Fresh Look for Final Stretch
February 24, 2009 by Jason Thompson · 4 Comments
Big trade deadline last week. We made a lot of moves and had a lot of vets go. Brad Miller and John Salmons were traded to the Bulls. It’s cool for John since he’s from Philly and he gets to be closer to home. And for Brad, besides being a starter, he gave me a lot of good looks and advice on how to be a player in this League. Read more
New-Look Kings Roster
February 20, 2009 by Andrew Nicholson · 2 Comments
With the Kings recent activity trading, acquiring and waiving players, it may have been easy to lose track of who’s on the current Kings roster. To ensure you’re up to speed on the 15 players who’ll sport the purple and black, here are the seven new faces:
Kings Acquire McCants, Booth & Solomon - Updated
February 19, 2009 by Andrew Nicholson · 42 Comments
The Kings today acquired Rashad McCants and Calvin Booth from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Shelden Williams and Bobby Brown, according to Kings President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie — press release.
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Kings Acquire Four in Three-Team Trade - Updated
February 18, 2009 by Andrew Nicholson · 34 Comments
The Kings acquired Drew Gooden, Andres Nocioni, Cedric Simmons and Ike Diogu in a three-team trade that sent Brad Miller and John Salmons to the Chicago Bulls and Michael Ruffin to the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Kings President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie — press release.
Sacramento also waived Quincy Douby and Sam Cassell.
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Ready to Tweet
February 18, 2009 by Jason Thompson · 14 Comments
It was nice to go home and spend some time with family and friends over All-Star Weekend. I worked out a little bit so I wouldn’t come back rusty — got some shots up, ran with some former teammates from high school and college. But I do have some sad news for the first time in my blog.
Kings Acquire Cassell - Updated
February 17, 2009 by Andrew Nicholson · 57 Comments
Lots of great Kings fans comments, opinions and suggestions shared on Friday the 13th’s post regarding the trade deadline. What are your thoughts on today’s news? Read more
Dealing with the Trade Deadline
February 13, 2009 by Andrew Nicholson · 49 Comments
With the impending trade deadline just days away, trade rumors are rampant around the League and especially abundant for Kings players, due to the team’s 11-43 record. As the players spread across the map to enjoy a bit of downtime over All-Star Weekend, they left Houston’s visitor locker room knowing within a week, the make-up of the team could change.
Given the uncertainty of the times and the potential impact trades have on players and their families, it’s no wonder they do their best to dispel notions they give trade rumors anything but a fleeting thought.
To gain perspective on how the annual trade deadline effects the players, Kings.com caught up with Kings Director of Player Personnel Jerry Reynolds.
“There’s a lot of discussion about the trade deadline – who’s coming, who’s going, who’s involved, who’s not – all that,” Reynolds said from the Kings practice facility. “In my opinion, over the years, it’s a distraction. Nothing can be done about it because there are so many rumors and 90 percent are based on nothing. Having said that, it does affect players, they say it doesn’t, but it does.
“I don’t think it’d be different than any other line of work. If you were an employee somewhere and you were reading on a daily basis how you could be traded or shifted to another job across the country, I think it’d affect you. Sometimes players even want to be traded, but it still affects them. It’s always good to get past the trade deadline period, whether you’re a losing team or a winning team.
“It’s just one of those situations for the couple of weeks prior to the trade deadline that there’s a lot of uncertainty, a lot of rumors and a lot of confusion.”
For Kings players, a positive of not attending All-Star Weekend is they can avoid trade conjecture, at least until Monday night.
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