PLAYERS G-I -- work in progress

[Bricklayer]

C -- Last Name G-I
Kevin Gamble -- DONE (Brick)
Francisco Garcia -- DONE (Brick)
Rudy Gay
Ben Gillery -- DONE (Brick)
Drew Gooden -- DONE (Capt.)
Brian Grant
Aaron Gray
Devin Gray?
Jeff Grayer
Donte Greene
Orien Greene -- DONE (Brick)
Derek Grimm
Bob Hansen
Jason Hart -- DONE (Brick)
Spencer Hawes
Michael Hawkins
Chuck Hayes
Luther Head
Mark Hendrickson
Carl Henry
Conner Henry -- DONE (Brick)
JJ Hickson -- DONE (Brick)
Mike Higgins -- DONE (Brick)
Rod Higgins
Tyler Honeycutt
Dennis Hopson
Eddie House -- in progress (KingBaller)
Byron Houston -- DONE (Brick)
Bobby Hurley

 

[Bricklayer]

Byron Houston
Born: November 8, 1978
Number: 35
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 250
Position: SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1995-96 (1 year)
How Acquired: traded (SEA/SAC) Sept. 1995 with Sarunas Marciulionis for Frank Brickowksi
How Departed: not retained 1996

Incredibly short (6'5") thuggish PF masquerading as a SF who managed to eke out a 4 year NBA career despite being half a foot shorter than his opponents. Houston's height dictated attempts to play him as a small forward, but he had no skills you wouldn't expect out of a college PF, thrived on physical contact, and lacked the spectacular leaping ability and ballhandling that made success possible at that height for Charles Barkley. He arrived as a throw in in the trade for Sarunas Marciulionis, played sparingly in Sacramento, and his NBA career ended when the Kings did not retain him.

College & Pre Kings Career
Houston played all 4 years at Oklahoma State, and starred for them the last 3, averaging 18.7pts 9.4reb over his college career, and being named Big Eight player of the Year as a junior, and Second Team All American as a senior.

Despite the obvious size issues, it was enough for the Chicago Bulls, in the midst of its first championship three-peat, to take him with the 27th pick in the first round of the 1992 Draft. Houston would never play for Chicago however, being traded to the Warriors before the season began in a three team deal, and being used relatively regularly as a rotation player in Golden State's smallball lineups (ironically sometimes being used in reverse, as a mega shooting guard as Don Nelson always looked for mismatches). Before his third season he was traded with Marciulionis to the Sonics, and a year later the same pair were shipped to Sacramento.

Post Kings Career
Houston went on to play for another 5 years in leagues around the world, finally retiring in 2001.

He has had a rocky go of it in post-basketball life however, being arrested on multiple occasions for indecent exposure, which meant that he was listed as a sex offender, violating probation with another indecent exposure charge, and serving 4 years in prison starting in 2007. At his trials claims were made that he suffers from bipolar disorder amongst other disorders.


Statistics With the Kings
1995-96: 25gms 0GS 11.0min 3.4pts (.500 .333 .808) 3.4reb 0.3ast 0.5stl 0.3blk 0.7TO 2.4FL
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TOTALS: 25gms 0GS 11.0min 3.4pts (.500 .333 .808) 3.4reb 0.3ast 0.5stl 0.3blk 0.7TO 2.4FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Houston
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/houstby01.html
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2485544

 

[Bricklayer]

Kevin Gamble
Born: November 13, 1965
Number: 40
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 210
Position: SF/SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1995-97 (2 years)
How Acquired: traded (MIA/SAC) Feb. 1996 with Billy Owens for Tyrone Corbin and Walt Williams
How Departed: not retained 1997

Veteran swingman who wound down his NBA career as a member of the Kings, Gamble was never a great athlete or very well rounded player, but by the time he hit the Kings he was largely just a spot shooting 3pt specialist. He was acquired midseason 1995-96, and stayed through the end of the next season before calling it a career.

