Scouting Gani Lawal
Sactown Royalty — ...  a legitimate 6’9’’ with shoes.  He also weighed 229 lbs., with a 7’0" wingspan and 34.5" vertical.  In terms of height that is taller than DeJuan Blair (6’6.5"), James Johnson (6’7.75") and Derrick Brown (6’8.5") but just shorter than Tyler Hansbrough (6’9.5") and Omri Casspi (6’9.25").  In comparison to other players – Lawal is the exact height Donte Greene was measured at last year before the draft.  It is also the exact same height as ...

Scouting Jonny Flynn
Sactown Royalty — ... .  Also, one must take into consideration that Flynn is leaving Syracuse after his second season, whereas Felton and Nelson each spent three years in college respectively (Brooks played all four years at Oregon).  Flynn is only 20 – a year younger than Donte Greene, and younger than Lawson, Curry, Teague and Mills. ...

Source: Trade with Memphis involving McGrady, Brooks falls through
The Dream Shake — ... it. All signs point to Memphis GM Chris Wallace proposing the deal Houston GM Daryl Morey.  Morey has stated that McGrady is not on the table, and while Houston may eventually try to move him, it won't be this week.  The fact that Brooks' name was also mentioned makes this a no-brainer for Morey and certainly nullifies the use for this report. But I thought that I would let everyone know, as this is a reliable source (told me about the Nicolas Batum/Donte Greene deals in advance).  At least we know for sure that teams ...

Post-Draft Team Salaries
Sactown Royalty — ... $2,338,240 Omri Casspi, F $1,129,320 $1,214,040 $1,298,640 $2,203,792 $3,206,517 Donte Greene, F $870,000 $930,700 $1,679,914 ...

I'm going to miss you, Crazy Pills
The Dream Shake — ... I'm gonna miss you.  I admit, I'm a little weepy right now.  You were everything we asked for when we traded Donte Greene and a draft pick to get you last summer.  We always knew it might be a short-term relationship given that you were in a contract year.  We didn't care.  Nor do I feel cheated today.  It was worth the risk.  And I fully believe that risk paid off in spades. ...

Should the Kings Even Be Thinking About 2010?
Sactown Royalty — ... going to involve this vaunted free-agent market? Let's take a look. First lets take a look at how much space we should have available in 2010, as of now. Using sroufe's wonderful Post-Draft Salaries chart we see the Kings have about $43.5 Million available. If they don't give Sergio Rodriguez the qualifying offer, that will bring the total to about $41 Million. There's also team options for Spencer Hawes, Jason Thompson and Donte Greene, which I'm 99.9% sure are going to get picked up so thats a moot ...

NBA Summer League Day One Recap - It's A Grind
Pounding The Rock — ... Donte Greene - Donte is known for his shooting, including a monstrous 40-point debut in last year's Summer League, but he only went 3 for 9 in this game and missed both his 3-ball attempts.  The big knock on Donte last year was his defense, or that thereof, so I found it humorous that on numerous occasions he was telling the guys on the team how to position their bodies and where to be.  The best part, is that he was dead on.  ...

NBA Summer League Day Two Recap - The Breakouts
Pounding The Rock — ... Donte Greene - His stats weren't good, but I like him more than I thought I would.  He seems to be involving himself in the rough stuff.  5-17 isn't what you want to see from a guy who's a shooter, but he's not drifting around lost. ...

Game Thread: Bucks/Kings
Brew Hoop — ... SG Jodie Meeks Omri Casspi SF Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Donte Greene PF Joe Alexander Jason Thompson ...

Links n' Links: July 15
Sactown Royalty — Lots of stuff today. Las Vegas Sun - At age 79, Kings coach still in love with the game of basketball A profile of Pete Carril which includes news that Coachie may hang it up for good after this season. Kings Blog and Q&A;: The regretful Donté Greene More on Donte Greene's bad feelings about the rookie year, including his regrets over leaving Syracuse. Halperin takes Tapiro's role for Euros - Jerusalem Post  Omri Casspi is scheduled to play for the Israeli national team in August ...

