Kings Take Thomas Robinson 5th Overall
The Sacramento Kings have selected Kansas forward Thomas Robinson with the fifth pick in the NBA draft.
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The Sacramento Kings have selected Kansas forward Thomas Robinson with the fifth pick in the NBA draft.
The Sacramento Kings have extended a qualifying offer to Jason Thompson to make the forward a restricted free agent.
While the Kings still don't have a new arena to play in, the city of Seattle is moving closer to getting a new NBA arena and the man with the money to do it laid out his plans.
Fathers and their sons hit the court with a King on Father's Day.
Addressing the media before the first game of the NBA Finals in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night, NBA Commissioner David Stern said he fully expects the Kings to remain in Sacramento.
The USFL made a splash with signings such as Steve Young in 1983 in its efforts to take away players from the established National Football League but the league folded just four years later.
CBS13 has learned the Maloof family has hired a retired FBI agent, who now works as a private investigator.
The Sacramento City Council officially laid to rest the downtown arena deal on Tuesday night, cutting off any more funding after already spending nearly $700,000 on the failed project.
A local engineer and a former Sacramento Kings executive say it's possible to give Power Balance Pavilion a major facelift and make it one of the best arenas in America.
The arena dream is dead; and with it, the new downtown dollars will likely dry up.
Sacramento is saddled with all the same problems and uncertainty as a year ago. A new arena is still needed to keep the Kings from leaving town. A talented young core has yet to blend together, and the roster still needs significant upgrades.
DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points and 19 rebounds and Tyreke Evans scored 17 points for the Kings against the Lakers' backups. Sacramentio finished 22-44 in the lockout-shortened season.
Fans got a thank you from their star center, but no comments from the owners, the Maloof brothers, on what the future of the Kings would be.
Mayor Kevin Johnson emerged from a meeting with the Kings at City Hall on Thursday and said the downtown arena talks were "productive" and the sides agreed to pick up talks "bright and early" again on Friday.
The mayor of Sacramento and the Maloofs have scheduled one last face-to-face meeting to try and save the proposed downtown arena.
Jetlagged or not, the Sacramento Kings were determined not to be the team the Charlotte Bobcats beat to end their long losing streak.
With Oscar Robertson sitting courtside and soaking up the crowd's adulation in recognition of his Hall of Fame career, it would have been a fitting occasion for Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant to record the first triple-double of his career.
It just goes to show that David Stern is who we thought he was. Speaking to the Associated Press, the NBA Commissioner said it might be better for Sacramento officials and the Maloofs to go through a "cooling off" period.
The commissioner of the NBA said on Thursday that a "cooling off" period might be needed in the Sacramento arena effort.
Sacramento city leaders and the Maloofs continue to point fingers and blame each other for the failed arena deal.
Less than a week after a deal to build a new arena to house the Sacramento Kings collapsed, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says he has a Plan B.
For one day at least, the off-court acrimony over a decision not to build a new arena was put aside by Sacramento Kings fans.
It's a battle of words between the Maloofs and city officials as things turn nasty.