College & Pre Kings Career
Gamble had a quiet college career, as following a decorated high school career, he oddly chose to begin college at tiny Lincoln College, then transferred to Iowa (Lincoln is a 2-yr college) and was used off the bench his first year, only averaging 2.6pts/gm. It was not until his senior year (under new coach Tom Davis) that he finally got to start at a major university, and even then only played 24 minutes a game while putting up a modest 11.9pt 4.5reb statline.

He was taken in the 3rd round (#63 overall) of the 1987 Draft by the Portland Trailblazers but only played in 9 games for them before being waived. A year later though he would catch on with Boston in late 1988 and begin a long stint with the Celtics, first as a limited minute bencher in the late Bird years, then gradually emerging as a roleplaying starter as the Celtics switched to rebuilding. His best season was 1990-91 when he averaged 15.6pts 3.3reb 3.1ast, but he would stay with Boston for another 3 years, pass through Miami, and finally be traded to the Kings for his last NBA stop.

Post NBA Career
Gamble became the first head basketball coach of the new program at University of Illinois at Springfield, and guided the program through 7 years of NAIA play until they joined the NCAA (Div. II) in 2009-10. After their first NCAA season Gamble resigned to take up a new post as an assistant at Providence University. He is now the lead assistant at Central Michigan.


Statistics With the Kings
1995-96: 21gms 0GS 13.9min 3.9pts (.427 .261 .500) 1.3reb 0.9ast 0.2stl 0.1blk 0.5TO 1.3FL
1996-76: 62gms 2GS 15.4min 5.0pts (.430 .482 .700) 1.7reb 1.2ast 0.3stl 0.3blk 0.4TO 1.2FL
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TOTALS: 83gms 2GS 15.0min 4.6pts (.429 .444 .600) 1.6reb 1.1ast 0.3stl 0.2blk 0.5TO 1.3FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gamble
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gamblke01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Francisco Garcia
Born: December 31, 1981
Number: 32
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 195
Position: SG/SF
Yrs w/Kings: 2005-13 (8 years)
How Acquired: Drafted First round (#23 overall) 2005 Draft
How Departed: traded (SAC/HOU) Feb. 2013 with Tyler Honeycutt and Thomas Robinson for Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich, Toney Douglas and cash

Long tenured (8 years, one of the longest of the Sacramento era) roleplaying swingman that arrived at the very end of the Adelman era, and then stayed as the one constant through all the years until the Maloofs final departure. Never a good athlete and physically weak when played at SF, in his younger years Cisco was nevertheless a swiss army knife roleplayer, not only able to shoot with deep range, but also able to handle and create and play disruptive defense (sometimes disruptive to both sides, as he was a passionate player prone to making overly aggressive mistakes). A freak injury in 2009 when an exercise ball exploded underneath Cisco while he was lifting weights leading to a fractured wrist may have accelerated his natural decline, and in his last few years with the Kings he retreated more towards just being an unselfish three point shooter who would occasionally mix in a flop for good measure. But he had leadership qualities and was a good lockerroom veteran who mentored many of the young talents that passed through Sacramento during its eternal 2000s rebuild.

College & Pre Kings Career
Garcia stayed three years playing for Rick Pitino at Louisville, averaging 15.7pts and making the Final Four in his junior season before declaring for the draft, where the Kings selected him with the 23rd pick in 2005.

Post Kings Career
Garcia is still with the Rockets playing a similar role there that he did with the Kings. He recently signed a new two year deal for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.


