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Kings notes: Alexander waiting to show his stuff
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Saturday, October 30, 2004
Guard Courtney Alexander has been a man missing in inaction.
Alexander has barely played since the free agent signed with the Kings in the offseason because of a strained left thigh and then a sore left foot.
The Kings hoped the veteran could give them some scoring punch in place of Doug Christie, who has missed the entire month of October as he rehabilitates from a shock treatment to alleviate pain from plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
But just two days away from final cuts, the Kings hardly have seen what Alexander can do.
Alexander said he had a bone scan performed on his left foot Friday, and the results came back negative, which was a positive to hear.
Nothing like that pop he heard when he first injured the foot at the end of the team's trip to China.
"I was grateful to find out there was nothing seriously wrong with my foot," said Alexander, sitting in the locker room before Friday night's final preseason game against the Phoenix Suns.
Alexander again had his foot wrapped in a bag of ice. He said he hoped to speak with the team's physicians to see if a cortisone shot would allow him to get onto the court.
He also hopes the Kings will give him the opportunity to get healthy and play.
"I know it's out of my control," he said of whether the team will receive something for the $300,000 guarantee Alexander was given to come to camp. "I think they like the potential I have as a basketball player, but I haven't been able to get out and play. I just have to put things into God's hands."
Alexander said he is aware that few of his teammates know him very well.
"Especially after me coming off being out an entire season," said Alexander, who missed last season with the New Orleans Hornets with a torn Achilles' tendon. "If there was any way I could get out and help and produce for my team as well as myself, I would be out there.
"This game is in my heart. That was something I found out when I got hurt last year. If and when I do get out on the court, I think my teammates and everybody else will see that, too."
Rookie no more - Things are coming a little easier for power forward Darius Songaila, who's one year removed from his first NBA training camp. "There's a different comfort level and more playing time," Songaila said. "Now I know most of the plays, and last year I was learning them. That's about it."
Kings notes: Alexander waiting to show his stuff
By Martin McNeal -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Saturday, October 30, 2004
Guard Courtney Alexander has been a man missing in inaction.
Alexander has barely played since the free agent signed with the Kings in the offseason because of a strained left thigh and then a sore left foot.
The Kings hoped the veteran could give them some scoring punch in place of Doug Christie, who has missed the entire month of October as he rehabilitates from a shock treatment to alleviate pain from plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
But just two days away from final cuts, the Kings hardly have seen what Alexander can do.
Alexander said he had a bone scan performed on his left foot Friday, and the results came back negative, which was a positive to hear.
Nothing like that pop he heard when he first injured the foot at the end of the team's trip to China.
"I was grateful to find out there was nothing seriously wrong with my foot," said Alexander, sitting in the locker room before Friday night's final preseason game against the Phoenix Suns.
Alexander again had his foot wrapped in a bag of ice. He said he hoped to speak with the team's physicians to see if a cortisone shot would allow him to get onto the court.
He also hopes the Kings will give him the opportunity to get healthy and play.
"I know it's out of my control," he said of whether the team will receive something for the $300,000 guarantee Alexander was given to come to camp. "I think they like the potential I have as a basketball player, but I haven't been able to get out and play. I just have to put things into God's hands."
Alexander said he is aware that few of his teammates know him very well.
"Especially after me coming off being out an entire season," said Alexander, who missed last season with the New Orleans Hornets with a torn Achilles' tendon. "If there was any way I could get out and help and produce for my team as well as myself, I would be out there.
"This game is in my heart. That was something I found out when I got hurt last year. If and when I do get out on the court, I think my teammates and everybody else will see that, too."
Rookie no more - Things are coming a little easier for power forward Darius Songaila, who's one year removed from his first NBA training camp. "There's a different comfort level and more playing time," Songaila said. "Now I know most of the plays, and last year I was learning them. That's about it."
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