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I'd prefer more of a "natural" PG ... but I LOVE Kemba's game so much that I wouldn't complain if we drafted him at 7. And while I don't see him as a real distributing PG, I do see how having two legitimate-scoring combo guards who can split the PG role would potentially be a huge advantage and cause matchup problems for other teams (though I'd see Kemba being the PG for all practical intents and purposes 70%+ of the time).
 
New Arena Cost

New Arena Cost

An initial cost for a new arena was initially leaked by KCRA, an estimated $370 Million but Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson refuted the claims that no accurate cost is definite yet.
 
Given today's economy in Sacramento, a new arena that is within "NBA Standards" is a pipe dream. Public Money will not be used, and is still steep given private funding. Take a look at the Orlando Magic's Home Court: The Amway Center, which cost $480 Million to build.

At this stage, a new arena is nothing more than a pipe dream.
 
The proposed arena plan encased on the flexibility study for the new arena would cost approximately $387 Million.

$241 million in construction
$146 million in other overall expenditures

Scheduled date of completion is May 2015.

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The new arena would have a capacity of 19,000 and 74 Luxury Suites.
 
Sacramento Kings new Arena Details and Construction Plans

Sacramento Kings new Arena Details and Construction Plans

Arena plans:

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The details behind financing the new arena's construction included the following statement:

  • Neither 100% Privately funded nor 100% Publicly funded ESC are feasible
  • Public-Private Partnership needed with both sectors offering significant
  • contributions
  • Private sources could include community interests beyond the team that would benefit from location of ESC at the Railyards.
  • An outside developer/operator could also be a meaningful additional source of private funds.
  • Broad range of public funding sources available for city and region to sources funding public of range –evaluate during upcoming discussions and negotiations
  • The ICON-Taylor team has identified a preliminary set of potential funding sources
 
Here We Build

Here We Build

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announces the Community's Here We Build Campaign.

Johnson announces new 'Here We Build' campaign

SACRAMENTO - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced a regional coalition to figure out how to pay for a new sports and entertainment complex.

Johnson said the coalition will be called "Here We Build" after the initial grass roots effort that helped keep the Kings in Sacramento for another year.

The coalition will be composed of 60 state, local politicians and area business leaders and be headed up by State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Ted Gaines.

Johnson again reiterated that Sacramento by itself cannot get a new arena built, which is why the Here We Build coalition is so important.

"When we do it as a region, we're a top 20 TV market, we have 2.1 million people in our metropolitan area," Johnson said.

The mayor also called the next 100 days critical in getting a deal for a new arena done and hopes to have a financial plan in place by November at the latest.

"We know that there's a deadline looming of March 1st, 2012," Johnson said. "We don't want to wait till March 1st, 2012."

Earlier this month, several entities, including the Maloofs and three of the six counties believed to be involved in the group, expressed doubt about the plan and representatives from Yolo, Yuba and Sutter counties originally said they would not be a part of any partnership. It wasn't made clear if representatives from any of those three counties were present at Tuesday's press conference.

The announcement was made at the California State Railroad Museum. Johnson said they picked the location because it symbolizes the original entrepreneurial spirit of the area.
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Knight to work out with Kings

Knight to work out with Kings

The Sacramento Kings have announced their first private pre-draft workout and the player that will attend is former University of Kentucky point guard Brandon Knight.
 
Shaq's retirement

Shaq's retirement

The retirement of Shaquille O'Neal brings back a sense of nostalgia on the fierce hatred between the Shaq era Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.

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Shaq Did label us the "Sacramento Queens" and Phil Jackson labeled Rick Adelman as Adolf Hitler.


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There was bad blood between the Lakers and the Kings.

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And this was the most painful one of all. An iconic shot by Robert Horry that dashed the dreams of thousands of Kings fans and heartbreak.

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Rumor has it that the Sacramento Kings are interested on Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Jonny Flynn; who is rumored to be on the trading block this off-season.
 
Kemba Walker has pulled out of the Workout session with the Sacramento Kings intended for this coming Thursday. Walker was supposed to have gone one on one and worked out with Jimmer Fredette.
 
Jimmer Fredette had a great workout with the Kings. Fredette has impressed the staff with his physical condition and shooting.
 
CKR13 said:
Jimmer Fredette had a great workout with the Kings. Fredette has impressed the staff with his physical condition and shooting.
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As much as I HATE Jimmer, I actually think he might be a good fit. He has some decent PG skills, and a guy who can shoot like that would make life a lot easier for Tyreke and DMC (particularly by forcing defenses to spread out and clearing up the lane). I see a lot of similarities to Steph Curry (great shooter/scorer in college, makes up for relative lack of athleticism with craftiness, deceptively solid PG skills, questionable defense).

I wouldn't mind having Jimmer on the Kings ... though I think he's a reach at #7.
 
DonPugfâché said:
As much as I HATE Jimmer, I actually think he might be a good fit. He has some decent PG skills, and a guy who can shoot like that would make life a lot easier for Tyreke and DMC (particularly by forcing defenses to spread out and clearing up the lane). I see a lot of similarities to Steph Curry (great shooter/scorer in college, makes up for relative lack of athleticism with craftiness, deceptively solid PG skills, questionable defense).

I wouldn't mind having Jimmer on the Kings ... though I think he's a reach at #7.
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I am also open to drafting Fredette as the young man has been very good so far since the NBA Draft Combine to the individual workouts with teams. Too bad Kemba Walker bailed out on yesterday's session where Walker and Fredette could have gone head to head.
 
DonPugfâché said:
As much as I HATE Jimmer, I actually think he might be a good fit. He has some decent PG skills, and a guy who can shoot like that would make life a lot easier for Tyreke and DMC (particularly by forcing defenses to spread out and clearing up the lane). I see a lot of similarities to Steph Curry (great shooter/scorer in college, makes up for relative lack of athleticism with craftiness, deceptively solid PG skills, questionable defense).

I wouldn't mind having Jimmer on the Kings ... though I think he's a reach at #7.
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Steph Curry was actually one of the most athletic guard coming out of college, and can run faster than no other, it just so happen that he looks like a wimp because he is not ripped so people assumed he is a bad athlete, but you can't judge a book by its cover.

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I am also open to drafting Fredette as the young man has been very good so far since the NBA Draft Combine to the individual workouts with teams. Too bad Kemba Walker bailed out on yesterday's session where Walker and Fredette could have gone head to head.
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the peeps over espn said that he didn't not want ot play against someone who was projectetd to be selected lower than him because he was afraid to be beaten by him and that affect his stock, so he was trying instead to play against Knight which is profjected to be selected higher than him because he thought he could beat Knight in a one-on-one and increase his strock doing so.

I personally think is inmature and a stupid strategy. It just show that he is nto confident on his abilities and is scare of failing, which is bad becuase people learn by failing, that's what makes you a better person.
 
Another workout is scheduled for Monday, next week. Kings will workout draft hopefuls: Kemba Walker (UConn), forward-center Nikola Vucevic (USC), guard Justin Hurtt (Tulsa), forward Matthew Bryan-Amaning (Washington), forward DeAngelo Casto (Washington State) and forward Jordan Williams (Maryland).
 
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