Statistics With the Kings
2005-06: 67gms 11GS 19.4min 5.6pts (.400 .285 .772) 2.8reb 1.4ast 0.6stl 0.7blk 1.1TO 2.0FL
2006-07: 79gms 5GS 17.8min 6.0pts (.429 .356 .833) 2.6reb 1.1ast 0.6stl 0.5blk 0.9TO 2.4FL
2007-08: 79gms 20GS 26.5min 12.3pts (.463 .391 .779) 3.3reb 1.6ast 1.2stl 0.6blk 1.6TO 2.9FL
2008-09: 65gms 36GS 30.4min 12.7pts (.444 .398 .820) 3.4reb 2.3ast 1.2stl 1.0blk 1.7TO 3.0FL
2009-10: 26gms 4GS 23.0min 8.1pts (.466 .390 .882) 2.6reb 1.8ast 0.4stl 0.8blk 0.8TO 2.0FL
2010-11: 58gms 34GS 23.9min 9.7pts (.436 .362 .855) 2.3reb 1.2ast 0.9stl 0.8blk 0.8TO 2.2FL
2011-12: 49gms 3GS 16.3min 4.8pts (.376 .290 .800) 2.0reb 0.6ast 0.7stl 0.8blk 0.4TO 1.5FL
2012-13: 40gms 15GS 17.8min 5.5pts (.376 .367 .857) 1.7reb 1.1ast 0.8stl 0.8blk 0.6TO 1.7FL
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TOTALS: 462gms 128GS 22.2min 8.3pts (.433 .360 .809) 2.7reb 1.4ast 0.8stl 0.7blk 1.1TO 2.3FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_García_(basketball)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/garcifr01.html
http://blogs.findlaw.com/injured/20...sco-garcia-settles-exercise-ball-lawsuit.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Ben Gillery
Born: September 19, 1965
Number: 50
Height: 7'0"
Weight: 235
Position: C
Yrs w/Kings: 1998-99 (1 year)
How Acquired: Free agent Oct. 1988
How Departed: not retained 1989

Simply not an NBA player. Gangly uncoordinated project center who did not even play real minutes in college, Gillery's only NBA level skills were being 7'0" tall and fouling people at an absolutely staggering rate. With 29 fouls in only 84 minutes of NBA action Gillery is actually 2nd all time in NBA history in personal fouls per minute for players playing 60 minutes or more in the NBA (and #1 all time in PF/min for players who played in at least 20 NBA games). Needless to say when the Kings abandoned their "project" at the end of the season, Gillery never played in another NBA game.

College & Pre Kings Career
Gillery's college career was barely more impressive than his professional one as Georgetown head coach (and 1980's big man guru) John Thompson found him at a community college and tried to turn him into a project player even at the collegiate level, starting him in games but then removing him at the first whistle of the game. This led to Gillery averaging an impressive 2.1pts a game in his NCAA career. And even more impressively to finding an NBA team to pay him for a year.

Post NBA Career
Gillery at one point played in the CBA, and supposedly in South America for at least a season. Later exciting adventures included an appearance on the Christina's Court TV show as his sister sued him over a car she had leased for him, and testifying in a high profile manslaughter case involving a car driven by a former college teammate that Gillery was a passenger in. He has since disappeared completely, which is hard to do for a 7'0" tall man prone to bumping into things.

Statistics With the Kings
1988-89: 24gms 0GS 3.5min 1.0pts (.316 .000 .565) 1.0reb 0.1ast 0.1stl 0.2blk 0.2TO 1.2FL
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TOTALS: 24gms 0GS 3.5min 1.0pts (.316 .000 .565) 1.0reb 0.1ast 0.1stl 0.2blk 0.2TO 1.2FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gillery
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gillebe01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Jason Hart
Born: April 29, 1978
Number: 5
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 185
Position: PG
Yrs w/Kings: 2005-07 (2 years)
How Acquired: traded (CHA/SAC) Aug. 2005 for a 2nd round pick (became Ryan Hollins)
How Departed: waived Mar. 2007

Defensive minded journeyman point guard who lacked creativity and shooting ability, Hart's career had been on the upswing before coming to Sacramento, and he was not always content with the lesser role the Kings wanted him to play. A limited minute reserve in his first season with the Kings, he only played in 13 games in his second before being waived midseason.

College & Pre Kings Career
Hart was a 4 year roleplaying starter at Syracuse who showed limited improvement through his college career, averaging 9.6pts and 5.8ast as a freshman, and 3 years later still averaging only 11.9pts 6.5ast as a senior.

He was drafted by the Bucks in the 2nd round (#49 overall) of the 2000 draft but played in only a single game for them in 2000-01, and was waived at the end of training camp for the 2001-02 season. San Antonio would pick him up, drop him, and pick him up again. The expansion Charlotte Bobcats gave him the biggest opportunity of his career in 2004-05 as they picked him up and used him as a platoon starter. After that season it was back to the bench and the struggle when Hart was traded to the Kings before the 2005-06 season.