My Team Is Better Than Yours: Sacramento Kings Edition
Pounding The Rock — ... Starters PG: Tony Parker versus Tyreke Evans: Advantage Spurs SG: Roger Mason versus Kevin Martin: Advantage Kings SF: Richard Jefferson versus Fransisco Garcia: Advantage Spurs PF: Antonio McDyess versus Jason Thompson: Advantage Spurs C: Tim Duncan versus Spencer Hawes: Advantage Spurs Bench: Manu, Hill, Blair, Mahinmi, Finley, Bonner, Haislip and Hairston DESTROY Nocioni, Sergio Rodriguez, Omri Casspi, Donte Greene, and Sean May even without Hill, Blair, Mahinmi, ...

'The Kings Would Starve'
Sactown Royalty — ... So the top team by regular season performance -- the Cavs -- would split $107.3 million, while the worst -- our SacraMENTO KINGS! -- would split $27.6 million. Hmm. How to divy it up? Win Shares, created for baseball by Bill James and calculated for basketball by Justin Kubatko of Basketball-Reference, would seem to do the trick. Win Shares is not a perfect system, but it's the best currently available, in my estimation. But we can't have players like Donte Greene and Bobby Brown -- players who finished the season with ...

Paul Westphal Talks Tyreke Evans, Sean May and More
Sactown Royalty — ... the interview at KHTK.com later today, but until then some notes from his interview. Tyreke Evans's best quality is that he asserts his will on the court. Jon Brockman is smart, and knows where he's supposed to be. Omri Casspi can be a versatile player, especially considering his size. Positions don't matter as much as they used to; if Sean May can do good things as a center, then he'll play there. Donte Greene is not an "inside" player right now. Westphal is not ...

Kings Abroad
Sactown Royalty — ... Omri Casspi, Israel The Israeli national team bosses begged Omri to continue his play this summer at Eurobasket (which begins in early September), but instead Casspi will be working out in Florida with David Thorpe and getting an early start on training camp in Sacramento. Sergio Rodriguez, Spain Sergio was passed over for Spain's Olympic team (they took, ahem, Ricky Rubio instead) and won't be playing in Eurobasket this year. Donte Greene, Germany D.G. made noise about potentially playing ...

Donte Greene's Shot Selection
Sactown Royalty — By request after the glance at the shot selection of Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes, here's a quick chart showing the breakdown of Donte Greene's 2008-09 FGAs. Keep in mind that Greene played few minutes, and in total took relatively few shots (only 236 on the season). But there's no denying he spent most of the 2008-09 season looking for his three-ball. Not a bad strategy if he could hit them ... but he shot 26% from there during the season and 27.6% during his D-League stint. He hit 1-of-8 during summer league. He ...

What happened to the "big trade" that has yet to materialize?
The Dream Shake — ... "it's a Mr. Morey on the line... he wants to talk about a trade."  (Not that I don't understand why a GM would hesitate to take phone calls from our resident Boy Genius.  No one wants to get fleeced, and that's all Mr. Morey seems to do to his colleagues.) This time a year ago we were basking in the awesomeness that was the Ron Artest trade.  Never before has a summer league game changed the immediate fortunes of a team so quickly.  Thank you Donte Greene and the Sacramento Kings management.  It made ...

Voluntary Conditioning Program Begins Sept. 8
Sactown Royalty — ... thing. If you'll remember last season, Spencer Hawes couldn't make the voluntary program, and initially begged out of the conditioning test. Amick reports that Hawes will be in Sacramento to take part in the program this year. (We should also note that Hawes eventually took and passed the test when it became a media/fan issue, and he was in terrific shape when he showed up.) Strength and conditioning coach Daniel Shapiro said he expects about seven players to show up. Donte Greene and Jason Thompson are both back East, but I suspect ...

Introducing the 30Q Series
Sactown Royalty — ... season will be. Every day in September, I'll pose a question, try to answer it, and open the thread open for everyone else's thoughts. The questions will generally get more important as we get closer to training camp, though that's not a hard and fast rule. (In other words, I reserve the right to ask about potential Donte Greene Show plotlines later this month.) ...

Ricky Rubio is Ricky Rubio.
Posting and Toasting — ... agent Dan Fegan — and there’s word of a Rubio for restricted free agent David Lee, Nate Robinson and a No. 1 pick deal. Fair enough. I'd like to add, though, that this is the same Jerry Zgoda who, earlier today, tweeted rumblings of a trade rumor which he'd based off of this post from this fake Jonny Flynn Twitter account. Why do I say fake? Well, for one, I don't think the real Flynn would tweet this. For two, Donte Greene's warm welcome to Flynn's account used a different ...

