Summer League Analysis: Game 1, Vs. Chinese National Team
The Kings played an aggressive style of basketball and the starting unit looked like they had been the practice squad for the actual Sacramento starting team. They shared the ball and the frontcourt worked their tails off.
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30 Teams, 30 Days: Sacramento Draft Preview
Ideally the Kings would be able to add a lengthy big man who could step back and hit mid-range jumpers as well as rebound, but that type of player is hard to come by these days.
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Always A Spot For Artest?
Ron Artest is such an enigma because he’s NOT just the embodiment of everything wrong with the modern professional athlete, but also of everything the modern professional athlete should be.
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The John Salmons Saga is Finally Over: Analyzing the Signing
After spurning his original agreement with the Toronto Raptors, Salmons sought greener pastures in Sacramento and ends up in a situation where he will be able to contribute right away.
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Musselman Fitted For Throne At Arco
Throughout the press conference, Eric Musselman was witty and showed his vast knowledge of coaching at many different levels of basketball. At one point of the press conference, he even joked that with all of the reports of what a great interviewer he was, he hoped that Joe and Gavin Maloof thought he could coach too.
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Kings Take Step Back With Coaching Move
With the announcement that they won’t renew the contract of head coach Rick Adelman today, Geoff Petrie and the Kings have taken a step back in their quest to return the Kings to the elite level of the NBA. Adelman was the man who put the Kings on the basketball map with an exciting brand of basketball that regularly put the Kings into the discussion of title contenders. Here is who could be the next leader of the Kings.
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Kings Rely On Muscle From Perimeter
With the Kings returning to Arco Arena on Friday night, the Sacramento faithful saw their team in a 0-2 hole and looking like a team that was dead in the water. However, with the help of some buzzer-beating heroics from second-year guard Kevin Martin, the Kings are now back in the series and now have seemed to find a way to stay competitive with the defending champion Spurs.
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The End Of An Era
The winds of change may be blowing through Sacramento. If we were talking about any other GM in the NBA, I would tell you that Rick Adelman has coached his last game for the Kings. In fact, if the coach were still at the helm by the time you read this article, it would be a minor miracle.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
For a city like Sacramento, a taste of success was both blessing and curse. Before, no one knew any better. Just having an NBA team, and seeing the city name on SportsCenter was good enough. Now there are expectations to fulfill. Unfortunately, where the sounds of over 17,000 screaming faithful used to be, there is a bitterly cold wind blowing through. The team is drowning in a sea of uncertainty.
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Good Outweighs Bad In Wells Trade
Bonzi Wells brings the city of Sacramento enormous talent and a shaky history, but overall, his addition will do more good than bad for the Kings.
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Calm Interrupted By A Storm
The off-season had been cancelled due to a lack of interest -- at least where the Kings were concerned. We were all ready to jump it up at center court, for real. No need to waste any more time. Or so we thought.
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Off The Rails Off-Season
The Kings have gone from one of the deepest teams in the league to having only three players they can truly count on: Brad Miller, Peja Stoyakovic, and Mike Bibby. Can rookie Francisco Garcia make an impact?
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Luck Of The Single-Card Draw
When Louisville Cardinals sharpshooter Francisco García was still available at number 23, Geoff Petrie decided it was a stroke of luck – a bolt of destiny. After all, the Kings could have grabbed impact player Wayne Simien, the big bruising forward from Kansas, to contribute some muscle inside.
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The Winds Of Change Are Blowing
A recent interview with King’s mastermind Geoff Petrie was more revealing than usual. The sly guy normally doesn’t give away any part of his hand, but under the circumstances (that being last season’s disappointing effort), he can ill afford to seem complacent.
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Unpredictable Ride Comes To Predictable End
The 2004-2005 campaign dutifully comes to a merciful close, and let’s be honest – why prolong the agony? The Kings failed all year to capture that beloved look, the proud one that every winner wears.
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Who Left The Door Open?
Game 4 was going according to script, and there was the real sense this thing was going back to Seattle tied at two, with the Kings able to ride the momentum to a game five victory, and beyond. Even Peja Stoyakovic had regained his touch, a guaranteed sign of better days ahead.
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Kings Not Having Any Fun Yet
Letting Seattle win the first two games of this series to create interest probably wasn’t part of coach Rick Adelman’s pre-game spiel. But who knows, maybe that’s the way his troops heard it.
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"I Felt Like Superman!"
