Sacramento Kings Articles - Page 89

Despite being a name that is appearing in numerous trade scenarios, Sacramento Kings veteran guard George Hill still is quite valuable to the development of his current team’s young core. This is especially true for rookie guard De’Aaron Fox, who was taken with the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. According to an article […]

We’re only three weeks away from the NBA trade deadline and while several members of the media are prepping for a quiet afternoon on February 8th, keeping an eye on team circumstances and quiet rumblings around the league leads our team here at ClutchPoints to believe there’s still plenty opportunity among the NBA landscape for […]

Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph received a video tribute from the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night. His former teammate, Marc Gasol, says he got goosebumps while watching the dedication. The video featured several of Randolph’s memorable plays as a member of the Grizzlies, as well as a few touching moments off the court. Despite the […]

The Sacramento Kings recently made an official announcement that they will be shutting down rookie Harry Giles for the rest of the 2017-18 NBA season as he recovers from injuries. According to a report from Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee, the young forward/center has nothing negative to say on the matter. “I just keep getting […]

Zach Randolph received a touching tribute from the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday when his new team, the Sacramento Kings, visited the Grit-and-Grind city. Randolph has been touted as a local legend in Memphis for his amazing contribution to the team and the city as a whole. https://twitter.com/memgrizz/status/954528396024864769 Randolph also received a standing ovation from the […]

After the departure of Zach Randolph and Tony Allen, two players that exemplified the Grizzlies’ “Grit and Grind” culture, only Mike Conley and Marc Gasol remain from that core of players. Conley has been sidelined most of the season with an Achilles injury. He has played in only 12 games, and his absence has hit […]

The Sacramento Kings will not be playing Harry Giles for the rest of the season, according to an official announcement by the Kings. Giles has a history of tearing his ACL in both knees, but the Kings have studied his knee issues and have been convinced that they would have still drafted him 20th overall […]

Another day, yet another play from Utah Jazz rising star rookie shooting guard Donovan Mitchell that is highlight-reel worthy. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday night during the first quarter of Utah’s road game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center. With Sacramento leading 18-10 over the Jazz towards the end of the first […]

It was just a matter of time before it happened. The Sacramento Kings currently sit at the very bottom of the Western Conference with a 13-30 record. They have lost nine out of their last 12 games. Now past the halfway point of the season, the Kings are looking to the future. Jason Jones from […]

For the past few seasons, a 1st round pick from the Brooklyn Nets was extremely valuable on account of the Nets not being very good. The Boston Celtics have had the utmost pleasure of owning those highly-valuable picks, and as a result, have already acquired Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Part of the deal that […]

Vince Carter, once dubbed as the next “Air Jordan”, thrived and dominated in his career with the Toronto Raptors. Now, Carter is 40 years old and plays for the Sacramento Kings in what might be the last stop of his career, if he doesn’t retire in Toronto. In recent news, Carter proved that he can […]

In an exciting rookie point guard matchup, Lonzo Ball’s Los Angeles Lakers hosted De’Aaron Fox’s Sacramento Kings at Staples Center. After the Lakers won the contest 99-86, Ball commented on facing his draft class peer during post media availability. Here is the quote, courtesy of Sports Out West’s Bob Garcia: Lonzo Ball on playing De'Aaron […]

In a little over two weeks from now, Sacramento Kings shooting guard Vince Carter is set to celebrate his 41st birthday on Jan. 26. During a play midway through the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Carter turned back the clock and showed fans at Staples Center that he can still […]

The Sacramento Kings have just made a change with their personnel. However, it’s not with the addition of a player or a trade that they completed recently, but have rather shook things in their front office by agreeing to move on without their now-former assistant general manager, Mike Bratz. The move comes as a surprise […]

When it comes to Sacramento Kings veteran point guard George Hill, it’s safe to say that his 2017-18 NBA season has not exactly panned out for him After he originally signed a whopping three-year, $57 million deal with the Kings following a stint with the Utah Jazz, Hill admits that he’s having trouble adapting to […]

Damian Lillard had plenty of free time on Wednesday afternoon, so the Portland Trail Blazers guard decided to host a sort of ask-me-anything session on Twitter. Among the many interesting inquiries posed at Lillard was from a fan who asked him of what team he expected to take him in the 2012 NBA Draft. Sacramento […]

For the second straight game, the Sacramento Kings were utterly embarrassed on their home floor by a team right on their level in the standings. After the Memphis Grizzlies came in and led by over 30 points on them, it was the Charlotte Hornets’ turn to demolish the Kings’ defense as they scored 131 points, […]

The Sacramento Kings did not have a great end to 2017. The Memphis Grizzlies completely outplayed the Kings from the tip on Sacramento’s home floor and looked utterly dominant en route to a 114-96 win. The loss clearly did not sit well with Kings head coach Dave Joerger, who said after the game that each […]

Sunday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings wasn’t just any ordinary one for Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, as it marked the first time they faced each other after parting ways in the offseason. The Spaniard international acknowledged how his former teammate made him better during their practices before and couldn’t help but […]