30Q: Can Tyreke Evans and Kevin Martin Co-Exist?
Sactown Royalty — ... might need a passer to set up half his scores. Perhaps Omri Casspi and Donte Greene will be in the same boat. But that's not the question in question. Don't be worried about Too Freaky and Speed -- Martin doesn't need a Nash, and there will be plenty of shots between them. (On that note, don't be worrying about sharing the offensive load. Last year, ...

30Q: Will the Kings' Relative Lack of Assists Matter?
Sactown Royalty — ... and Donte Greene gets easy buckets. But Voisin and others who still beat the Ricky-over-Reke drum base their arguments on this assumption that Rubio's virtuoso passing skills would automatically and without question raise the games of his teammates while Reke's virtuoso scoring skills help only Reke. As if Reke's 20 points are less valuable than the 20 points Ricky creates for JT and Omri. ...

30Q: Will This Be Geoff Petrie's Final Season in Sacramento?
Sactown Royalty — ... However, the team is seemingly falling behind its rivals on other matters. Like scouting. The team has no advanced stats guy -- not even one, as most high-level NBA teams now do. (A few teams have whole advanced stats staffs.) Player development has suffered. The team showed little understanding of how to best use the D-League until Donte Greene went down to Reno for five games last season. The use of Shareef Abdur-Rahim as a development coach is nice, but this is new territory for the Kings ... when other franchises have been doing it all decade. Every new ...

30Q: When Will Tyreke Evans Get His First Start?
Sactown Royalty — ... 30Q asks the important questions about the Kings all through September. It's safe to say that rougly 90% of the reasons I'm excited for the 2009-10 Sacramento Kings have to with Tyreke Evans. Some of it is a healthy Kevin Martin ... paired with Tyreke Evans. Some of it is a muscly Donte Greene ... getting fed by Tyreke Evans. A maturing Spencer Hawes ... playing off of Tyreke Evans. An improved defense ... led by Tyreke Evans. An improve fast break ... started by ...

Our New Sports Reality
Sactown Royalty — ... (Sic'd to death, of course.) Starring Sean May as Lindsay Lohan, Rashad McCants as the art freaks and Donte Greene and Jason Thompson as The Plastics.^ *** Sean May (@BigMay42), 7:49 PM: Watching a little football steelers vs titians Jason Thompson (@jtthekid), 7:53 PM: At the monarchs game wit my boys @dontegreene n woo payne. Kickin it courtside. Trying to route on for the ladies. Wave to me if u c me!! Donte Greene (@dontegreene), 7:53 PM: at da monarchs game wit ...

30Q: Will Smallball Return to Sacramento?
Sactown Royalty — ... 30Q asks the important questions about the Kings all through September. Last year, Kings fans got a tiny taste of giantball -- when Brad Miller, Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson all player together -- but more often a dose of smallball, with Andres Nocioni, Francisco Garcia and Donte Greene getting some minutes at power forward. According to 82games.com, Garcia received 7% of the team's allotted power forward minutes. Nocioni took 8% of ...

30Q: Should Andres Nocioni Be Traded?
Sactown Royalty — ... and spirit, but I digress. That's what the Kings desperately felt they desperately needed, so they acquired and kept Nocioni. The question that exists now is whether heart and spirit (and the aforementioned talent) is still a need to the degree it was, and if not whether Nocioni's $21 million heart and spirit (and talent) makes enough of a difference to hold onto him beyond the trade deadline, assuming there are suitors? Three weeks ago, I would have said the readiness of Donte Greene and Omri Casspi matter in any Nocioni's proceedings, ...

Desmond Mason, You Make No Sense
Sactown Royalty — ... in worse financial shape than the Thunder. Yet the Thunder passes on the local favorite, while the Kings sign him. The intangible benefits of Mason in OKC greatly outweigh those he'll offer in Sacramento (where he has played with none of the players previously). Yet, here he is, taking up a roster spot. And what's the best-case scenario? Dez magically imparts the infinite wisdom of nine mediocre NBA seasons onto the youngsters, immediately making them All-NBA candidates? Mason teaches Donte Greene this one really sick dunk which will definitely turn some ...