To the 17,317 delirious fans at Arco Arena, it must have looked like he had just squeezed out of a phone booth -- flexing his muscles and adjusting his cape. Bobby Jackson’s entry into the game in the first quarter was a thing of beauty. The long and painful wait was finally over.
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Kings Playing For More Than Rings
Monday night’s 92-82 loss to the Utah Jazz leaves the Kings one victory shy of the magic 50 for the season, a small indicator of a successful campaign.
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Time to Pick Your Player Scenario
Now that the Kings have officially grabbed their spot, it’s worth taking a birds-view peek at the major cogs in their machine.
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A Team In Search Of… “It”
If anyone knows where “it” is, please let the Kings know.
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The Return Of The Webber Man
Webber received his anticipated raucous ovation from the Sacramento fans, and he seemed genuinely touched – even somewhat embarrassed.
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Kings Enduring An Erratic Journey
With the departure of Vlade Divac, the major trades of Chris Webber and Doug Christie, and the long absence of Bobby Jackson, it figured to take time for the Kings to reassemble and reinvigorate.
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New Faces, Optimistic Schedule Bodes Well
“Get everybody healthy”. Once again, that familiar refrain rings out in Sacramento. Loudly.
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Fan Article: I Love The Kings
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No Blues For This Blueprint
As the dust begins to settle around the Chris Webber trade, the new order of the Kings appears to be taking form.
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Webber Trade Rocks This Town
With Chris Webber traded to Philadelphia, basketball in Sacramento may be in danger.
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The Kings BLOCK: Who Could Be On The Move
Two-time NBA Executive of the Year Geoff Petrie may be up to something. Then again, maybe he’s not.
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Kings Flounder Into All-Star Break
Like polluted, drunken sailors staggering silly out of a bar, the Kings now tumble mercifully into a severely needed vacation. It couldn’t come too soon.
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Frustration Gone Berserk
Brad Miller suspended a game for tossing his sweatbands; Chris Webber fined ten thousand simoleons for drop-kicking the ball a mile; Mike Bibby fined 15 G-notes for not leaving right away.
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Midway Through, Kings Seek Health And Consistency
Despite their current won-loss record of 32-15, fifth best in the NBA, the Kings schedule tabulation spits out gross efforts against pathetic New Orleans on the road, and putrid Golden State at home. In a long season, a few clunkers are to be expected - best get them out of the way early.
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Battered And Bruised, Sacramento Rolls On
Calling it a separation of men from boys may be a bit much, so how about winning through adversity? Yeah, that works - at least for now. What better example than the Kings 94-84 road victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves without stars Peja Stojakovic and Chris Webber.
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C-Webb Is Feeling The Fun
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Kings Continue To Pull At Fan’s Heartstrings
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Maurice Evans Making The Most Of His Chances
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Kings On An Unpredictable Rollercoaster Ride
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Kings Crumble Without Chris? No way
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The Hour Draws Near
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An Off-Season Fit For A King
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DARLINGS OF THE NBA THINKING TITLE.
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All year long people criticized Rashard Lewis because of the contract Orlando gave him last summer, but he has paid dividends for the Magic this postseason.
Mike Dunleavy and Danny Granger had nice seasons, but they appear to be in that limbo between being good and being bad enough to get help in the lottery.
Billy Knight will be remembered more for his blunders than his successes.
Rudy Gay positively broke out this season and is the Grizzlies' focal building block moving forward, that is unless they land the number one overall pick.
The Bulls were thought to be a talented young team expected to take their collective game to the next level but instead played like a young team with less talent than anticipated.
Maybe it was the green hue that has been sprinkled on the league this season, or Atlanta’s losing record, but there didn’t seem to be a matchup Boston couldn’t exploit before this seven-game relationship began.
Who should the fans blame for the Nuggets sweep at the hands of the Lakers? George Karl barely runs an offense and the team doesn’t focus on defense. However, the answer to the question lies in the team's front office.
The Lakers' offense is synergistic; the Nuggets are a ticking time bomb with no semblance of offensive cohesion.
For the first time since the Run TMC days, three Warriors averaged 20 points a night and by winning 48 games, it was their highest win total since 93-94 when they won 50.
What started out as a very promising season for the Bobcats ended in more of a whimper than a bang, as they failed to not only make the playoffs, but also to better the previous season's win total. 
The winner of this series can be patient, if ambitious. The loser has no choice but to examine the possibility of upheaval.