launch?

Original at 20 Second Timeout external link    Wed, Jul 30

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]

Rate Opinion: Sacramento Kings NBA Backboard and Rim Combo information and auctions

Original at blogobear.com external link    Tue, Jul 29

By tomas5381 In this review of Sacramento Kings NBA Backboard and Rim Combo, I’m going to show you both the good and the bad. After all, what’sa review without some honesty, right? First, I have to tell you upfront that Sacramento Kings NBA ...

Rate Opinion: Ralph Nader’s letter to David Stern in 2002

Original at MVN external link    Wed, Jun 11

Ralph Nader Presidential candidate and political activist Ralph Nader sent a letter to David Stern at the conclusion of the Los Angeles Laker Sacramento King game six play-off game in 2002. This play-off game was recently brought up in Tim Donaghy’s recent disclosure of irregularities...

Rate Armando Acuña: Lack of opera review in print is low note for readers

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Sun, May 25

  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 ...

Rate Kings 2007-08 Season in Review - Kings.com

Original at NBA.com external link    Tue, Apr 22

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

Rate Season In Review: Sacramento Kings - HoopsWorld

Original at Hoops World external link    Sun, Apr 20

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

Rate Kings dancers' misstep

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Feb 15

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.

Year 2007

 

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Rate Opinion: Slamming Some "Sick" Basketball Writing

Original at 20 Second Timeout external link    Thu, Dec 6

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]

Rate The 2007 NBA Draft in review - Peru Tribune

Original at miamicountylife.com external link    Thu, Jun 28

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 ...

Rate Podcast: Kings fire Musselman after 1 season

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Sat, Apr 21

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.

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