Cousins was drafted fifth overall in 2010, near the end of the tenure of the previous ownership, the Maloof family. The Maloofs helped make the Kings a winner when they bought the team in the late 1990s, though Sacramento went 25-57 the season before Cousins was drafted.

The Sacramento Kings had an embarrassing loss against the Hawks. Head coach Doug Christie ripped his team and vowed changes.

Benjamin Beckwith said that while he is a life-long Kings fan, Edwards is by far his favorite professional basketball player.

The Kings fell to 3-9 overall after going 1-4 during the homestand, winning the first game against the Golden State Warriors before losing the last four by an average of 26.8 points. That included a 31-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, a 27-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and the 33-point loss to the Hawks.

With tensions rising in Memphis, the Sacramento Kings have emerged as the betting favorite to trade for Grizzlies All-Star guard Ja Morant.

The Atlanta Hawks have not had a winning streak longer than two this season, but they have a chance to reverse that trend tonight when they face the Sacramento

Jokic put up 35 points on 16-of-19 shooting with 14 rebounds and seven assists, leading the Nuggets to a 122-108 victory before an announced crowd of 15,106 on Tuesday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

Schroder will be replaced by Russell Westbrook in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Timberwolves, NBA reporter Chris Haynes reports. Schroder had started in each of Sacramento's first 12 games of the season,