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Kings Hope To Retain SongaliaThe Sacramento Kings hope to be able to re-sign restricted free agent forward Darius Songalia and should find out soon if they will be able to do so. Kings GM Geoff Petrie and Songalia's agent, Mark Bartelstein hope to work out a deal. "I think things have been heating up with Darius," Bartelstein said. "I've been talking to Geoff and we've agreed to keep talking and find out where we are. Darius has to make a decision in a day or two because it's important to some of the teams we're talking to. "It's not a situation where you have a restricted free agent who is looking to get out of a bad situation. Darius loves it in Sacramento, and Geoff has made it clear the Kings would like to have him back. It's going to come down to budget issues for the Kings." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Sonics, Spurs, Pistons And Wolves Ready To Go After EvansRoger Montgomery, Maurice Evans' agent, said Saturday the Kings have not aggressively attempted to retain his client. "Based on their recent acquisitions," Montgomery said, "I would have to infer the Kings are not really into re-signing Maurice. They have not been proactive pre-Bonzi Wells and post-Bonzi Wells. So I'm led to infer they have other plans that don't include Maurice." The Timberwolves, Spurs, Pistons and Sonics all appear interested in Evans. Sacramento Kings, Oklahoma City, San Antonio Spurs, Minnesota Timberwolves Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bonzi Traded To SacramentoBonzi Wells is a Sacramento King. The Grizzlies exercised an $8 million team option Friday and agreed to trade Wells to Sacramento in a three-team deal involving the Utah Jazz, NBA sources confirmed. The deal won’t be announced until the NBA’s moratorium is lifted because of a delay in finalizing the collective bargaining agreement. Wells, though, will go to Sacramento for guard Bobby Jackson while the Kings will send Greg Ostertag to Utah. The Jazz also will send forward Curtis Borchardt, and guards Raul Lopez and Kirk Snyder to Memphis. The 29-year-old Wells was considered the best guard available now that Ray Allen, Michael Redd, Bobby Simmons, Larry Hughes and Cuttino Mobley have agreed in principle to sign new deals. The Grizzles also had more than cursory conversations with Boston, Dallas, Washington, Detroit and Utah. Griz president Jerry West has shopped for deals since Wells was unceremoniously and inexplicably removed from the team during the playoffs. The team also is seeking to move guard Jason Williams and would like to consummate a sign-and-trade deal with free agent guard Earl Watson. Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Kings Jul 2005 Archive
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