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Pete D'Alessandro, center, discusses his hiring as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team, by the teams new owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie, who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. At right is Kings head coach Michael Malone.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro kisses his daughter, Kate, 3, after a news conference where he was formally named as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team by new Kings owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro, left, blows out the candles on a cake presented to him for his 45th birthday at a news conference where he was formally named as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team by new Kings owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro smiles as he answers a question after being formally named as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team by new Kings owner, Vivek Ranadive, at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro, center, the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team, poses with Kings head coach Michael Malone, left, and team owner Vivek Ranadiveright, at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro smiles as he answers a question after being formally named as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team by new Kings owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not be retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Pete D'Alessandro kisses his daughter, Kate, 3, after a news conference where he was formally named as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team by new Kings owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (21) embraces Danny Green during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, against the Miami Heat, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)