DALLAS — Chris Webber was worried he couldn't resist too strong a sales pitch, so he did the sensible thing.
He stopped taking phone calls.
Otherwise, who knows? He might have been preparing to pull on a silver-and-black uniform tonight to play alongside Tim Duncan against the Sacramento Kings.
The calls Webber decided not to take were from Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
"It was tough, definitely, not going to San Antonio with the opportunity to play with Tim," Webber said after a recent workout with Sacramento teammates at American Airlines Arena in Dallas. "It's just an honor. I have all the respect in the world for Coach Gregg Popovich.
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DALLAS - Four international players were in uniform at American Airlines Center on Thursday.
For Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who hails from Germany, that's a good thing. Especially since many view the 7-footer as the NBA's best international player, a title Nowitzki doesn't care for.
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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban went off on the referees, and coach Don Nelson went off on center Shawn Bradley.
That, combined with some sensational shooting by Sacramento's Peja Stojakovic, highlighted an uneventful night for the Mavericks. Stojakovic started the fireworks early scoring 17 of his game-high 32 points in the first quarter, and the Kings crowned the Mavericks 110-98 before a crowd of 18,384 Thursday night at American Airlines Center.
After the game, Cuban criticized the referees for not calling what he terms a "fair game."
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Kings Nov 2001 Archive
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| Nov 30, 2001
Peja Stojakovic scored 32 points, including 17 in the first quarter when Sacramento went ahead to stay, as the Kings beat host Dallas 110-98 Thursday night to end the Mavericks' four-game winning streak.
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| Nov 29, 2001
-- Chris Webber said it's getting harder and harder to watch the Kings play.
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| Nov 28, 2001
For one night, Norris made sure the Rockets were not even that different.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Cleaves has played just 19 minutes this season -- he has seen the hardwood in just five of Sacramento's 15 games.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Grounded!
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| Nov 27, 2001
MEMPHIS -- The four-game road trip the Kings began Monday night was supposed to start with a "sure" victory against a Memphis Grizzlies team that had won just one of its first 12 games.
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| Nov 27, 2001
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
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| Nov 27, 2001
W.
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| Nov 26, 2001
This is the story of two star players:
Chris Webber, who seemed for all the world as if he wanted to bolt the Sacramento Kings but stayed.
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| Nov 26, 2001
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Francis has got 'the bug' again
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| Nov 25, 2001
One moment Saturday night at Arco Arena, Peja Stojakovic and Hedo Turkoglu were doing the "Slavic Air Bump" at midcourt.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Just when you believed the heated, "I can't stand to look at your face" rivalries were dead in the NBA, check again.
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| Nov 24, 2001
Look closely tonight as the New Jersey Nets sprint around Arco Arena.
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| Nov 23, 2001
Coaches often look at point differential to help measure the strength of teams.
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| Nov 22, 2001
Kings center Vlade Divac and Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal entered Wednesday night's action shooting 57.
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| Nov 22, 2001
On the nights when things don't go as planned, mental toughness and fortitude become the staples for success.
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| Nov 21, 2001
If Kings forward Peja Stojakovic and assistant coach Elston Turner are correct in their early-season assessments, Sacramento fans are going to be ecstatic.
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| Nov 21, 2001
This was Scot Pollard's idea of a bad joke: He was playing poorly, feeling shaky, looking bad and bald -- as in, not very cool without his outrageously long locks -- and he had absolutely nothing funny to say about the situation.
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| Nov 20, 2001
Things have been going so bad for the Seattle SuperSonics lately that even video coordinator Walt Rock and assistant general manager Rich Cho are hobbling around with injuries.
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| Nov 20, 2001
The Sacramento Bee assesses the status of the Sacramento Kings without Chris Webber and likes the foundation of this team.
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| Nov 20, 2001
A cursory look at Monday night's game between the Kings and Houston Rockets was quite deceiving.
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| Nov 20, 2001
So this is how Dallas felt.
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| Nov 18, 2001
LOS ANGELES -- There is no consensus among the Kings regarding the importance of tonight's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Nov 18, 2001
Tonight's Kings game against the Lakers at 6:30 at Staples Center is likely the first matchup Sacramento fans circled on their season schedules.
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| Nov 17, 2001
It didn't happen Friday night against the Chicago Bulls, but Rick Adelman has been considering a lineup change.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Things must be going well for the Kings.
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| Nov 16, 2001
Rebounding would have been a major issue for the Kings, but Chris Webber's sprained ankle turned it into an even greater concern.
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| Nov 15, 2001
The Kings are winning despite an abnormally high number of turnovers.
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| Nov 14, 2001
The Kings couldn't avoid the road early.
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| Nov 14, 2001
Vinsanity came to town, in the person of Vince Carter, and insanity made an appearance, too.
