Sacramento Kings News

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and wife Michelle Rhee respond to cheers from the sold out crowd on Wednesday night, October 30, 2013, the NBA season opener between the Sacramento Kings and the Denver Nuggets at Sleep Train Arena.

Rudy Gay wanted a fresh start and that is exactly what he got. The seven-player trade sending Gay from the and forwards Patrick Patterson, John Salmons and Chuck Hayes.

Nov 20, 2013; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center.

Kings coach Michael Malone joked he would have to play Isaiah Thomas the entire game at point guard Monday night after starter Greivis Vasquez was traded to Toronto as part of a seven-player deal.

New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton pulled his left hamstring during his team's 109-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night, Dec. 10. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post , Felton re-injured the nagging hamstring while trying to push the ball up in the third quarter.

One of the three big off-season free-agent signings, Williams was expected to come off the bench and be a playmaker who could create for himself and others.

On Jan. 29, Gay, the starting small forward for the Memphis Grizzlies, was traded to the Toronto Raptors in a deal largely done to shed his hefty salary.

Jerry Reynolds was on KHTK yesterday talking Kings basketball, and the subject of nicknames came up.

After his first few games as the new head coach of the Nuggets, Brian Shaw could sense that there were already some doubts about what he was doing.

The Kings new ownership showed this weekend that they are willing to add salary for talent and name recognition.

In paying homage to Raptors GM Masai Ujiri's dumping of Rudy Gay upon the Sacramento Kings , SportsNet's Michael Grange carefully notes that the former Nuggets GM is no stranger to blatant acts of highway robbery .

Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson is introduced during the Sacramento Kings rally on Thursday night, May 23, 2013 at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Downtown Sacramento.

DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points and 19 rebounds, and Derrick Williams scored a career-high 31 to pace the Sacramento Kings to a 112-97 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.

THE Sacramento Kings showed on Monday night that they are an NBA team not to be slept on the rest of the season beating Dallas even before the arrival of the traded-for Rudy Gay.

The Dallas Mavericks will practice on Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco. It will not be a day at the beach.

Fans of the volatile nature of the NBA trade market certainly hope so, but you never really know.

The New Orleans Pelicans will be without sixth man Tyreke Evans for 1-to-2 weeks after the swingman was diagnosed with a sprained ankle.

That's not a comment on any kind of inflationary trend in the league's economy. Rather, it's a signal that the amount of money teams spend nowadays doesn't matter nearly as much as the people who are doing the spending.

Nov 1, 2013; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings power forward Jason Thompson celebrates after a dunk against the Los Angeles Clippers during the fourth quarter at Sleep Train Arena.

The Kings TV and video staff has released a video that highlights all of the impact that John Salmons had during his second tenure here.