Rosters Set for Oakland Draft Workouts

The Kings will be among 15-20 NBA teams participating in a series of multi-player pre-Draft workouts in Oakland this coming Monday (June 1) and Tuesday (June 2). This is the second year the Kings have participated in the multi-team workouts at the Warriors’ practice facility.

President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie will lead Read more

Three Ways to Improve

The fourth overall pick in the NBA Draft is a tremendous opportunity for a team.

To add further perspective to the sentiments Kings Co-Owners Joe and Gavin Maloof and Kings President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie expressed after the NBA Draft Lottery was determined, we caught up with Kings Director of Player Personnel Jerry Reynolds, who says the team is in prime position to draft a franchise-changing player. Read more

Scouting a Star

During the off-season, according to Kings President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie, there are three areas the team would like to improve. Among those areas, the ideal player or players the Kings draft or acquire will have a set of intangible qualities that make him someone the team can build around. Read more

Evaluating the Best

Over the weekend, along with the excitement of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the NFL held its draft. Two days and seven rounds later, 256 players were selected. When the NBA Draft takes place on June 25, 60 players will be chosen in one night, and according to Kings Director of Player Personnel Jerry Reynolds, the players selected will be the best available prospects. Read more

Reflections on Last Top 5 Pick

Entering the 1991 NBA Draft, the Kings had the third overall pick. Now for the first time in 18 years, the team will select among the top four.

To gain perspective on what it was like for the Kings front office then Read more

Jerry’s Take: Continued Development

In this month’s edition of Kings Director of Player Personnel Jerry Reynolds’ video blog “Jerry’s Take,” Reynolds analyzes the development of second-year center Spencer Hawes and rookie power forward Jason Thompson. He also shares what he’d like to see more of from rookie forward Donté Greene. Read more

Evaluating the Final Stretch

As Jason Thompson, Spencer Hawes, Andres Nocioni and Rashad McCants, among others, ran through sets and light drills on the Kings practice court Friday morning, Kings Director of Player Personnel Jerry Reynolds shared some insight with Kings.com on how Kings fans can evaluate the team during the season’s final stretch. Read more

Dealing with the Trade Deadline

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.