Post Kings Career
After being waived by the Kings Hart resumed his journeyman career. The Clippers would give him a few more months of low level starter work for the remainder of the 2006-07 season, but from that point on he would play for 5 teams in the final three years of his career in smaller and smaller roles.

Post NBA Career
After his playing days were over, Hart has begun a college coaching career, starting out as a high school coach, then catching on as an assistant at Pepperdine, and most recently, USC.

Statistics With the Kings
2005-06: 66gms 0GS 12.4min 3.3pts (.389 .290 .661) 1.1reb 1.1ast 0.5stl 0.1blk 0.7TO 1.3FL
2006-07: 13gms 0GS 7.7min 3.3pts (.500 .500 .909) 1.2reb 0.8ast 0.2stl 0.0blk 0.3TO 1.8FL
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TOTALS: 79gms 0GS 11.6min 3.3pts (.402 .324 .701) 1.1reb 1.0ast 0.4stl 0.1blk 0.6TO 1.4FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Hart_(basketball)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hartja01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

J.J. Hickson
Born: September 4, 1988
Number: 31
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 242
Position: PF/C
Yrs w/Kings: 2011-12 (1 year)
How Acquired: traded (CLE/SAC) Jun. 2011 for Omri Casspi and a 1st round pick
How Departed: waived Mar. 2012

Young athletic mysterious failure as a big man for the Kings. Hickson was slightly undersized but was just emerging as a good young starting big in the league when Geoff Petrie nabbed him fairly cheaply...and then whether it be due to poor coaching or inability to work next to Demarcus Cousins, he was horrible in a two month stint for the Kings to start 2011-12, inefficient, sloppy, played poor defense, not a shotblocker, and the Kings actually just waived him. At which point he made them look stupid by quickly again stepping forward as a good young starting big in the league once he left town.

College & Pre Kings Career
Hickson played for one year at North Carolina State, averaging 14.8pts and 8.5reb as a freshman, and being drafted by the Cavaliers in the 1st round (#19 overall) of the 2008 Draft. With the Cavaliers his minutes and production increased each year, and despite some struggles with discipline as he tried to fit into new coach Byron Scott's scheme in 2010-11, his third in the NBA, he closed the season on a rush, averaging 16.8pts and 10.8reb after the All Star break before his offseason trade to the Kings.

Post Kings Career
After leaving the Kings Hickson was picked up by the Trailblazers and immediately resumed the form he had begun to flash in Cleveland, averaging 15.1pts and 8.3rebs the rest of the way in 2011-12. The next season necessity made him into the Blazers starting center, where he was undersized but still able to average a double double on the season with 12.7pts 10.4reb. 2013-14 saw him move to Denver, where injuries again thrust him into a starting center role, and he again put up strong per minute point and rebound numbers, averaging 11.8pts and 9.2reb in only 26.9min/gm.


Statistics With the Kings
2011-12: 35gms 9GS 18.4min 3.3pts (.370 .000 .638) 5.1reb 0.6ast 0.5stl 0.5blk 1.1TO 1.3FL
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TOTALS: 35gms 9GS 18.4min 3.3pts (.370 .000 .638) 5.1reb 0.6ast 0.5stl 0.5blk 1.1TO 1.3FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ_Hickson
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjj01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Conner Henry
Born: July 21, 1963
Number: 35
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 195
Position: SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1987-88 (1 year)
How Acquired: 10 day contract Mar. 1988, then retained for the remainder of the season
How Departed: draft by the expansion Miami Heat from the Kings Jun. 1988

Picked up for the final month of the 1987-88 season, and then exposed in the expansion draft after the season to protect main roster players, Henry was already bouncing around the league by the time he showed up with the Kings in March of 1988. He played well though in his 15 games as a King, the best stint of his NBA career as it turned out as he would never play another NBA game.

