SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 27 -- The Sacramento Kings concluded three years with Jason Williams, trading the flashy point guard to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Mike Bibby on Wednesday in a four-man deal. Nick Anderson was traded along with Williams to the Grizzlies, who hope to relocate to Memphis this summer. Brent Price, who played just six games for Vancouver last season, was sent to Sacramento.

Bibby and Williams were teammates for the 2000 Schick Rookie Challenge. Jesse Garrabrant/NBAE Photos

Williams and Anderson "contributed to a lot of our success here the last couple of years, but we think we made a good move for our team in the future," said Geoff Petrie, the Kings' vice president of basketball operations. Unhappy as his playing time and importance to the Kings decreased last season, Williams questioned his role with the team and suggested he wanted to be traded. Petrie obliged with a late draft-day deal. "The deal evolved during the course of the day, as things like this will during draft day," Petrie said. "They are very excited about getting Jason, and we're real happy to be getting Mike." The Grizzlies' second major trade of draft day completely changed Vancouver's nucleus. Earlier in the day, Vancouver agreed in principle to trade Shareef Abdur-Rahim -- the franchise's career scoring leader -- to Atlanta for Lorenzen Wright, Brevin Knight and the draft rights to 7-footer Pau Gasol. Petrie, the NBA's executive of the year in two of the past three seasons, moved a potential problem in Williams for one of the game's most highly regarded young point guards. Petrie outmaneuvered several teams in the hunt for Bibby, who averaged 15.9 points and 8.4 assists in playing all 82 games last season. "When you get a chance to get a player you really like, you get him," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. In Williams, the Grizzlies acquired one of the NBA's most visible players who will be sure to sell many tickets in their new city. With behind-the-back passes and long 3-pointers, Williams became a fixture on national television highlight shows. As a rookie in the strike-shortened 1999 season, Williams brought immediate excitement with his razzle-dazzle style. He averaged 12.8 points and six assists as a rookie, and he teamed with Chris Webber to lead the Kings to the first of three straight playoff appearances. But Williams' effectiveness and playing time gradually decreased the next two seasons while Sacramento became one of the NBA's elite teams, finishing last season with the league's fourth-best record. Williams watched reserve Bobby Jackson play the fourth quarter of most games. Williams, the seventh pick in the 1998 draft, averaged 9.4 points and 5.4 assists this season, shooting a career-best 40 percent from the field, but making only 31 percent of his three-point attempts. Anderson was a starter for the Kings in 1999-00, but he vanished from the rotation when Sacramento acquired Doug Christie from Toronto. Anderson averaged 1.8 points in 21 games. The Associated Press contributed to this report.