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Sacramento Kings’ Spencer Hawes Is Still a Work in Progress

Posted: 6th December 2009 by Blake Mehigan in NBA
Since being selected 10th overall by Sacramento in 2007, Specner Hawes has been looked at by Kings fans as someone their team could build around. Hawes played well enough to earn a starting spot last season, but has been a bit underwhelming this season. The improvement that was expected has not come yet. And if anything, the Washington product may have taken a step back. Hawes has relied a bit ...

Kings Coach Paul Westphal Spark Of The Youth Movement in Sacramento

Posted: 3rd December 2009 by Blake Mehigan in NBA
The Sacramento Kings are once again have one win more than losses. They were over .500 once this season at 5-4, but then lost four straight games. Although most of the games in that stretch were close, they lost four straight none the less. Since falling three games bellow .500, coach Paul Westphal and his team of young scrappers have pulled together four straight wins. All four wins were hardly close. ...
Beno Udrih has begun to play very well since being moved to the starting line. Udrih replaced the oft injured Kevin Martin, who fractured his wrist. Sacramento Kings announcer Jerry Reynolds has called him the Tazmanian Slovenian, referencingáa spin move Udrih uses and his native country. Udrih had struggled mightily last year. He started at point guard to the dismay of many Kings fans. People had doubted his ...
Donte Greene is an exuberant young athlete. He has his own Internet show sponsored by the Sacramento Kings and is always trying to pump up the crowd from the sidelines. Greene has also become close friends with players such as Jason Thompson. While Greene is such a great personality in the locker room and active in the community, he has struggled to find a niche on this fledgling Kings team. Greene was ...

New Sacramento King Sean May Faces Make-or-Break Year

Posted: 8th November 2009 by Blake Mehigan in NBA
Sean May was a former top pick of the Charlotte Bobcats back in 2005, selected 13th overall. As a Tar Heel, May was an imposing force with his size and his inside-outside game. He helped lead North Carlina to a national title in 2005 along with Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams, and Rashad McCants.á All three were also top picks by their respective teams. May has struggled to find consistency thus far ...