At 40 years old and in his 20th NBA season, Vince Carter is one of the few remaining active players from his generation. While Carter has only appeared in 21 games for the Sacramento Kings, he recently turned back the clock with a 24-point performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers. While it remains to be seen […]

Although the 2017-18 NBA season has not gone the way forward Vince Carter may have wanted, he managed to turn back the clock with an impressive 24-point performance against the Clevland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. His outing was just the latest example of the 40-year-old showing how much he has left in the tank. That said, […]

In his 20th year in the league, Vince Carter has shown in his first campaign with the Sacramento Kings that he still has plenty left in the tank to be an effective player on the floor. A few days following his throwback performance with 24 points in a huge win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, there […]

On Tuesday night, there was plenty to smile about during the L.A. Clippers’ 122-95 throttling of the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center. The fun even continued afterward in the locker room when players were interviewed about the game. In a tweet posted by ClutchPoints’ own Tomer Azarly, he was able to capture a funny sequence […]

Nike has unveiled the “City edition” uniforms for all 30 NBA teams today and fans will surely have a lot to say about it. Here is a look at some of the new threads: Here’s a look at all of the jerseys: Nike is in the first season as the main provider of NBA jerseys. […]

The NBA Christmas season is now behind us, as we are in the final week of 2017. In just one week, the power rankings have fluctuated and new teams have moved up and down the standings. Of course, the Golden State Warriors have claimed the first spot on the power rankings for their close Christmas […]

The Memphis Grizzlies surprised many during the offseason when they allowed Zach Randolph and Tony Allen to leave in free agency. Both were key players for them, but the team opted to bring in younger players to their fold instead in the hopes of continuing their run of success in the years to come. However, […]

Since making his return from a quadriceps injury earlier this month, it has been a physical uphill battle for San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard. This has featured him sitting out a couple of games in the process as he gets further acclimated to playing again. According to Paul Garcia of Project Spurs, the […]

After missing two out of the last three games during the 2017-18 NBA season, De’Aaron Fox will miss additional time as he deals with a quad bruise. According to Sacramento Kings, an MRI revealed Fox has a partial tear of the right quad muscle and will the next two weeks before being re-evaluated: https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/944403404696182785 Originally […]

Vince Carter on Wednesday played against his former team, the Brooklyn Nets. And as a 20-year veteran who spent some of the best days of his career in a Nets uniform when the franchise was in New Jersey, Carter is very open to the idea of the franchise one day retiring his number, per Brian […]

In what was supposed to be a competitive 2017-18 NBA season for the Sacramento Kings, things have instead turned into a complete disaster. Their lackluster performance has even come with its fair share of off-court drama as well. As a result, it seems the Kings have already started building for next year by shopping their […]

The Sacramento Kings are an incredibly young team, and like most young teams, they are not good defensively. The particular lineup that finished the third quarter in their game against the Philadelphia 76ers had third-year center Willie Cauley-Stein as the “veteran” among the group. Frank Mason and Justin Jackson are mere rookies, while Buddy Hield […]

The tumultuous 2017-18 NBA season continues for the Sacramento Kings with yet another key loss in the backcourt. It goes without saying that the Kings have had their fair share of struggles with their current personnel all year. However, the last thing they needed was to take a hit to their young core. According to Sean […]

Vince Carter has played for seven different teams in the NBA during his decorated 20-year pro career, but he’ll always be remembered mostly for being a Toronto Raptor. Carter played his first seven seasons in Toronto before he was shipped to the New Jersey Nets in a blockbuster trade in 2004, a move that instantly […]

Sacramento Kings veteran forward Vince Carter received a warm ovation from the fans in what may have been his last game at the Air Canda Centre on Sunday night. While it may not have been the performance Carter would have wanted in a potential finale after losing to the Toronto Raptors, his heartfelt moment with […]

Sacramento Kings point guard George Hill had his second strong game in a row as he had 16 points on 4-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc in the Kings’ 119-96 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Hill easily could’ve been playing with the Timberwolves had things gone differently this offseason, though, as the Sacramento Bee’s Jason […]

When the Minnesota Timberwolves hosted the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, star center Karl-Anthony Towns knew he really had to step up in all facets of his game. Towns did exactly just that and led the Wolves to a 119-96 beatdown of the Kings with a game-high 30 points, 14 rebounds, a whopping five blocked […]

The Brooklyn Nets made a splash by dealing power forward Trevor Booker to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for center Jahlil Okafor, guard Nik Stauskas, and the New York Knicks 2019 second-round pick. Most of the attention regarding the trade has gone to Okafor’s shot redemption after he was initially taken with the third overall pick […]

Sacramento Kings guard George Hill has experienced an up-and-down season thus far. On the one hand, Hill is an impact player on a Kings team that made good moves over the summer and is trying to improve. On the other, there are rookie point guards on the team who need playing time, and often it’s […]

The inauspicious 2017-18 NBA season continues for the lowly Sacramento Kings. However, they recently made headlines after a cryptic tweet from veteran point guard George Hill after their 104-109 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks over a week ago. Although Hill was adamant that the post was in regards to his lackluster performance that night, it seems […]