Category: Sacramento Kings

Lakers Linked to Domantas Sabonis as Kings Reportedly Prepare for Major Changes

Brandon King

The Los Angeles Lakers could have an opportunity to pursue one of the NBA’s premier big men this offseason. According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, rival executives around the league expect the Sacramento Kings to make three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis available in trade discussions as the franchise evaluates its future following a disappointing season. For the Lakers, the possibility is intriguing. Since acquiring Luka Dončić, Los Angeles has been searching for the right frontcourt partner to maximize the superstar guard’s playmaking abilities. Sabonis, one of the league’s most skilled passing…

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Plenty of NBA teams still have something to play for in last day of the regular season

Brandon King

The NBA regular season is in its last weekend, and there are still several teams with something to play for, as playoff positions are still not etched in stone. This scenario applies in particular to the Western Conference, as all playoff and play-in positions in the Eastern Conference are already set. The Thunder, Rockets and Lakers have locked up the no. 1, 2, and 3 seeds, respectively, but for the Warriors, Nuggets, Clippers, Timberwolves and Grizzlies, where they will fall in the playoff picture is still to be determined, with the fourth through…

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DeMar DeRozan sent to Kings in three-team sign and trade

Brandon King

Free agent guard DeMar DeRozan was acquired by the Sacramento Kings in a three-team sign-and-trade, inking a 3-year, $74 deal.  The deal sends forward Harrison Barnes and an unprotected 2031 pick swap to the San Antonio Spurs, while the Chicago Bulls receive guard Chris Duarte, two-second draft picks and cash.  Barnes, 32, appeared in and started, all 82 games for the Kings, averaging 12.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per contest. Along with recently acquired Chris Paul, the veteran forward can provide steady play for a very young San…

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DeMar DeRozan to Sacramento in the works?

Brandon King

In our recent video “Where DeMar DeRozan should NOT sign”, Sacramento was raised, albeit briefly as a potential landing spot for DeRozan. It appears that video may prove to be prophetic.  According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, DeRozan is headed to Sacramento to meet with the Kings’ brass. Charania adds the Kings have been in hot pursuit of the six-time All-Star and that discussions have begun between the two sides.  A sign and trade between the Bulls and Kings seems to be a real possibility.  As this is a…

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Kings are potential suitor for Brandon Ingram

Brandon King

For some reason, the New Orleans Pelicans seem dead set on trading Brandon Ingram. Ingram is entering the final year of his current contract, which will pay him $36,016,200. He is eligible for a 4-year extension that could pay him up to $52 million per season and the two sides have been at an impasse as it relates to hashing out a new deal for the forward. The Pelicans have never crossed into luxury tax territory and signing Ingram to close to what his talents would command will push them…

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Mike Bibby thinks the 2002 Sacramento Kings were better than the Lakers

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Courtesy of Lakers Nation The Los Angeles Lakers were the team to beat in the 2000s as the franchise was led by the superstar duo of Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. O’Neal and Bryant were absolutely dominant during that period, leading the Lakers to a “three-peat” and cementing the organization’s status as the greatest in the NBA history. However, their road to the final title of that run was a difficult one as they ran into their rivals the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference Finals. Sacramento was considered by…

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Wardell drops 50 as Warriors defeat Kings in Game 7

Brandon King

There were two priamry narratives that were swirling about the Warriors/Kings series – would a loss mean the end of the dynastic run of the Golden State Warriors or would the rise of these young Kings continue by dispathcing the reigning champs? The former played itself out as Stephen Curry turned in a performance for the ages, scoring 50 points on 20/38 from the floor, knocking down seven three-pointers, while also grabbing 8 rebounds and handing out 7 assists. The half-a-hundred Curry dropped was the most points scored in a…

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FS1’s Ric Bucher is not a fan of the Draymond suspension

Brandon King

The Sacramento Kings have been the better team through the first two games of their series with the Golden State Warriors. Up 2-0, the Kings have the defending champs on the ropes and the Warriors will have to go into a must-win Game 3 without Draymond Green, who was suspended for the contest for two-stepping on Domatas Sabonis’ chest. Ric Bucher was in favor of the suspension; on a recent episode of Speak On It, the FS1 analyst accused the NBA of “handing the series to the Sacramento Kings.” “When…

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George Karl needs a tall glass of STFU

Brandon King

In a recent chat with Marc Spears of Andscape, DeMarcus Cousins talked about a lot, including the current state of his career and mindset in Denver, Cousins also reflected on his seven seasons with the Sacramento Kings, the team that drafted Cousins with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, and was in less than glowing terms. Here is what the four-time All-Star had to say: “What did Sac do for me? Besides say my name [draft day],I did more for them than they did for me. That’s…

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Sacramento Kings fined $50k

Brandon King

Thursday evening the NBA announced that the Sacramento Kings had been fined $50,000 for a violation of rules that prevents team owners and executive from interacting with score table personnel during games. The release from the league specifies that the infraction occurred during a timeout early in the third quarter of the Kings January 2nd game against the Miami Heat when Assistant GM Wes Wilcox spoke to personnel at the scorers table about a timing issue during a jump ball. It ended up being a double-whammy for the Kings- they…

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