30Q: Desmond Mason? Really?
Sactown Royalty — ... team, that would have only beaten Donte Greene, who happens to be 21 years old and full of potential, not 32 years old and coming off a major knee injury. That was the Desmond Mason of three years ago: terrible. So I'm not too excited about getting Desmond Mason of three years, even though the idea we could be so fortunate to get the Desmond Mason of three years is pretty danged optimistic, considering players tend to get worse and not better as they enter their thirties. ...

30Q: Will the Kings Be a Good Three-Point Shooting Team?
Sactown Royalty — ... Donte Greene. Similarly, D.G. is going to have to prove he can hit the three regularly before we count him as dependable. As a reminder, Greene shot .260 from deep last season. ...

30Q: Is Donte Greene Ready?
Sactown Royalty — ... Over the past few months, the community here at Sactown Royalty has probably fought over Donte Greene more than any other player not named Ricky. He is a divisive force. Some (myself included) think he has star potential. Other think he's a waste of a roster spot, on the fast track to Gerald Greendom. ...

Sacramento Kings Media Day Errata
Sactown Royalty — ... is the type of guy who comes off extremely comfortable ... and perfectly calm, but enthusiastic all the same. He said he plans to be more vocal on the court and in the locker room, but admitted leadership comes with time, and he's still just a kid on this team. He was also pretty sober about expectations for himself and the team. He will not be tweeting during games. And if he could be a superhero, he'd be Captain America, who "has swag." Jason Thompson, you are a smart man. Donte Greene is afraid of Sactown Royalty. He enjoyed the Spencer ...

30Q: Can the Kings' Defense Possibly Be That Bad Again?
Sactown Royalty — ... the statistic leaguewide. In all likelihood, and though leaguewide shooting typically improves year-to-year, it seems unlikely the Kings will again allow opponents to shoot 40% from three. So there's some improvement there. We have discussed defensive rebounding, and I believe it's a good opportunity for defensive improvement on this team. Sean May and Jon Brockman are big improvements over Mikki Moore on the boards; Andres Nocioni, Omri Casspi and Donte Greene would all be an improvement over John Salmons at small ...

Donte Greene's Prescribed Niche: Defensive Stopper
Sactown Royalty — ... about Donte Greene's development. Iron Lungs Westphal thankfully goes into his current thinking on Té. Here's the transcribed quote of interest. ...

Greg Oden, Blazers Squash Kings 98-86
Sactown Royalty — ... Donte Greene (eight min, 0 points on two shots, one of which was a three, one rebounds, two steals, one turnover) ...

What the Kings Need From a Small Forward
Sactown Royalty — ... has two pieces dealing with the small forward position today -- one from Jason Jones that looks at the contenders for the still undecided starting spot, and a column from Ailene Voisin on the early returns for Omri Casspi. Jones susses out what exactly each option (other than Andres Nocioni, who will be the team's first wing off the bench) can bring. For Francisco Garcia, it's ball-handling. For Desmond Mason, it's slashing and defense. For Donte Greene, it's potentiall defense. For Casspi, it's hustle and ...

Meet Your Three-Guard Lineup
Sactown Royalty — ... Jason Jones of The Bee has some news from Sunday's practice on how Paul Westphal plans to address the Francisco Garcia injury. Insert Andres Nocioni as a starter? Nope. Pray Desmond Mason's back spasms disappear and his body as a whole holds up? Nope. Put your eggs in the Omri Casspi/Donte Greene basket? Nope. Stick your three best guards on the floor in the same lineup? Yep. Jones reports Westphal plans to rely heavily on the three-guard lineup of Kevin Martin, ...

Preview: Warriors at Kings, Preseason Game 4
Sactown Royalty — ... Flynn and Ricky Rubio for a second) preferred the physicality of Tyreke Evans and had concerns about a Curry degenerative knee condition. Evans has made the Kings look brilliant in VSL and three preseason games, while Curry had struggled for the most part. But Curry remains a prototypical Petrie guard, and it will be interesting to see whether Evans or Kevin Martin can shut him down in what should be a gingersnap fast game. WILD GUESS OF THE EVENING Donte Greene will get playing time. In the actual basketball game, not ...

