http://www.kingshoops.com Sacramento Kings NBA Blog with Kings news, commentary and general opinion on the Sacramento Kings Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:24:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems the Dallas Mavericks are just begging to get Kevin Martin. The Kings continue to insist that Martin is not going to be made available to interested teams before the deadline, but the Mavericks, according to the source, want a call back if that stance changes. Sources close to the situation ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/dallas-begging-for-martin/ The Kings lose Kevin Martin and go on a winning streak, which looks a lot crazier in print, but moving Evans to his natural position has been a big part of their play recently, along with Jason Thompson turning into a double-double machine. I expect the Kings to try Martin ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/rolling-without-martin/ The Kings were the second worst defensive team and dont appear to be much better this season. Kevin Martin has missed 52 games the past 2 seasons and must prove he can stay healthy. Rookie Tyreke Evans should greatly approve the Kings athleticism, and provide much needed scoring. The Kings ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/sacramento-kings-season-preview/ It's been an off-season filled with bold move after bold move. At some point during the draft process, it was almost certain that if Ricky Rubio slipped to the fourth pick, he'd be a King, but after a few moves by Rubio that rubbed the franchise the wrong way (making ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/kings-making-bold-moves-this-off-season/ An abysmal season for the once proud Kings franchise came to an end in mid-April and from that point on, all eyes were on the draft lottery. Sacramento entered Wednesday's draft lottery with the highest chance to be picking first overall and with all respect to the other candidates, the ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/nba-draft-lottery-has-kings-picking-4th-overall/ By: Dustin Chapman Transactions Selected Jason Thompson 12th overall. Selected Sean Singletary 42nd overall. Selected Patrick Ewing Jr. 43rd overall. My reaction was as good as yours: “wow, Jason Thompson at 12?!” Look, Thompson may very well be a good player. If he is, we all look foolish for not realizing this. Until then, Thompson ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/2008-nba-draft-grades-sacramento-kings/ Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee reports that Ron Artest and Geoff Petrie are unlikely to find new homes in 2008-2009. The Kings futures of small forward Ron Artest and basketball president Geoff Petrie appear likely to be extended. Artest, who can control his free-agency fate this summer, indicated via e-mail late ... http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/artest-petrie-to-remain-in-sacramento/ Welcome to the Sacramento Kings Blog! http://www.kingshoops.com/Sacramento-Kings/sacramento-kings-blog/