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SACRAMENTO, CA - X-rays performed this afternoon at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento revealed that Kings forward Eric Moreland will require surgery after sustaining a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot during practice today. He is out of action indefinitely.

A timetable for his procedure and recovery will be provided as updates become available.

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Eric Moreland Suffers Broken Foot

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SACRAMENTO, CA -- The Sacramento Kings will hold a mini-camp July 7-9 in Sacramento before leaving for Las Vegas to compete in the 2015 Samsung NBA Summer League in Las Vegas from July 10-20 at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center and Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The 2014 Samsung NBA Summer League champions, Sacramento will play at least five games, beginning with its first contest on Friday, July 10, against the Toronto Raptors at 3:30 p.m. PT at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center. Last year, the Kings defeated the Houston Rockets in the Championship Game, finishing with a 6-1 record.

This summer’s event will again feature the tournament-style format first debuted in 2013 that will crown the Samsung NBA Summer League Champion on Monday, July 20. The 24 teams – 23 NBA teams and one NBA Development League Select team – will compete in three preliminary round games from July 10-14 before being seeded in a tournament running through the Championship Game on July 20. Each team is guaranteed to play at least five games.

Tickets for Samsung NBA Summer League are on sale now. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting NBATickets.com or by calling 702-739-FANS. Dedicated customer service for NBATickets.com is available at (866) 357-1136 and by email.

2015 NBA Summer League Sacramento Kings Mini-Camp Roster)

Summer League Head Coaches: Chad Iske (College - Kansas), John Welch (College - Nevada-Las Vegas)Assistant Coaches: Vance Walberg (College - Cal State Bakersfield), Corliss Williamson (College - Arkansas)Head Coach: George Karl (College - North Carolina)Director of Sports Medicine: Pete Youngman (College - Ithaca)Head Athletic Trainer: Manny Romero (College - Loyola Marymount)Director of Athletic Performance: Chip Schaefer (College - Utah)

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Kings Hold Mini-Camp Prior to 2015 NBA Summer League

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SACRAMENTO, CA - The Sacramento Kings today waived forward Eric Moreland, according to Kings Vice President of Basketball and Franchise Operations Vlade Divac.

In 2014-15, his first season with the Kings, Moreland totaled two points (1-1 FG) and one rebound in three minutes off the bench in three games with the Kings. His season ended when he suffered a left shoulder labral tear, forcing him to miss the final 52 games of the regular season. Assigned to the Kings’ D-League affiliate Reno Bighorns during the season, Moreland averaged 13.7 points (.592 FG%), 12.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.29 steals, 1.57 blocks and 28.7 minutes per game in seven contests, including six starts.

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Kings Waive Eric Moreland

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James Anderson: Originally selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 20th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, Anderson currently plays for Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian League. He played college basketball at Oklahoma State University and in 2010 was named Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and a First Team All-American.

Sim Bhullar: The Canadian native spent majority of last season with the Reno Bighorns, but later made history by becoming the first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA. Bhullar recorded the first points of his career in a game against the Utah Jazz on April 8.

Willie Cauley-Stein: Enters his first season in the NBA after being selected No. 6 by the Sacramento Kings in the 2015 NBA Draft. Hailing from the University of Kentucky, Cauley-Stein earned First Team All-American and Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, USBWA District IV Player of the Year, SEC Tournament MVP, and First Team All-SEC.

Duje Dukan: Hailing from Wisconsin, the sharp-shooter worked his way into the Badgers rotation as a junior and became a valuable piece of UW’s Final Four team.  Dukan, a Croatia native, spent the summer of 2011 playing with the Croatian National Team in the U-20 European Championships in Bilbao, Spain.

Corey Hawkins: The UC Davis product helped lead his team to a Big West regular season championship and was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American.  Hawkins averaged 20.9 PPG while shooting 49 percent from three.

Ian Hummer: The Princeton standout currently plays for Nilan Bisons Loimaa of Finland.  He was the 2009 The Washington Post Boys basketball Player of the Year for Gonzaga College High School as a senior as well as the 2013 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Player of the Year as a senior for Princeton.

C.J. Leslie: After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft, Leslie signed a partially-guaranteed contract with the NY Knicks in 2013.  He then played in the D-League and later transitioned to play overseas.  As a freshman at North Carolina State he was second on the team in points per game, averaging 11 PPG while earning ACC All-Freshmen Team honors.

DeAndre Liggins: Played three years at the University of Kentucky where he spent his first two years coming off of the bench.  His junior year he earned a starting position and declared for the NBA Draft following the season. Liggins was selected 53rd overall by the Orlando Magic.

Shaquielle McKissic: Hailing from Arizona State University, McKissic produced quality numbers during his time in Tempe. McKissic shot 64 percent from the field shooting 7-11 and finished with 16 points against Colorado on January 17.  Later in January, he scored 17 and went a perfect 7-of-7 from the foul line against Oregon State.  A couple days later, he scored a game-high 24 points and added five rebounds against Oregon.