College & Pre Kings Career
After a solid but not spectacular 4 year career at University of California Santa Barbara, Henry was taken by the Rockets in the 4th round (#89 overall) of the 1986 Draft. Barely an NBA prospect, Henry would play for 4 teams in his 2yr career (including getting one career highlight as he was part of the Bird Celtics for their 1986-87 playoff run), with the Kings being the last when they picked him up in the final weeks of the 1988 season (and subsequently exposed him in the 1988 expansion draft for the new Miami Heat)

Post NBA Career
Henry never played for the Heat after being taken by them in the expansion draft, and moved on to a long 10 year career in the CBA and Europe, in 1990 winning CBA Player of the year honors, and not retiring from basketball until 1998.

After retiring he moved into coaching, beginning as an assistant coach at Division III Claremont McKenna (where his dad was a professor), moving on to spend 5 years in various coaching positions in Australia's National Basketball League, and then returning stateside to start coaching in the NBDL. In 2013-14 he became head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and won NBDL coach of the year honors in 2014.


Statistics With the Kings
1987-88: 15gms 0GS 13.8min 7.8pts (.469 .484 .867) 1.3reb 1.7ast 0.5stl 0.2blk 1.1TO 1.0FL
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TOTALS: 15gms 0GS 13.8min 7.8pts (.469 .484 .867) 1.3reb 1.7ast 0.5stl 0.2blk 1.1TO 1.0FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conner_Henry
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/henryco01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Mike Higgins
Born: February 17, 1967
Number: 32
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 220
Position: SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1990-91 (1 year)
How Acquired: two 10 day contracts Feb. 1991
How Departed: not retained 1991

A cup of coffee player who passed through Sacramento in the 1990-91 rebuilding season, Higgins had been a big scorer at a small school, who barely got to play for 3 separate teams in a brief 2 year NBA career that ended in Sacramento. The Kings signed him to two 10 day contracts, let him walk, and that was the last that was seen of him in the league.

College & Pre Kings Career
Higgins put up spectacular numbers at Division II University of Northern Colorado, averaging 25.0pts 11.2reb as a senior. Concerns about competition level and his NBA position (he was a classic college PF) likely kept him from being drafted, but he signed with the Lakers before the 1989-90 season and began his short journeyman career with them, playing in 11 games before being waived. Then it was off to the Nuggets for a couple of 10 day contracts, and finally to the Kings.

Post NBA Career
Higgins played several seasons in the CBA and then became a basketball globetrotter, continuing his basketball career for an amazing 21 years in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Argentina and Japan before finally hanging up his sneakers in 2010, at age 43.


Statistics With the Kings
1990-91: 7gms 0GS 8.7min 2.3pts (.600 .000 .571) 0.7reb 0.3ast 0.0stl 0.3blk 0.6TO 2.3FL
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TOTALS: 7gms 0GS 8.7min 2.3pts (.600 .000 .571) 0.7reb 0.3ast 0.0stl 0.3blk 0.6TO 2.3FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Higgins_(basketball)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/higgimi01.html
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_17447618

 

[Bricklayer]

Orien Greene
Born: February 4, 1982
Number: 5
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 208
Position: PG/SG
Yrs w/Kings: 2007 (1 year)
How Acquired: free agent Aug. 2007
How Departed: waived Nov. 2007

Big defensive minded PG (big enough he could guard some SGs too) with no offensive game and a checkered career. He was signed in the 2007 offseason and lasted barely two weeks into the season before it was clear his offensive impotence was trumping his defensive aptitude.

College & Pre Kings Career
Greene had a disappointing college career, transferring out of University of Florida after his sophomore season because he wanted to play more minutes/a bigger role and landing at the smaller University of Louisiana at Lafayette. While the offense never came around (still averaged just 11.7pts on .388 shooting as a senior), he was a more important player at ULALA, and won Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior.

The size and defensive calling card were enough to get Greene selected in the 2nd round (#52 overall) of the 2005 Draft by the Boston Celtics, and they gave him a legitimate shot at establishing himself with a full year (80 games) of action as a rotation reserve. Unfortunately all Green could muster was 3.2pts on .395 shooting, and he was waived after the season. Indiana picked him up the next season, where he played an even smaller role and was again waived after the 2006-07 season, and then it was the Kings' turn.

