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Sacramento Bee: Suns offer Kings tough test of Carril's lessons
Some notes on tonight's Suns game, along with some tidbits on how Pete Carril operates under Paul Westphal.

Kings Blog and Q&A: Mason impresses Westphal without impressive stats
NBA FanHouse: Mason Looking Like Kings' Starting SF
A pair of pieces in which Westphal says nice things about Desmond Mason.

Kings.com: JT, Tyreke Ready to Run with Suns
Jason Thompson and Tyreke Evans talk about the Suns. Evans discusses how he thinks he can get to Steve Nash.

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The respected Wendell Maxey has a lovely write-up of Sacramento's Tyreke Evans on SLAM's website.

A 6-6, 225-pound point guard, Evans should hold his own against both small and big guards alike around the League. Just ask Steve Blake and Andre Miller. They’ve surely seen enough of Evans for a while.

Seen enough of his quick drives.

Seen enough of his handle.

Seen enough of his soft jumper.

Maxey goes on to quote 'Reke and paraphrase the coaching staff regarding Evans's defense. It's a nice piece of respect from a non-local writer, which really serves to remind me how rare respect from non-local writers has been of late. Kevin Martin's been great but underappreciated nationally the last few years. For some reason, it doesn't seem like Evans will be underappreciated. And that excites me almost as much as 'Reke's game.

Almost.

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Sacramento Bee: Beno Udrih will have to fight to keep point guard job
Sam Amick gets at the less vitriolic side of Beno Udrih, incumbent starting point guard.

StR FanPost: A Loyal Small Market Fan: The Reasoning behind the Insanity
A must-read FanPost from here at Sactown Royalty on why we root.

Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson: New arena is a "front-burner" issue 
Mayor KJ keeps hitting on the arena issue. It'd be interesting to find out how much of this is welcomed by John Moag of the NBA, if not the Maloofs.

More after le hop.

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And Blazers, Spurs, Rockets, Celtics, Suns, Mavericks, Nuggets, Jazz, Clippers, Warriors, Sonics (RIP), Knicks and Bulls fans, I suppose. Kurt from Forum Blue and Gold tells the tale:

For those of you that watched Flash Forward last night, we have no idea where Kobe or the Lakers will be on April 29. If you’re going to watch the show, here comes the SPOILER ALERT: In the show, everybody on the planet blacks out and has a vision of a specific time in the future, the evening of April 29 (10 p.m. LA Time). One of the characters, reading the sports page on the john, says that he reads a story about Kobe blowing out an ACL and being out for the season. Well, he’d be out for the playoffs as the Lakers end the regular season on April 14. No way to know what the Lakers schedule will be then yet. But let’s hope that this show doesn’t foreshadow anything.

If you don't give Flash Forward a compulsory Season Pass at this point, you can turn in your Kings Fan Card.

Sacramento Bee: Martin accompanies Jordan to Hall festivities
Sam Amick has more good notes in addition to the Martin/MJ vignette. Among them: Petrie plans to stick to 13 players on the roster (which would mean no Kyrylo Fesenko) and Tyreke Evans will get to Sacramento Sunday.

KINGS.com: Francisco Garcia Injury Update
Garcia will be cleared for full basketball activity next week, according to the team.

ComcastSports Philly: NBA Notebook
Evans has been doing two-a-days in the Philadelphia area with his brother acting as trainer. Working on passing, among other things.

HOOPSWORLD: Sacramento Kings 2009-2010 Preview

Orlando Sentinel: Sacramento Kings still the league's worst team

NBA FanHouse: Three Teams Cheaper Than the Grizzlies
The Kings will have the second lowest payroll entering the season, barring some wacky trades or last-minute signings.