Eric Moreland: The Oregon State forward spent much of last season on the Reno Bighorns, but missed the majority of the year out with a left shoulder labral tear. In the 2014 NBA Summer League, Moreland helped lead the Kings to the Championship.

Alex Oriakhi: Currently playing for Pieno Zvaigzdes of Lithuania, Oriakhi was the starting center for the UCONN 2010-11 NCAA Championship team.  He transferred to the University of Missouri for his senior year and was then selected with the 57th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.

Juwan Staten: The 6-foot-1 Staten is most well known for appearing on Sportscenter’s Top Ten for a huge posterizing dunk against Virginia Tech.  Staten averaged 14.2 points and 4.6 assists last season for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Nik Stauskas: The Canadian guard completed his first season with the Sacramento Kings averaging 4.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 32 percent from long range. The sharpshooting guard from Michigan will look to lead the Kings Summer League team to back-to-back titles.

David Stockton: Hailing from Gonzaga, David Stockton played much of last season for the Reno Bighorns, earning one NBA D-League Player of the Week honor. The rookie guard finished the season with the Kings, recording five points, seven assists and two steals against the Lakers in April.

Julyan Stone: Played college basketball for the University of Texas-El Paso and signed with the Denver Nuggets in December 2011 after going undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft. Last season, Stone played for Umana Reyer Venezia in Italy where he averaged 7.7 rebounds per game.

David Wear: Made his NBA Debut with the Sacramento Kings last season after spending the majority of the year with the Reno Bighorns.  He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the UCLA Bruins. As a high school athlete, Wear was selected to participate in the 2009 McDonald’s All-American Game and played on the 2008 silver medal winning USA Basketball U18 team at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship tournament.

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Get To Know: Kings Summer League Team

SACRAMENTO, CA ---- The Sacramento Kings have assigned rookie forward Eric Moreland to the team’s NBA D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns, it was announced today by General Manager Pete D’Alessandro.

Moreland has not seen action in the 12 regular season games with the Kings. The undrafted rookie from Oregon State totaled four points (2-4 FG), five rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 20 minutes in three games off the bench in the preseason for the Kings.

The 6-10, 218-pound forward has totaled 30 points (.619 FG%, 13-21 FG, 4-10 FT), 26 rebounds, three assists, five steals and one block in 58 minutes in two games for the Reno Bighorns this season.

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Kings Assign Eric Moreland to Reno

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The Bighorns second season as a single-affiliate of the Sacramento Kings begins tonight in Reno.

Head Coach David Arseneault Jr. — the son of the original creator of the prolific system which was so successful at Grinnell College in Iowa — enters his first season at the helm of the Bighorns program with expectations of a high-flying offense.

Arseneault joins the Sacramento Kings D-League affiliate after spending the last four seasons as an associate head coach for the Pioneers. Serving next to his father, the Grinnell offense racked up 110.7 points per game and connected on an average of 18.8 threes per game over the past four years. In that span, his team won 72 of 96 games.

Now, the youngest Arseneault brings his knowledge to the D-League level looking to replicate that level of success.

“It’s going to be a process” the rookie coach admitted. “It’s basically like I’m coaching freshman, because they’ve never seen this style of play.”

Keith Chamberlain - a 6-foot-9 forward for the Bighorns - is the only player on Reno’s current roster with any experience in Arseneault’s system. Chamberlain played at Grinnell and played side-by-side with his newcoach, as teammates for three years.

“He’s been very valuable for us,” stated the 28-year-old coach, who still owns the assists per game (9.4) record in Division III. "Not only in terms of knowing what to do on the floor, but also by helping some of the other guys figure out what they’re supposed to be doing.”

Arseneault Jr.'s system is predicated on strong perimeter shooting, penetration, good decision-making and full-court press defense. One of the most important players on the floor is the point guard - the decisions he makes will navigate the offense.

The Bighorns coaching staff is working with the current backcourt group to help them be more aggressive. The point guard in Arseneault’s system is not only responsible for getting his team into the offense, but is often asked to score at a high level as well.

“We always tell our point guards that they have to find a way to draw a double team and if they don’t draw a double team then they have to score,” said the Bighorns leader.

The system - a deviation of Paul Westhead’s run-and-gun, fast-break offense at Loyola Marymount in the late 1980s - looks to wear down their opponents thanks to a break-neck pace.

“There are differences,” admitted Arseneault when asked about the run-and-gun. “We will regularly rotate groups of five in a platoon and the idea there is we want the five guys on the floor to play as hard asthey can and then we want them to take a break and we’ll get a new five on the court.”

The offensive scheme features a barrage of perimeter shooting. Through two preseason games, Reno has attempted 113 threes and connected on 32 of them. While that is only a 27-percent clip, Arseneault says that number will grow, and grow quickly.

