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Slimmed-down Thompson shows energy for Kings
Jason Thompson, right, facing off against Cheikh Samb, wasn't in peak physical condition this summer because of some bad eating habits.
Kings notes: Westphal must adjust to young roster
Paul Westphal has handled the veteran rosters.
Barkley. KJ. Ainge. GP. Thunder Dan.
In Phoenix and Seattle, the first-year Kings coach led players so well known it didn't even take a full name to remember their game. But these Kings are different, long on youth and short on experience...
10-year-old blogger interviews the Kings
Zach Kniestedt, a 10-year old sports blogger from Folsom, did video interviews with the Kings players and staff at media day.
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Boy blogger presides over Kings' media day
Kevin Martin, left, is interviewed by 10-year-old reporter for a day Zach Kniestedt of Folsom.
Kings strive to reconnect with community
The teenage girl walked up to the Kings booth at Discovery Park on Sept. 26 and asked the question so many have wondered about the city's crestfallen basketball organization.
"Do you have any fans left?" she said.
Except that she didn't mean it that way. It was...
Nocioni likely will return to backup role
Kings coach Paul Westphal just found a way to make the preseason interesting from beginning to end.
And that's no easy feat.
After his team's fourth day of two-a-day practices, Westphal said lightheartedly that he would announce his starting lineup one by one on a weekly...
Kings' Mason appears recovered from surgery
Off two feet, between the legs, finish with a left-handed dunk.
That's what Desmond Mason did at a recent Kings practice during the layup drill.
Teammates were told to mimic Mason or run. So Mason pulled a move from his collection of highlight dunks from his days competing...
Kings' Martin must stay healthy
If Kevin Martin suffers another serious injury, the Kings might as well throw in the towel.
Tyreke Evans bounces back from knee MRI
Tyreke Evans checks out a bobblehead likeness of himself Monday on media day at the Kings training camp.
Issue just isn't weighty anymore
It pays to stick to the diet plans.
Wednesday was one of two deadlines for Kings forward Sean May to weigh 265 pounds or less and guarantee his entire salary this season.
May did so with pounds to spare.
May weighed 261 pounds to fully guarantee his $884,881 salary for the season...
No plan to leave Sacramento, Kings owners say
Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof takes in a game with Mayor Kevin Johnson in 2008. Amid whispers of the team departing, Maloof said: "We love the market. We love our fans. This is the only place we want to be."
Maloofs: Petrie is safe here
RANDY PENCH Bee file, 2009
Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie is in his 16th season with the ballclub.
Stojakovic does acquatic work to help ailing back
Peja Stojakovic's summer on the beaches of Greece wasn't all about relaxation.
Kings Notes: Nocioni eager to learn from Elie
Meeting your childhood hero is nice, but studying under him is another matter entirely.
It's a situation Andres Nocioni plans to take full advantage of this season. Nocioni first saw Kings assistant coach Mario Elie play basketball when he was growing up in Argentina. Nocioni...
Beno Udrih will have to fight off new Kings Tyreke Evans, Sergio Rodríguez to keep point guard job
As the Kings' worst season in franchise history segued into another offseason of rebuilding, they were hardly secretive about where the team needed to improve first.
The point guard spot. Namely, get someone better than Beno Udrih.
It was quite the U-turn of events from...
Kings Notes: Having Evans as teammate thrills Martin
One day before the start of training camp, Kevin Martin remained consistent.
He won't call the Kings "his" team, even if his big contract and status as leading scorer would indicate otherwise.
And even if you think he'd feel threatened, Martin is still giddy about...
Petrie question stands out
Donté Greene provides an assist for a Kings video production by throwing a basketball toward a television camera that is protected by clear glass. Greene, entering his second season, is one of several young players the Kings are counting on as they try to bounce back from a...
Slide show: Sacramento Kings players' salaries
Donte Greene has his hands full entering his second season with the Kings.
Competition rages at Kings' workout
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Free-agent signee Sean May shoots over rookie Jon Brockman in Tuesday's workout at the Kings' practice facility. Training camp opens next Tuesday.
Ailene Voisin: NBA, refs should make peace
NBA referees should be accustomed to this by now. No one likes them. Few outside their immediate family understand the demands on their time and the toll on their bodies. And no one empathizes when they blow a call that costs a game, or in some instances, a chance at a championship...
Kevin Johnson, worried Sacramento could lose Kings, to push for NBA arena
RANDY PENCH Bee file, 2004
Arco Arena sits off Del Paso Road near Interstate 5 in the capital.
Kings sign veteran Mason
Is he the Desmond Mason of old or the old Desmond Mason? That's the question the Kings signed on to have answered Thursday, when they added the 31-year-old renowned high flier to their youth-filled roster and upped the competitive ante on the training camp session that begins...
Mason hopes to bounce back
Is he the Desmond Mason of old or the old Desmond Mason? That's the question the Kings signed on to have answered Thursday, when they added the 31-year-old renowned high flier to their youth-filled roster and upped the competitive ante on the training camp session that begins...
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