Kings Players Begin Final Preparations For Upcoming Season
September 8, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
With just three weeks to go before the opening of training camp on September 29, some members of the Kings squad have ramped up their training and conditioning program in preparation for the upcoming season. Read more
Cisco and Beno to Play for National Teams
August 26, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
In the coming weeks, Kings players Francisco Garcia and Beno Udrih are scheduled to play for their respective nations in a pair of international tournaments.
May in August
July 31, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
MAY IN AUGUST
Forward Sean May is expected to be in Sacramento early next week to take his physical and sign an official contract with the Kings. May reached an agreement in principle with Sacramento on July 21 but has been directing his youth basketball camp in North Carolina for the past 10 days. Kings.com will have extensive coverage of May’s media availability, likely to be held on either Monday or Tuesday.
Kings Pre-Draft Workout Update
June 20, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
Jonny Flynn has been added to tomorrow’s pre-Draft workout at the Kings practice facility, joining Stephen Curry, Toney Douglas, Tyreke Evans, Nick Calathes, and Courtney Fells. This will be the second visit for Flynn, Evans, and Calathes.
On Monday, the previously-announced Sam Young will be joined by Patty Mills, Derrick Brown, Ryan Toolson, Gordon Watt, and Lawrence Hill. This will be Brown’s second visit to Sacramento.
Draft Workout Update
June 17, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
The Kings pre-Draft workouts continue this weekend with the previously-mentioned individual session on Saturday with DeMar DeRozan. A six-player workout will follow on Sunday at the team’s practice facility that will include Stephen Curry and Toney Douglas and returnees Tyreke Evans and Nick Calathes. Keith Clark and Courtney Fells will round out Sunday’s roster. In addition, Sam Young is expected to headline a multi-player workout on Monday with the additional parctipants to be named later.
SPENCER HAWES AND THE ROCK-N-ROLL SEATTLE MARATHON
Spencer Hawes is back in Sacramento, and had a chance to sit down and talk with Coach Westphal today for the first time. Looked like they had a nice, lengthy chat with a lot of smiles afterwards.
Spencer is hosting a pasta feed on Friday, June 26th at the University of Washington’s Conibear Shellhouse. Proceeds will benefit the Andrew Moritz Medical Fund. For more information, click here.
Big Spence will have a chance to watch Kings basketball staff members Daniel Shapiro and Chris Clark make their marathon debuts at the Seattle Marathon on Saturday, June 27. Both Daniel and Chris have been training for the past four-and-a-half months in preparation for the upcoming 26.2-mile journey.
Wednesday Workout and More
June 15, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
The Kings will host another workout this Wednesday at the team’s practice facility. The six-player session will include Lester Hudson, Ahmad Nivins, Goran Suton, Jermaine Taylor, Jerome Tillman and Ben Woodside. Read more
Kings Reach Agreement in Principle with Paul Westphal
June 9, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
I just got off the phone with Kings President Geoff Petrie who confirmed that the organization has reached an agreement in principle with Paul Westphal to become the team’s head coach. Following are some direct quotes from Geoff on Paul’s hiring.
“We are really excited to announce that we have reached an agreement in principle with Paul Westphal to become the Kings Head Coach. We set some parameters at the start of this coaching search to look for a successful, experienced leader and Paul certainly meets those qualifications. He has a wealth of experience in the NBA as both a coach and player having won 63 percent (267-159) of his career games as a coach with winning records in both Phoenix and Seattle. He has been to the Finals three times, twice as a player and once as head coach of the Suns. He was very impressive during the interview process and in the subsequent conversations we have had since the interview. Paul also was greatly supported over the past few weeks by many of his former players and staff and others around the NBA game.”
Petrie Updates the Kings Coaching Search
May 30, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
Just had a chance to speak to Geoff Petrie following this afternoon’s interview with head coaching candidate Tom Thibodeau. Here are some direct quotes from Geoff regarding the Thibodeau interview as well as an update on the other candidates.
On Today’s Tom Thibodeau Interview
“We met for two-and-a-half hours in what I would categorize as an impressive overall interview. We talked at length on his basketball philosophies. Tom was very well prepared and is very engaging. He certainly is someone whose extensive NBA coaching experience, which includes approximately 140 Playoff games, really comes across when you sit down and talk with him. He is definitely a teacher with a pragmatic approach to development.”
On Status of Kurt Rambis Interview
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Kings Attend Draft Workout in Santa Monica
May 22, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
Kings basketball executives Wayne Cooper and Jason Levien were down in Santa Monica today checking out a pair of draft workout sessions at St. Monica High School. The workouts featured (in no particular order) Wayne Ellington (North Carolina), Gerald Henderson (Duke), Josh Shipp (UCLA), DaJuan Summers (Georgetown), and James Johnson (Wake Forest) as well as Jimmy Baron (Rhode Island), Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame), K.C. Rivers (Clemson), and Aaron Jackson (Duquesne).
Geoff Petrie Comments On Eddie Jordan Interview
May 12, 2009 by Troy Hanson ·
I just got off the phone with Geoff Petrie following this evening’s interview with Eddie Jordan. The meeting lasted a little over three hours with Eddie providing analysis and taking questions from Geoff as well as Joe and Gavin Maloof. Following are some direct quotes from Geoff Petrie following the interview.
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