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| Kings exercise option on Hawes |
NBA Basketball |
10/16/2008 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - The Sacramento Kings exercised their contract option on center Spencer Hawes for the 2009-2010 season on Thursday. Hawes, who was the 10th overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft out of Washington, averaged 4.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 71 games during his rookie season for the Kings. He is expected to serve as the backup for starter Brad Miller. |
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| A King among men: Abdur-Rahim back in Sacramento |
NBA Basketball |
10/01/2008 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - The Sacramento Kings named the recently- retired Shareef Abdur-Rahim as an assistant coach Wednesday. A 12-year NBA veteran, most currently with the Sacramento Kings, Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement on September 22 due to a reoccurring knee injury. Abdur-Rahim was well known in the Western Conference with stops in Portland, Vancouver and Sacramento along with a brief stint in the Eastern Conference with Atlanta. He averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per ga |
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| Kings sign Garcia to extension |
NBA Basketball |
09/25/2008 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - The Sacramento Kings and swingman Francisco Garcia reached an agreement in principle on a multi-year contract extension Thursday. "We are all gratified we were able to reach an agreement in principle with Francisco on a contract extension," said Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie. "He embodies a lot of qualities we feel are necessary for our team to continue to improve. He's a competitive leader and he's gotten better every year. We're looking forward to wat |
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| Kings' Abdur-Rahim calls it quits |
NBA Basketball |
09/22/2008 |
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| Sacramento, CA (MySportsbook) - Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a 12-year NBA veteran most currently with the Sacramento Kings, announced his retirement on Monday due to a reoccurring knee injury. Abdur-Rahim was well known in the Western Conference with stops in Portland, Vancouver and Sacramento along with a brief stint in the Eastern Conference with Atlanta. He averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game over 830 career contests. "I've been in a situation where I've been trying to get healthy over th |
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| Cavs sign C Wright |
NBA Basketball |
09/05/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Cavaliers signed veteran center Lorenzen Wright to an undisclosed contract Friday. Wright, 32, played in 13 games last season with the Atlanta Hawks and five games with the Sacramento Kings, averaging 0.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per contest. The 6-foot-11, 255-pound center was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the seventh overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft and has played in 761 career games (445 starts) with averages of 8.1 points and 6.5 rebound |
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| Addition of Artest has moved Rockets up ladder |
NBA Basketball |
08/20/2008 |
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| okie O.J. Mayo, high-flying Rudy Gay and point guard Mike Conley Jr. give head coach Marc Iavaroni a nucleus that can grow into his up-tempo style of play. Memphis wants to be young and athletic. Like Minnesota, this project will take some time. 14. SACRAMENTO KINGS - Playoffs are not in the vocabulary of this franchise right now. The Kings are looking to go young and build around sharp-shooting guard Kevin Martin. Ron Artest was traded to Houston, and center Brad Miller may have a new home as well before the n |
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| Houston Rockets |
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08/15/2008 |
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| Acquired forward Ron Artest, forward Patrick Ewing Jr., and guard Sean Singletary from the Sacramento Kings in exchange for guard Bobby Jackson, forward Donte Green and a first-round draft pick in 2009. |
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| Official: Artest traded to Rockets |
NBA Basketball |
08/14/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - After much speculation, the Houston Rockets officially landed controversial forward Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. Reports have been circulating since July 29, but because of contract considerations, the teams were delayed in making the deal which also brings forward Patrick Ewing Jr. and guard Sean Singletary to the Rockets. The Kings receive guard Bobby Jackson, rookie forward Donte Greene and Houston's 2009 first-round draft pick in the deal. Greene was the |
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| Clippers add veteran Williams |
NBA Basketball |
08/07/2008 |
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| ng parts of 10 seasons with Sacramento, Memphis, and Miami. Last season, in 67 games, he averaged 8.8 points and 4.6 assists per game, both career lows. For his career, Williams holds averages of 11.4 points and 6.3 assists in 679 games. He was drafted seventh overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 1998 NBA Draft and had reportedly been considering an offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Clippers have added 10 new players for the 2008-2009 season, including Baron Davis and Williams' teammate in Miami, Ricky Davis. |
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| Nuggets sign Dahntay Jones |
NBA Basketball |
07/30/2008 |
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| erations Mark Warkentien announced Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 6-foot-6 Jones averaged 18.4 points per game in five games for the Nuggets 2008 NBA Summer League team that finished 4-1. He spent time with the Sacramento Kings last season, appearing in 25 games and averaging 3.2 points per game. In his five-year career with Memphis and Sacramento, Jones has posted 4.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 246 career appearances. He was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Cel |
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