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The Kings finished last season 17-65, the worst record in the league. Their star player, Kevin Martin , was limited to just 51 games due to ankle injuries, but still scored 24.6 ppg.

Royalty, it appears, comes in a cheap tin can. The Sacramento Kings' newest member and first-round draft pick Tyreke Evans flew into Sacramento for a workout last week, a mere five days before the NBA draft.

I actually like a player they picked up later in the draft a lot, Jon Brockman .

Omri Casspi is just the latest in a list of Maccabi Tel Aviv players to have made the switch to the NBA in recent seasons.

Let's examine the most notable of the unrestricted free agents. Given the specifics of their talents, which teams would constitute their most beneficial destinations? Allen Iverson: Needs to dominate the ball to be effective.

Sources in Portland have confirmed the Portland Trail Blazers have traded point guard Sergio Rodriguez and the #38 pick to the Sacramento Kings for the #31 pick in today's draft.

The Kings acquired at least one player Thursday who is definitely a point guard.

The news of Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi's selection in the NBA draft set off a major celebration in his home country.

The Sacramento Kings have selected University of Memphis guard Tyreke Evans with the fourth overall draft pick.

Memphis' Tyreke Evans is under consideration to be drafted by the Kings. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If last season's 17-65 finish was the absolute bottom for the Sacramento Kings, the NBA draft on Thursday had better be the start of the climb back up.

The shovel came flying Paul Westphal's way from the start, with his official hiring as Kings coach June 12 followed by the request to help with the rebuilding project and the reality that the NBA draft was just 13 days away.

He sounds the same. He even looks the same. Paul Westphal favors casual attire, wears his wavy hair fashionably long, and while seated in a Natomas restaurant Tuesday during lunch, caresses a water glass with the same large, sure hands that catapulted him among the league's creative early dunkers.

Too slow, too flashy, and not enough game film on him. I've been agonizing over this for at least the past fifteen minutes.

NBA Outsider is hosting a 2009 NBA mock draft, where bloggers from all over come together in an attempt to project the draft results that will take place June 25th .

Blake Griffin was no doubt the best player in college this year at his position.

It's not all about the point guards for the Kings in this year's draft. At least not entirely.

After three days of chatter at the NBA's predraft combine, the scenarios of Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio coming to Sacramento remained.

Apparently he can. And did. Spitballing: Monarchy Malarkey The Question : Is there any hope for Sacramento? The Answer : Not really.

There are currently two positions in the starting line-up where most of us would love to see replacements in the next year or two: point guard and small forward.

The 2009 NBA draft lottery is Tuesday night . Fourteen teams will vie for the No.