Post NBA Career
After leaving the Kings Greene quickly started doing the basketball journeyman thing, playing in New Zealand, Israel, the Netherlands, the NBDL, Canada and even Libya. He did very briefly make it back to the NBA on a 10 day contract with the Nets in 2011, but in general his NBA days seem behind him.


Statistics With the Kings
2007-08: 7gms 2GS 8.7min 0.9pts (.273 .000 .000) 0.9reb 0.4ast 0.4stl 0.1blk 1.0TO 1.3FL
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TOTALS: 7gms 2GS 8.7min 0.9pts (.273 .000 .000) 0.9reb 0.4ast 0.4stl 0.1blk 1.0TO 1.3FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orien_Greene
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greenor01.html

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Decided to start off with what I thought would be an easy one...

Drew Gooden
Born: September 24, 1981
Number: 90
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 230
Position: PF/C
Yrs w/Kings: 2009 (1 year)
How Acquired: traded (CHI/SAC) along with Andres Nocioni, Ike Diogu, and Cedric Simmons for Brad Miller and John Salmons, Feb. 18, 2009
How Departed: bought out Mar. 1, 2009

Disgruntled big man who had no intention of playing for a cellar-dwellar. Appeared in one game for the Kings, becoming the all-time franchise leader in total rebounds per game (13.0), defensive rebounds per game (10.0), and free throw percentage (2-2, 1.000), even though the fact that he only played one game is kind of cheating. When he cried about playing Sacramento, Gooden was almost immediately bought out by a softhanded front office that obviously had no desire to repeat the successful Chris-Webber-hardball tactics it had taken a bit over a decade earlier. Not that Gooden was the same caliber player as Webber, obviously.

College & Pre Kings Career
Gooden starred at Kansas on a stacked team that also featured classmates Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich. In 2002, his junior year, Gooden led the nation in rebounding and was named Player of the Year, leading the Jayhawks to the Final Four on the back of 19.8 points per game and .504 shooting.

After his junior year, Gooden declared for the 2002 draft and was selected #4 overall by the Memphis Grizzlies. He was traded to Orlando at the deadline during his rookie year as part of a package that netted the Grizzlies Mike Miller, then was flipped to the Cavaliers the summer after his second season in package for Tony Battie. He stuck with the Cavaliers for three and a half seasons before being dealt to the Bulls at the 2008 deadline as a part of a three-team, 11 player trade. By the time the Kings acquired him in his age-27 season, he was well-established as a solid rebounder (consistently above 10 rebs/36) and a decent scorer who was a bit too inclined to take the mid-range jumper (over 50% of his FGA in Chicago came from outside of 10 feet).

Post NBA Career
After being bought out by the Kings, Gooden signed for the remainder of the season with the Spurs. The following year he signed with Mavericks, only to be traded in not one but two package deals at the deadline, first in a seven-player deal with the Wizards and only four days later made his way to the Clippers in a six-player, three team deal. Fortunately for Gooden, that last (sixth!) package deal (five of them deadline deals) stands as the final time he has been traded. Following his half-season with the Clippers, Gooden signed a three-year free agent contract with the Bucks - the first full-season contract he had signed that was not ever traded. He had trouble getting a gig in the 2013-2014 season but finally signed a series of ten-day contracts with the Wizards after the deadline, culminating in being retained for the season and the re-signing with the Wizards for the 2014-2015 campaign.

Gooden, who is half-Finnish (who knew?) apparently announced his intentions to play for Finland in the 2014 FIBA World Cup, but does not appear to have been included on the roster.

Statistics With the Kings
2008-09: 1gm 0GS 26.0min 12.0pts (.556 .000 1.000) 13.0reb 2.0ast 0.0stl 0.0blk 3.0TO 2.0FL
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TOTALS: 1gm 0GS 26.0min 12.0pts (.556 .000 1.000) 13.0reb 2.0ast 0.0stl 0.0blk 3.0TO 2.0FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gooden
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/goodedr01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

woohoo! Cappy sighting!