Tag: Kings

In today’s NBA lottery, the Kings, with a 25% chance to get the top pick in the draft, by far the best odds of any team, wound up with the lowest possible choice, #4, which, on the bright side, allows the team to avoid the shame and embarrassment of once again choosing Pervis Ellison.

Sacramento Kings’ President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie announced today that the team has decided not to pick up the option on Kenny Natt’s contract for next season, thus relieving him of his coaching duties. In a related move, assistant coaches Rex Kalamian, Jason Hamm, Randy Brown and Bubba Burrage were also relieved of their existing coaching responsibilities.

I guess you can’t lead a team to the worst record in its history and expect great riches (unless you’re in the insurance business).

John Salmons and Brad Miller will be involved in a multi-team trade by the deadline, several sources one of which is News10 report. Kings would get Drew Gooden and Andres Nocioni. Saucy!

According to sources close to The Sac Rag, Reggie Theus has been fired as coach of the Sacramento Kings.

I hate to see this as I was a big fan of Reggie’s being the coach of the team. I thought he’d add some style to the otherwise dull franchise. What he’s added, however, is a lot of numbers in the loss column.

Are the Kings uncoachable? Are they just terrible? Does anyone care anymore?

In case you weren’t feeling old enough, Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement on Monday after 12 seasons in the NBA. Did you read that? Twelve seasons. Man, I think I lost a decade in there somewhere. When did 1996 become 12 years ago?

At any rate, it appears he’ll land a job with the Kings in some capacity. Good luck, Shareef.

I say this as a fellow Kings fan, but my years of following the NBA tell me that the team’s chances of reaching the playoffs this coming year is slim to none, with slim being a 100-1 long shot. (Hmmm, in the face of the semi-resolved Tim Donaghy scandal maybe quoting odds isn’t the best choice,)

Now the team has finally traded away its second-best player, Ron Artest. I will miss the good things he brought to the table, namely a never-say-die attitude on the court, a presence in the post, and, of course, most of all, his defensive intensity. But, I will happily wave goodbye to his penchant for off-the-cuff, contradictory statements to the press, which grated on Kings fans’ nerves after awhile. And, on the court, his self-delusion he could create offensively like a Kobe Bryant proved ill-founded and would lead to a poor offensive possessions on a team that could not afford very many of those.

Continue reading “Sorry Kings fans, not this year”

Sac Bee’s Sam Amick is reporting that Kings point guard, Beno Udrih, who filed for free agency yesterday, will be staying with the Kings after all. Whew!