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| Nov 13, 2001
Limping forward Chris Webber made an appearance at Kings practice Monday and received a mock cheer from his teammates at Arco Arena.
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| Nov 12, 2001
The Kings have a glut at point guard, but also a solution.
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| Nov 11, 2001
MIAMI -- They played a game and held a family reunion Saturday, when Mike Bibby of the Kings faced the Heat and his brother-in-law, guard Eddie House.
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| Nov 11, 2001
MIAMI -- Pat Riley went down in a heap, his legs cut out from under him on a textbook open-field tackle by Doug Christie that sent the Miami Heat coach tumbling to the ground in front of his bench.
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| Nov 11, 2001
The Heat's NBA-record 594-game three-point streak ended Saturday.
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| Nov 10, 2001
ORLANDO, Fla.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Vlade meet Vlade.
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| Nov 10, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Head coach Doc Rivers said Friday that Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber should feel no bitterness toward the Orlando Magic, which did not seriously pursue the all-star when he was a free agent last summer for financial reasons.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Ken Hornack of the Daytona News-Journal reports: As expected, Mike Miller was brought off the injured list by the Orlando Magic before their game against the Sacramento Kings.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Hunter debuts as starter
The Magic gave rookie center Steven Hunter his first start Friday night against the Sacramento Kings.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The Magic finally got a look at their "Big 3" Friday night, and it was a welcome sight.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The Orlando Magic were fully loaded for the first time this season, coming at the Sacramento Kings with all the assembled bells and whistles.
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| Nov 9, 2001
Doug Christie, after entering the season saying he wanted to be more proficient from the perimeter, is at just 35.
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| Nov 9, 2001
The Sacramento Kings' overseas imports Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Peja Stojakovic (Yugoslavia) have stepped up to help the Kings (4-1) stay in the Western Conference hunt while all-star power forward Chris Webber recouperates from a sprained left ankle.
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| Nov 9, 2001
The two NBA teams that have been affected most by Shaquille O'Neal's free-agent defection to the West Coast meet tonight at TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Nov 8, 2001
INDIANAPOLIS -- All but declaring an end to a very successful international career, Kings center Vlade Divac said he will return to Indianapolis next August for the World Championships only to support Yugoslavia and not to play for his native land.
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| Nov 8, 2001
INDIANAPOLIS -- This is how it ends? The Kings' longest season-opening win streak since 1995-96, and the team that was playing two point guards together in the fourth quarter along with at least one other good ballhandler, Hedo Turkoglu or Doug Christie, and they go under looking like a pickup team? With Mike Bibby, the symbol of stoicism, slamming his hand on the scorer's table?
What gives? Besides the Kings, that is.
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| Nov 8, 2001
After three promising seasons in the NBA, Mike Bibby said he needed a change in scenery to feel like he was truly a part of the league.
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| Nov 8, 2001
This was Sacramento's kind of game.
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| Nov 7, 2001
CLEVELAND -- They even failed to win the affection of fans, those who came to lifeless Gund Arena by the hundreds to mooch a free meal, under the pretense of watching the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Kings.
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| Nov 7, 2001
For the Cavs, some things have absolutely nothing to do with injuries.
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| Nov 7, 2001
The Cleveland Cavaliers scored a season-high for points in a quarter and finished with their best field-goal percentage in a game.
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| Nov 6, 2001
CLEVELAND -- Father Time hasn't been an issue yet, but coach Rick Adelman's time allotment is another matter, so the Kings are already conscious of trying to limit Vlade Divac's minutes in a plan to keep him fresh for what could be the longest season in team history.
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| Nov 5, 2001
The Kings picked on someone their own size for a change Sunday night, going from the Lilliputians the first two games, Seattle and Denver, and getting their first real test of the season.
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| Nov 5, 2001
Lawrence Funderburke is what you might call an NBA niche player.
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| Nov 5, 2001
Kings all-star foward Chris Webber received an invitation to compete for the United States in next summer's World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, but he was unable to agree at this point because of previous familial commitments.
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| Nov 5, 2001
More than 10 minutes after Sacramento had finished whipping the Spurs on Sunday night, several thousand fans remained in their Arco Arena seats, cheering louder than ever.
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| Nov 5, 2001
Vlade Divac had 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the Sacramento Kings never trailed in routing the San Antonio Spurs 103-83 on Sunday night.
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| Nov 4, 2001
DENVER — The season is only three games old, and already the Denver Nuggets are in self-destruct mode.
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| Nov 4, 2001
DENVER -- Exactly when Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Kings is not clear, though maybe it was around the time Mike Bibby grew 12 inches and a beard.
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| Nov 4, 2001
DENVER -- It's just the start of the season, but a potential grind already for the Kings, who Saturday night began a stretch of six games in eight days, spread out over six cities and three time zones.
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| Nov 4, 2001
Spurs scouting report: Tim Duncan averaged 30.
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