The Los Angeles Lakers have finally done what we like to see, win. They beat the Sacramento Kings in Las Vegas 94-89. After trailing most of the first half, the Lakers opened a lead in the third quarter to gain control of the remainder of the game.Notes from the game:Kobe played too many minutes.   more...
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It has been reported that after playing 12 seasons in the NBA, Shareef Abdur-Rahim is officially retiring from the NBA. According to sources, his knees can no longer...
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The Sacramento Bee (Melody Gutierrez) reports on Kings rookie Donte Green: "I've got my work cut out for me," Reggie Theus said after Tuesday's training camp session. "(Greene plays) great offense and has no basic understanding of how to play defense."...
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The player known as "White Chocolate" early in his NBA career, has decided to retire. The "Los Angeles Times" has reported that Los Angeles Clippers point guard Jason Williams announced he is ending his ten year career in the Association. Williams who played last season for the Miami Heat signed on   more...
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The Sacramento Kings have signed Dominican guard Francisco Garcia to a five-year contract extension. The deal was first unveiled by Thursday's edition of newspaper El Caribe of Dominican Republic...
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Or you can call it the Gary Payton Prediction, whichever you prefer. Gary Payton raised the 12th Man flag on Sunday and has boldly predicted that the city of Seattle will have an NBA franchise by 2011. For those of you that are bad at math that is in four years. Is this simply about Gary Payton's   more...
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This is the kind of stuff I love. AC Green and Mychal Thompson are giving Vlade Divac a little rookie hazing. The Aloe Vera Strip is very cool and refreshing, but your face is still a big problema
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A quick update on the injury front to start things off:Sasha Vujacic had an MRI yesterday that confirmed he has a sprained ankle.Jordan Farmar sat out practice because he had a sore foot.DJ Mbenga missed the second half of practice due to a sore right heel.The other questions that came up to Phil   more...
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Spencer Hawes is interviewed by Kings.com and he discusses his appearance on the reality TV show Sunset Tan and being compared to Michael Phelps.

Last Season Recap: The Good, The Bad, & The UglyAfter a drama-ridden 2006-2007 season in which Eric Musselman was thrown under the bus for not taking the Kings to the playoffs (even though they were nowhere near talented enough to contend), the Kings started anew for the second straight season.   more...
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The "Associated Press" has reported that Portland Trail Blazers forward Martell Webster has suffered a stress fracture of his left foot. The injury occurred Tuesday night as Portland defeated the Sacramento Kings in their first preseason game. Ironically Webster was the leading scorer for the   more...
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Redmption. It was on the minds of Spencer Hawes and Bobby Brown. Hawes was blasted by his teammates after getting dominated by Oden in the pre-season opener. Brown, an undrafted point guard from 2007, started for the first time after spending a successful year in Germany. Both come up big.
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The Kings made some big changes this off-season. They traded Ron Artest for some value, their rookies were stars in summer league, their young players did well and they have every position filled with a full, healthy roster. The front office is definitely building for the future.
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The new road uniform was leaked at the end of July, but the home uniforms stayed secret. I was at the unveiling at Arden Fair Mall and both are upgrades from the old ones. I even walked away with a free road jersey. They're cleaner, more modern and the fan reception was great.
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Zach Harper, Brandon Gallawa, and Andy Eisner welcome Erick Boenisch from 2K Sports to discuss the latest installment of the best basketball video game franchise on the market. The NBA 2K series has been the highest rated basketball video game across the board for the last seven years and we   more...
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