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Israeli president breaks a sweat before meeting Casspi
Kings Blog | Sacramento Bee — I totally indulged my career-long obsession with international basketball and David Stern's behind-the-scenes global peace campaign during a half-hour conversation this afternoon with Omri Casspi, who was calling from Israel at about 1 a.m., his time. After 24 hours...
12 hours agoCasspi promotes Mideast peace in kids' camp
Sacramento Bee — A few hours before Israeli and Palestinian leaders met in Washington, D.C., Thursday in the latest movement toward peace in the Middle East, Omri Casspi placed himself on the fringes of the conversation. Yehuda Raizner Getty Images Omri Casspi plays basketball with Palestinian and Israeli children during a camp in Israel organized by the Peres Center for Peace.
14 hours agoSacramento loan to Kings changed without council's OK
Sacramento Bee — Seven years ago, without telling the City Council, former Sacramento City Treasurer Tom Friery agreed to make a notable change to the terms of the city's $73 million loan to the Kings. Task force member Tom Friery on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Mayor Kevin Johnson introduces nine of the 12 volunteer members of his arena task force. They will review arena proposals next month, as part of the mayor's effort to get a new arena going.
14 hours agoMillions of reason to speculate
Kings Blog | Sacramento Bee — I take some time off and suddenly the Kings rumored to be trading for Carmelo Anthony. Anthony will just be the first of many names that will be linked to the Kings because of the financial flexibiity the team has....
September 1, 2010Kings offering "Greatest Ticket Package" in their history
Kings Blog | Sacramento Bee — Anyone who attended Kings games last season on a regular basis knows outside of the Lakers, Celtics and Cavaliers (who still had LeBron James) finding a ticket wasn't exactly like searching for lost treasure. The Kings have decided to take...
September 1, 2010Leading Off: Would Anthony be good for Kings to acquire?
Sacramento Bee — According to a report making the rounds on the Internet, the Kings are among three teams favored to trade for Nuggets superstar forward Carmelo Anthony. Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony during his teams 114-106 loss to the Kings at Arco Arena Sunday, March 8, 2009.
August 31, 2010Casspi, Israel qualify for EuroBasket 2011
Kings Blog | Sacramento Bee — By Ailene Voisin avoisin@sacbee.com Israel lost to Montenegro earlier today in the EuroBasket 2011 qualifying tournament, but finished as the second-best team and ensured its participation next September in the games in Lithuania. Omri Casspi scored 18 points and collected...
August 30, 2010Ailene Voisin: Whiteside is ready for a tall order
Sacramento Bee — Hassan Whiteside is that rare 7-footer who sneaks up on people. Sacramento Kings' center Hassan Whiteside reacts to throwing out the first pitch prior to a Sacramento River Cats game against the Fresno Grizzlies at Raley Field in West Sacramento.
August 29, 2010NBA suspends Evans one game for speeding
Sacramento Bee — Kings star Tyreke Evans, whose excessive speeding romp along Interstate 80 was captured on a CHP video, was suspended by the NBA for the opening game of the 2010-11 regular season.
August 28, 2010Of Larry King, Skateboarding, Maloof Money Cup
Kings Blog | Sacramento Bee — When I contacted Joe Maloof earlier today for a reaction to the NBA's one-game suspension of Tyreke Evans (reckless driving), the Kings co-owner was in Los Angeles preparing for Saturday's skateboarding competition in Orange County. He loves this stuff -...
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- Betting site favors Miami Heat, over the Lakers, to win 2011 NBA title Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times Bodog.com has released its odds on who will win the 2011 NBA championship, and the star-studded Miami Heat, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, are their favorite to win it all, at 7-4 odds. The Lakers, who are going for a three-peat (it would be Coach Phil Jackson’s fourth career three-peat), is the second favorite to win next June, at 11-4. They're followed by the Orlando Magic (11-1), the Boston Celtics (12-1) and the Chicago Bulls (15-1). The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets follow at 18-1. By the way, the Clippers are listed at...
- 2010-11 roster breakdown: Pau Gasol Land O' Lakers | ESPN Los Angeles As part of our look ahead at the Lakers' projected roster next season, we continue to work our way from the bottom to the top of the rotation. Next up... Player Pau Gasol Salary $17,823,000 Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Pau Gasol has been to the Finals three straight times with the Lakers. How good does he need to be this year to reach a fourth? We've grown so used to the metronome-worthy consistency it was jarring to see him struggle, relatively speaking, but from the moment he tweaked a hammy in training camp nearly a year ago, Pau Gasol set himself up for much tougher sled...
- Orange slices (aka Suns notes) Coro's Suns dish | Arizona Republic Phoenix Suns update: It's a holiday weekend so let's break out the orange slices: * It has been another great early turnout for the Suns voluntary workouts, which don't customarily start in earnest until after Labor Day. Nine of the 14 contract players are in town. The others are easily accounted for with Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson and Hakim Warrick sharing their workouts and events on Twitter and Hedo Turkoglu and Goran Dragic playing in the FIBA World Championship in Turkey. * With visitors like Amar'e Stoudemire, Zabian Dowdell, Cezary Trybanski, Sean Marks, Alex Scales and Lawrenc...
- Odom and Bryant not on equal footing Locker Talk | Orange County Register Lamar Odom and the rest of Team USA is 5-0 in the FIBA World Basketball Championships after beating Tunisia on Thursday and is within four games of adding a gold medal to his NBA championship, a thought that got him rather giddy. “The thought of being a world champion twice in one year is cool, you [...]Odom and Bryant not on equal footing is a post from: Lakers blog
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” Locker Talk | Orange County Register Everyone makes mistakes with easy ones, but here’s what Alex Trebek calls Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s “embarrassing moment on ‘Jeopardy’ … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” is a post from: Lakers blog Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubs one on “Jeopardy” is a post from: Lakers blog