Tyreke Evans

Kings rookie Tyreke Evans has apol­o­gized for pub­licly crit­i­ciz­ing team­mate Andres Nocioni fol­low­ing the team’s loss to the Thun­der on Sunday.

The two play­ers exchanged words dur­ing the fourth quar­ter and Evans told the Sacra­mento Bee after the game, “We were in the game, and you come down and take bad shots? That’s not team basketball.”

Evans said he and Nocioni resolved the mat­ter after Monday’s practice.

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Spencer Hawes

Kings cen­ter Spencer Hawes was inac­tive for the team’s game against the Pis­tons on Tues­day night.

“I saw where he’s hav­ing a hard time under­stand­ing his role,” said Sacra­mento coach Paul West­phal. “He should under­stand it (after) tonight.”

West­phal did not give a spe­cific rea­son for the bench­ing, but Hawes has been vocal about his up-and-down min­utes and chang­ing roles.

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Larry Hughes

The Sacra­mento Kings today waived guard Larry Hughes.

Hughes was acquired from the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade on Feb­ru­ary 18, 2010, and did not appear in any con­tests with Sacramento.

Over­all this sea­son Hughes, when play­ing for the New York Knicks before com­ing to Sacra­mento, aver­aged 9.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 26.5 min­utes per game.

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Ser­gio Rodriguez

Else­where on the trade front, there is the pos­si­bil­ity that reserve point guard Ser­gio Rodriguez could find him­self wear­ing a dif­fer­ent jer­sey soon.

Sources said Mem­phis, New York and New Jer­sey have all inquired about the little-used fourth-year player, who is in the final sea­son of his contract.

A poten­tial trade may not result in the Kings tak­ing back a player and instead sav­ing the remain­ing money on Rodriguez’s salary this sea­son of $1.8 million.

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Troy Mur­phy

Sources close to the Pac­ers say there is sig­nif­i­cant inter­est from Sacra­mento in Troy Murphy.

The Kings are pur­su­ing a straight up deal cen­tered around the expir­ing con­tract of Kenny Thomas ($8.5 million).

Indi­ana would surely push to include at least one of the Kings prospects such as Donte Greene.

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Kevin Mar­tin

The Mav­er­icks are among the teams inter­ested in Kings shoot­ing guard Kevin Martin.

The Sacra­mento Bee points out that the strug­gles of the two teams could increase the pos­si­bil­ity of a deal. Dal­las has lost four of their last five games, which may encour­age them to swing a trade prior to the Feb. 18 deadline.

Any deal send­ing Mar­tin to the Mav­er­icks would likely have to involve a third team.

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Kevin Mar­tin

Danny Ainge has con­tin­ued his attempts to trade Ray Allen, accord­ing to sources.

His most recent inquiry has involved the Kings, as he is inter­ested in acquir­ing Kevin Mar­tin in return.

Sacra­mento might be more inclined to deal Mar­tin if a third team is involved.

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Tyreke Evans

Tyreke Evans will be the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, but he has not com­pletely endeared him­self to team­mates with the way he dom­i­nates the ball.

Make no mis­take: Los­ing 16 of the past 18 games has played a big part with that. There are sev­eral teams watch­ing the dynamic between Evans and Kevin Mar­tin and won­der­ing whether the Kings will become moti­vated to trade Martin.

Thus far, their tal­ents do not seem compatible.

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Kevin Mar­tin

Even though Sacra­mento con­tin­ues to insist they do not want to deal Kevin Mar­tin, the Mav­er­icks show a seri­ous inter­est in the shoot­ing guard.

The Mav­er­icks, accord­ing to NBA front-office sources, tell the Kings they want to hear from them if they chance their position.

Sources close to the sit­u­a­tion said that Dal­las is now will­ing to include Josh Howard in a deal.

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The rum­bling is the Rap­tors con­sid­er­ing send­ing under­achiev­ing point guard Jose Calderon to Sacra­mento for the Kevin Mar­tin who does not curl.

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