Sacramento Kings News

When you're in a small-market like Sacramento, you have to get creative on draft day.

Rudy Gay is making $17.8 million this season. He holds a $19.3 million player option for the 2014-15 season but is widely expected to opt out of his contract and test free agency.

Dallas is coming off its most impressive win of the season, a 108-106 victory Saturday night in Portland.

Dec 1, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors small forward Rudy Gay drives the ball past Denver Nuggets small forward Jordan Hamilton during the third quarter of a game at the Air Canada Centre.

The hoopla surrounding Jimmer Fredette's return to Utah has calmed considerably since his first NBA game at EnergySolutions Arena.

This article is based, in part, on interviews inside and outside the organization, mostly with people who prefer to remain anonymous.

Brooklyn Nets' Alan Anderson dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Milwaukee.

"I wasn't having flashbacks but the players were," said Kings coach Michael Malone.

Favors has a sore lower back and Williams will miss his second straight game with inflammation in his right foot.

The Mavs head out of the ice storm and into the fire as they travel to face one of the hottest teams in the West The Blazers had a respectable season last season - though they missed the playoffs, they hung around the fringes of the race long enough.

Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut did not play well against the Sacramento Kings last week.

Two of the NBA's worst do battle Saturday night when the Sacramento Kings pay a visit to EnergySolutions Arena to take on the Utah Jazz.

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the sixth-largest city in California, the state capital to face the Sacramento Kings at the Sleep Train Arena.

Jodie Meeks made two huge 3-pointers in the final minutes to finish with 19 points, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers past the Sacramento Kings 106-100 Friday night in what was expected to their last game before Kobe Bryant returns.

They call Ben McLemore "Flight 16" when it comes to his high-flying dunks. With the way the Sacramento Kings played Friday night, they may need to add some additional numbers to the fleet.

The New Orleans Saints and their fans will attempt to break the record for "the loudest crowd roar at an indoor sports stadium" at the Saints-Panthers game Sunday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The Sacramento Kings assigned center Hamady Ndiaye to the Reno Bighorns. The Sacramento Kings are the Bighorns's NBA League affiliate.

Nov 20, 2013; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Jimmer Fredette dribbles the ball up the court in the second half of the game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center.

As part of the Sacramento Kings' "12 Days of Giving Big," Center Hamady Ndiaye was "shakin' all about" with close to 80 senior citizens Thursday.

No longer is reporting the news enough apparently - the local media seems to want to be a part of the news.