Sacramento Kings News

The upcoming slate, which includes tonight's home game versus Atlantic Division-leading Toronto followed by road games at Miami and Washington before Phoenix visits next Monday, should show whether the Nets belong in the fraternity of teams that can legitimately compete in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

For the first three months of his rookie season, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Anthony Bennett looked like an overweight baby deer stumbling across a busy highway.

Marcus Thornton has been around the Brooklyn Nets for only two weeks, so he's still trying to learn his new team's playbook.

They rank 24th in the NBA in defensive efficiency. They allow the 5th most points per game.

In an interview with Forbes magazine , Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive voiced his ambitions for the team which and his ownership group purchased last year from the much-maligned Maloof brothers.

There are a few areas that the Sacramento Kings could look into upgrading this offseason, but most pressing of all has to be the production - or lack thereof - from the power forward position.

The Brooklyn Nets took the Boston Celtics for granted Friday night and paid the price, as they were defeated 91-84 in Boston.

Just in case any further confirmation was needed, the Toronto Raptors ' convincing 99-87 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night proved once again that dealing Rudy Gay last December wasn't such a bad idea.

July 18, 2012; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Sacramento Kings point guard Jimmer Fredette defends against Toronto Raptors guard Bobby Brown during the first half of the game at the Thomas & Mack Center.

The 2013-14 season was supposed to be the next step toward proving Greivis Vasquez could be the trusted leader of a team.

Nov 1, 2013; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins gathers a rebound with power forward Jason Thompson between Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan and power forward Blake Griffin during the fourth quarter at Sleep Train Arena.

Feb 1, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry shoots against San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan during the second half at AT&T Center.

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Nobody needed the 4-day break more than Amir. He looked spry, active and diligent.

Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive is brining a technological revolution to sports that is going to make his NBA team worth "billions of dollars" within the next decade.

Rajon Rondo scored 20 points and the Boston Celtics dominated the boards to beat Brooklyn 91-84 and stop the Nets' four-game winning streak Friday night.

Bringing new technology to the Sacramento Kings is a "unique opportunity to pull out a blank piece of paper" and create NBA 3.0, Andy Miller, a serial entrepreneur and a member of the Sacramento Kings ownership, told the 11th annual TechEdge event Friday.

It will be another tough defensive assignment for rookie Ben McLemore, who has had his problems lately keeping up with some of his counterparts.

While the Chicago Bulls are one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference right now, it must be acknowledged that they are doing this at the expense of a strong offense .

The New Orleans Pelicans halted a long losing streak last time out and will try for consecutive victories Friday night when they welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the Smoothie King Center.