Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | yesterday
Based on nothing statistical or scientific - just who is your favorite King of the moment? Expound in the thread. Poll My favorite King du jour is: Jon Brockman Omri Casspi Tyreke Evans Francisco Garcia Donté Greene Spencer Hawes Kevin Martin Sean May Andres Nocioni Sergio Rodriguez Kenny Thomas Jason Thompson Ime Udoka Beno Udrih Paul Westphal 26 votes | Results
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ime Udoka knows a little bit about adjusting to a new team. He started his college career at Eastern Utah before transferring to USF. His final stop was Portland State in 2000. Then came the International Basketball League, United States Basketball League, Spanish League, French League and NBA Development League before Udoka finally washed ashore in the NBA. He played four games with the Los Angeles...
Blog-a-Bull (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
[Thanks to enemy combatant pookeyguru for today's game preview . I'm not sure yet how the 9pm CST start times will throw off my recappin' game, but it likely will somewhat. -ed.] Tonight is a battle of 2 teams at different paths in their journey. The Kings started out 1-3 before Kevin Martin was sidelined with a fractured left wrist, and subsequently had surgery, before winning the last 4 games to...
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
No rest for the wicked and/or weary. The inbox is jammed again with people offering questions and suggestions about what to do now that Travis Outlaw is down for the next couple of months. Is Juwan Howard the answer? Should the Blazers have kept Ime Udoka or Jarron Collins? Are we now to rain curses upon the Kings and Suns for snatching them up after we dumped them? Should Portland make a trade to...
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Kumbeno Memory, Prominent Portland AAU Coach, Jailed on Sex Charge Fox 12 reports that Kumbeno Memory, coach of Portland's I-5 Elite AAU basketball team -- a team run by Sacramento King and former Portland Trail Blazer Ime Udoka -- has been arrested on multiple charges, including a sex charge and a burglary charge. Here's a link to the article and here's the video . Memory is a regular presence at...
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
by Rich Pedroncelli - AP View full size photo » In his post-game comments, Houston coach Rick Adelman blamed a lack of first half defense for the Rockets loss. Obviously, he's right: the Sacramento offense hummed through the first half, especially in the early second quarter. But a big factor was also the Kings defense -- or Houston offense, depending on how you look at it -- as Sacramento held...
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Rich Pedroncelli - AP View full size photo » Already the hyenas invade. I have noticed a sincere uptick in "Tyreke Evans is not a point guard!" talk since Kevin Martin got injured, Beno Udrih got inserted into the starting line-up, and the Kings have gone on a 3-0 string. I actually received a thoughtful email from a reader a few days ago stating that the Kings should trade Martin...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Recently signed Ime Udoka, left, of the Kings steals the ball from Oklahoma City's Nick Collison in the first half Tuesday night at Arco Arena. Helping on defense is Donté Greene. The Kings have won three in a row and are at .500 for the first time since 2006. When one rookie faltered, another was there to pick up the slack. Omri Casspi missed two free...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Sacramento Kings have signed swingman Ime Udoka to a contract.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
SALT LAKE CITY – Andres Nocioni may have been wrapped in ice, but he hardly felt numb. The Kings veteran small forward was elated after the 104-99 win over Utah Saturday, relieved and thankful that something had gone right after a week that was so wrong. Nocioni was charged with driving under the influence, having been pulled over and arrested in downtown Sacramento around 2 a.m. Thursday. It...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Kings , NBA Injuries , NBA Police Blotter , NBA Transactions The Kings, seeking a defensive veteran for the small forward position, took on Desmond Mason in advance of training camp. That didn't turn out so well: Mason has been beyond awful on offense (surprising no one who has watched Mason play at any point over the past four years) and didn't make much of a difference...
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The signing of Ime Udoka , like the signing of Desmond Mason before it, portends little for the Sacramento Kings . Udoka, like Mason, is an aging defensive roleplayer whose a bit of a drain on offense at a position where the Kings have plenty of talent. Udoka turned 32 years old last August, having only three seasons of real NBA experience. He served as Portland's starting small forward in the halycon...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
When the talent pool is shallow, you fill it up whenever possible. That was the rough logic behind the Kings' signing of Ime Udoka on Wednesday. The 6-foot-5, sixth-year swingman spent the last two seasons as a key reserve for San Antonio, averaging 18.0 and 15.4 minutes, respectively. He was a strong defensive presence and an occasional three-point threat, although his 32.8 three-point percentage...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Kings have signed guard-forward Ime Udoka to an undisclosed contract, team basketball president Geoff Petrie announced Wednesday afternoon. Udoka, 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, has played for four NBA teams in five seasons. He averaged 6.0 points and 1.0 assists in 227 career games with the Lakers (2003-04), Knicks (2005-06), Trail Blazers (2006-07 and Spurs (2007 to 2009). "We're excited about...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Kings have signed guard-forward Ime Udoka to an undisclosed contract, team basketball president Geoff Petrie announced Wednesday afternoon. Udoka, 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, has played for four NBA teams in five seasons. He averaged 6.0 points and 1.0 assists in 227 career games with the Lakers (2003-04), Knicks (2005-06), Trail Blazers (2006-07 and Spurs (2007 to 2009). "We're excited about...
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