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In the fall of 1997, before his first and only full season as the Sacramento Kings' head coach, Eddie Jordan invited his mentor, Tom Young, to the team's training camp.

It has now been five years since the Kings era of "the greatest show on court" ended.

What: All 14 NBA teams that failed to make the playoffs will participate in the lottery to determine the selection order for the June 25 draft.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Jerry Reynolds was devastated. His voice was husky, and he spoke in halting, uncharacteristically awkward phrases.

As it pertains to the 2009 NBA draft, the consensus around StR is that if we don't get a top two pick, we're basically screwed.

Veteran columnist Randy Hill is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. The madness of NCAA postseason-tournament basketball has not infected most of the NBA employees assigned to scout hotshot student-athletes. And this observation has little to do with the prevailing notion that the 2009 NBA Draft will be weaker than your stock portfolio.

The almanac: On this date in 1994, Oliver Miller of the Phoenix Suns thought he was on the receiving end of an April Fool's Day joke when President Clinton called him.

News, observations and reader questions about the Sacramento Kings and the NBA. Nuggets at Kings Scoring: Kings 14th , Nuggets seventh .

Tossing out off-court bouquets to those responsible for Arkansas' victory over Georgia, the person who contributed the most was certain to be overlooked.

Recently, the opportunity to sit behind Kings interim coach Kenny Natt during a game enabled me to hear him barking out instructions to his team.

Jazz at Kings Scoring: Kings 13th , Jazz eighth . Shooting: Kings tied for 25th , Jazz fourth .

News, observations and reader questions about the Sacramento Kings and the NBA. January 24, 2009 Opening tip: Ten years and forever ago Kings at Bucks Scoring: Kings 13th , Bucks 17th .

I'm a big believer in points margin as a team-level indicator because, well, it works.