Sacramento Kings News

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.

It's a cloudy, wet and cold Monday morning with the temperature hovering just above freezing in the Bluegrass and in the low to mid 40s south.

It started out as just a basketball game, but it ended up being one of the most brutal acts of genocide in recorded history.

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.