https://thehoopdoctors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/demarcus-cousins.jpg DeMarcus Cousins’ up-and-down relationship with the Kings brass over the years has been well documented. If were just an average player, there really wouldn’t be much to discuss. But he’s arguably the best big man in the league, so that always makes these types of situations sticky. It has been rumored that the Kings [...]
October 11, 2016
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Fire up the trade machine. The Sacramento Kings are ready to make a deal. No, DeMarcus Cousins isn’t purportedly back on the chopping block. This time, the Kings' rumor mill is churning out Rudy Gay, Ben McLemore and Kosta Koufos chatter, according to ESPN.com's Marc Stein: Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay has emerged as one [...]
July 12, 2016
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Less than three days after being let go as the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, in what reportedly was more his decision, Dave Joerger has been hired as the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/729737110605815808] Joeger will reportedly sign a four-year, $16 million contract to become the Kings 9th coach since [...]
May 9, 2016
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Dave Joerger was, officially, canned by the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. It looks like he’ll be unemployed for less than a week. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Sacramento Kings are progressing rapidly in discussions with Dave Joerger, with a Monday meeting that will include owner Vivek Ranadive being the final hurdle to Joerger’s hiring [...]
The Sacramento Kings’ extensive head coaching search may lead them to former Golden State Warriors head honcho Mark Jackson. It may also lead them to more than a dozen other candidates, because they’ve been linked to everyone under the sun. But certain prospects will be eliminated from consideration as the search progresses. That’s just how [...]
April 29, 2016
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The DeMarcus Cousins rumor mill is churning again in Sacramento amidst all of the controversy and struggles the Kings are currently experiencing as they have for what seems like an eternity now. For a team that was around .500 a few months ago and in the playoff picture, they are now 26-41 and getting dominated [...]
March 18, 2016
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Miami Heat president Pat Riley never ceases to amaze. You know he’s aggressive when it comes to free agency (see: The Big Three) and trades (see: overpaying for Goran Dragic), but don’t think for a minute you understand the extent of his ambition. Exhibit A, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: An official who [...]
February 17, 2016
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Here we come, NBA All-Star break. Which means here comes the NBA playoffs! More than half of the Association’s 2015-16 season is in the books, and save for a cluster of steady teams at the top of our power rankings, the league’s hierarchy knows no order. For every certainty like the Warriors, Spurs, Cavaliers and [...]
February 11, 2016
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George Karl’s seat cushion is cooling off. All signs pointed to the Sacramento Kings firing him not 48 hours ago. Now, the Kings are Kings-ing, changing their minds in true Kings fashion. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein (h/t ProBasketballTalk): ESPN sources say that the Sacramento Kings, in a dramatic about-face, have decided to keep George Karl [...]
February 10, 2016
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What, you didn’t think the Sacramento Kings were going to let the New York Knicks have all the fun, did you? Head coach George Karl has been on the hot seat for a while and, apparently, won’t have to wait much longer for a decision to be made on his future. The Kings have already [...]
February 9, 2016
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