Greivis Vasquez

Kings Rocket Department

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – DeMarcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas and Greivis Vasquez represent the Sacramento Kings as nominees for starting spots on the 2014 NBA All-Star Game Western Conference squad.

The NBA and Sprint announced the All-Star ballots on November 15, during an event in New Orleans, the host city of NBA All-Star 2014. The 120 players on the ballot (60 each from the Western and Eastern conference) were selected by a panel including Greg Anthony of NBA Digital, Mary Schmitt Boyer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Zach Lowe of Grantland, and John Reid of the New Orleans Times Picayune.

Cousins, with averages of 22.8 points and 10 rebounds per contest, is among the league leaders in both categories. Through eight games, the fourth-year center has three 30 point games and four double-doubles. Thomas, having scored in double digits in each of the his first eight games off the bench, is second on the team in scoring (18.1 ppg) and assists (5 apg). Vasquez, in his first season with the Kings, leads the team in assists (5.5 apg) and third on the squad in scoring (10.5 ppg).

NBA All-Star Balloting 2014 presented by Sprint allows fans around the world the opportunity to vote for their favorite players on a daily basis through a myriad of ways that include online selection and social media on a global scale. Fans can vote via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Sina Weibo and Tencent Microblog in China. Facebook voting allows fans to comment on official league, team, or international NBA All-Star Facebook pages by commenting below the post with #NBABallot and the player’s first and last name. Voters can select 10 unique players per day. Twitter voting allows fans to tweet a vote for 10 unique players each day throughout the All-Star balloting period. The tweet must include the player’s first and last name, along with hash tag #NBABallot. Fans can use Instagram to vote by posting an original photo, using #NBABallot and the player’s first and last name in the photo caption. Fans can vote for 10 unique players per day.

NBA fans can also access the ballot and vote through the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint applications, available on Android and iOS. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day, through the NBA Game Time and NBA Game Time from Sprint application, the most comprehensive app in the marketplace for NBA fans.

There are several other ways fans can cast their votes as part of this season’s all-digital program including: in 11 languages on NBA.com/asb, through SMS voting by texting the player's last name to 6-9-6-2-2 ("MYNBA") or by visiting NBA.com/asb on any wireless device. Fans can vote for 10 different players per day, per phone number, via SMS voting by sending 10 separate SMS messages, each one with a different player's last name. Message and data rates may apply. Voters can fill out one full ballot per day on nba.com/asb from a desktop or mobile browser.

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Cousins, Thomas and Vasquez Represent Kings on All-Star Ballot

--Sacramento sends Tyreke Evans to New Orleans--

SACRAMENTO ---- The Sacramento Kings announced today the acquisition of guard Greivis Vásquez from New Orleans in a three-team trade that sent Tyreke Evans to the Pelicans. To round out the deal, the Kings will also receive a 2016 second-round draft pick and future second-round draft considerations while Portland acquired center Robin Lopez and guard Terrel Harris from New Orleans in exchange for the draft rights to Jeff Withey.

"We're excited to welcome Greivis to the Kings," said Kings General Manager Pete D'Alessandro. "He established himself as one of the league's most talented young point guards last season and we're confident he'll continue this trajectory in Sacramento.

"We also want to thank Tyreke for the contribution he made to the Kings organization. We wish him the best in New Orleans."

Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round (28th overall) of the 2010 NBA Draft, Vásquez is averaging 9.0 points (.429 FG%, .325 3pt%, .806 FT%), 2.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 24.5 minutes per game in 214 career games in three seasons with Memphis (2010-11 – 2012-13) and New Orleans (2011-12 – 2012-13). The 6-6, 211-pound guard is coming off a breakout season in which he averaged career-highs of 13.9 points (.433 FG%, .342 3pt%, .805 FT%), 4.3 rebounds, and 9.0 assists (ranked third in NBA).

Chosen by the Kings with the fourth-overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Evans averaged 17.5 points (.449 FG%, .276 3pt%, .765 FT%), 4.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.4 steals, and 34.9 minutes per game in 257 career contests in four seasons with Sacramento (2009-10 – 2012-13). The 6-6, 220-pound point guard became the fifth player in franchise history and the first during the Sac-era to be named NBA Rookie of the Year after averaging 20.1 points (.458 FG%, .255 3pt%, .748 FT%), 5.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.5 steals, and 37.2 minutes per game in 72 contests.

Greivis Vasquez

Cousins, Thomas and Vasquez Represent Kings on All-Star Ballot

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