“If we’re getting quality shots and we’re forcing the other team to turn it over and we’re crashing the offensive glass, then we’re going to cover ourselves on bad-shooting nights,” admitted Arseneault. “If you look at the statistics, we had a bad-shooting night against Santa Cruz, but we were still able to score enough points to win - that says a lot about how we performed in those other areas.”

Preseason Progress: Moreland, James, Caven Show Potential

Reno finished its two-game exhibition slate with a 1-1record, falling to Idaho before beating Santa Cruz in overtime. The Bighorns suffered a defeat in the first outing, but did force Iowa into 39 turnovers. Three days later against the Warriors, the green and gold forced 36 turnovers and earned a 128-126 victory.

“In the first preseason game against the Stampede, I thought we did a few things well,” said Coach David Arseneault Jr. “We didn’t shoot the ball very well and we also didn’t defend well outside of those turnovers, obviously if we’re giving up 158 points. So I was very pleased with the progress we made the next game against Santa Cruz.”

In both of those outings, the Bighorns were led by Tajuan Porter who is averaging 26.5 points per game. He’s also racked up a team-high 9 steals and made a team-high 10 triples in those two contests.

“He was pretty much built to play in this system,” said Arseneault Jr. “He can get up and down and go and he’s just so quick, he can get to the rim, he can make plays for others and he is a lights-out shooterfrom three… I’m hoping that this system helps his showcase his skills and what he can offer to a basketball team.”

Assignment player Eric Moreland from the Sacramento Kings has also shined in Arseneault Jr.’s system. The rookie out of Oregon State is averaging a double-double thanks to his size and length. At 6-foot-9 and with a wingspan of 7-foot-3.5 inches, rebounding and shot-blocking have been Easy-E’s forte.

“He’s a very good fit for the system,” said Arseneault Jr. “He’s averaging 17 points and 11 rebounds and we haven’t run a play for him yet.”

“That’s just the player he is - he has a non-stop motor, he can guard point guards in the backcourt, he can out-run bigs to the rim, he can get offensive rebounds that nobody else has business getting. He’s really going to help our style of play.”

Moreland was a major contributor for the Kings Summer League team, which took home the trophy in July. He joined his new teammate Ra’shad James on that squad - a player Arseneault Jr. has been readily impressed with this year.

“You can tell Ra’shad has worked on his game,” said the new coach. “The way he shot the ball in the preseason did not reflect the way he shot the ball in training camp. If anything, those two games have been anomalies. He’s really worked on his perimeter shooting and his ability to read the pick-n-roll. So I’ve been very impressed with what he’s done and how he’s going to impact this team.”

Rookie picks Brady Heslip - a 6-2 guard out of Baylor - is another “lights-out” shooter at Arseneault’s disposal, while rookie guard Joonas Caven from Finland has also impressed the new coaching staff.

“Right now, [Joonas Caven is] coming back from wrist surgery, but he got a few live reps today,” said Arseneault Jr. “He’s a 6-foot-11 wing that can shoot the three - he hit one where he was 2 or 3 steps beyond the NBA three-point line today. And he’s fast. I know he’s going to be an NBA Draft pick, it’s just a mater of where he goes.”

Caven is predicted to get substantial playing time this season once he is fully healthy.

The toughest thing for the two rookies and the majority of their teammates will now be comprehension - understanding the system and knowing where to go and what to do on every play.

“We’re not quite to the point where I’d like us to be offensively, but we’re headed in the right direction,” said Arseneault Jr.

Although he’s only been on the job for a month, the youngest Arseneault coach has made headway in the League. His team’s style was the main focus of the Santa Cruz Warriors recap earlier this week and his squad’s pace and ferocity has been a welcomed sight in Reno.

This season is Arseneault Jr.’s opportunity to show what he can do.

“I’m very thankful the Kings took a chance on me,” he admitted. “They’ve shown in a number of ways that they are willing to think outside the box and they’re willing to try something new. I’m hoping that’s going to lead to success.”

Reno opens its season tonight, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. against the Iowa Energy at the Reno Events Center in the first regular-season test for David Arseneault Jr., and his fast-paced offense.

Bighorns supporters can watch the new high-scoring squad online via YouTube.

The first 1000 fans in attendance will receive a Danny Green Replica Jersey. Green, an NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs last season, played for Reno during the 2010-11 season.

To purchase single game tickets, discounted group tickets, or season tickets starting at just $4 per game, fans can visit RenoBighorns.com or call 775-853-8220.

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Bighorns Open Season with New System

A 6-10, 218-pound forward from Oregon State, Moreland has not seen action during the regular season. He totaled four points (2-4 FG), five rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 20 minutes in three games off the bench in the preseason for the Kings.

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Kings Assign Eric Moreland to Reno

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