The View from Section 115, Row B aka "Seats Kenny Thomas would like"
Sactown Royalty — ... Donte Greene: Ah Donte.  He looked pretty lost at times, and like Omri, blew a few defensive assignments early, leading Westphal to continually call him over and berate him for it.  Donte had an ok game, but I would hesitate to call it a success.  He really needs to go to the D-League for a while and get a lot of game time.  I'm starting to lose faith in his potential a little bit. ...

Preview: Kings at Suns, Preseason Game 5
Sactown Royalty — ... he could give Evans absolute fits. It'll be interesting to see hear how well Evans can use his tools to counteract Nash's craft. I'm not terribly optimistic at this point. INTERESTING SIDESHOW It's not quite Key Battle-worthy, but Jared Dudley has been earning a reputation for supreme hustle this preseason. Omri Casspi has done the same. Should be fun little back-and-forth if each gets on the floor. BOLD PREDICTION Donte Greene will play at least five minutes, and will not attempt a ...

Game Thread: Suns vs Kings
Bright Side Of The Sun — ... 220 6-6 Memphis Francisco Garcia 32 G 12.31.81 195 6-7 Louisville Donte Greene 20 F 2.21.88 226 6-11 ...

Official Sactown Royalty Kings 2009-10 Preview
Sactown Royalty — ... 5. Omri Casspi vs. Donte Greene, who ya got? Omri blistered through preseason, and could very well have started the regular season opener. (I have no idea, as I'm writing this preview from 1867.) Greene, meanwhile, struggled to earn Westphal's trust. Greene is bigger and more athletic, whereas Casspi has an incredible motor and better basketball IQ. There's no telling where these two will end up in five years, but it's going to be exciting to watch the race. ...

Sacramento Kings Previews
CelticsBlog — ... this season. Therefore, the Kings will not help the Grizzlies win games. Instead I’m going to go with scoring points in garbage time. This one’s all you, Donte Greene! ...

A Young Team With an Aversion to Youth
Sactown Royalty — ... the last two seasons as a Bowen Memorial player off the bench in San Antonio. Portland brought him to camp this fall but cut him, and no one had been rumored to give him a serious nibble in the two weeks since. Except Sacramento. Before Udoka, the Kings could be considered deep at two positions: point guard (Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih, Sergio Rodriguez) and small forward (Andres Nocioni, Omri Casspi, Desmond Mason, Donte Greene). The Kings have the youngest frontline (21-year-old Spencer ...

GAME THREAD: Game 5- Golden State Warriors @ Sacramento Kings- JUST WIN IT (seriously)
Golden State Of Mind — ... 0.0 0.5 0.7 75.0 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.2 2.3 3.5 Donte Greene 3 7.0 1.3 2.0 66.7 0.7 ...

Preview: Knicks at Kings
Sactown Royalty — ... is the funniest 20-year-old I've ever met, which the two exceptions being Donte Greene last year and myself at age 20. (If you can't see the joke in there, my humor is way too next level for you.) ...

"It's plain and simple..."
Posting and Toasting — ... Yep. It's this seasons second or third (can't remember) appearance of Francis the Vomiting Man (now with noose!). The Knicks are getting completely out-worked by Sacramento. The shot selection is awful and the defense is worse. Seriously. Donte Greene's a good player, but the Knicks are making him look like the second coming of Christ right now. This one is ugly. ...

Kings Blow Out Knicks 111-97, Donte Greene Makes Case for Hall of Fame
Sactown Royalty — Since the 1986-87 season, only three players have registered six block and six made threes in a single game: Raef LaFrentz (twice), Robert Horry ... and Donte Greene. Tonight, against the Knicks. The Show added five assists, four rebounds and a steal for good measure, and finished with 24 points on 13 shots. The entire Sacramento team played well, but this was Donte's night. Tyreke Evans's 20-point streak ended at seven. Instead, he pulled ...

Kings Hold Off Nets 109-96
Sactown Royalty — ... Speaking of Douglas-Roberts: he's the reason Donte Greene received only six minutes in the second half. Greene didn't play poorly -- he's just not quick enough to guard two-guards like CD-R, and that seemed like a real problem with this particular starting line-up once ...