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2013/05/16 1:30 am

NBA Owners Vote to Keep Kings in Sacramento

Sacramento Kings fans didn’t have a lot to cheer about this season, but they got to celebrate a major victory on Wednesday. All 30 NBA team owners gathered on Wednesday for a four hour meeting to vote on the Kings’ proposed move to Seattle. Even though the team owners, the Maloof family, had approved the sale to a Seattle investment group, the majority of team owners voted against the...

2013/01/21 9:05 pm

Deal in Place to Send Kings to Seattle

With an offer on the table from Seattle investors for about a week now, the Maloof family has had time to think it over and they’ve reached an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings. According to ESPN.com, NBA league sources said that teams were notified that the Maloofs and a Seattle group led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen finalized a purchase and sale agreement on Sunday that would send...

2011/06/28 7:06 pm

Jimmer Fredette pumps up his #7 Sacramento Jersey

Jimmer Fredette was selected #10 by the Milwaukee Bucks and his draft rights were exchanged to the Sacramento Kings. Fredette pumps up the Sacramento jersey. Jimmer Fredette, out of Brigham Young University, displays his new #7 Sacramento Kings jersey. As it stands, Jimmer’s Sacramento Kings jersey isn’t available as of this post. Until then, you can get a “It’s Jimmer Time...

2010/12/22 12:23 pm

Radmanović comes through for Golden State Warriors

There were two Vladimir Radmanovićs in the fourth quarter of last night’s Golden State Warriors – Sacramento Kings game. (Discuss the NBA in our NBA discussion forum) There was the Radmanovic that hit two consecutive threes to start the Warriors on 32-18 run at the beginning of the fourth. Then there was the Radmanovic who turned over the ball at a crucial point in the fourth quarter as...

2010/09/20 2:51 pm

Israeli NBA player’s mural defaced with Swastikas

Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player to ever play in the NBA has had a successful NBA career thus far, so much so that the 22-year old has had a mural painted in his honor in Sacramento. Discuss Israeli Basketball in our Israeli basketball forum. However, the 6-9 forward’s mural has recently been defaced with swastikas, not once, but twice. From the AP: Police say after a swastika was found...

2010/07/30 12:14 am

Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo cut from Team U.S.A.

Tyreke Evans, Gerald Wallace, O.J. Mayo and JaVale McGee were the four unlucky players as Team USA cut their FIBA World Championship squad down to 15. (Discuss Team USA and the World Championships of Basketball) The moves were made following last week’s training camp in Las Vegas as the team prepares to head on to New York for a second camp and a series of warm-up games. “We had an outstanding...

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