'Hawks in the NBA

More Frank Mason III could be prescription for Sacramento success

Arco Arena, the former home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, had a notoriously noisy reputation, thanks to the cowbell-wielding fanatics who occupied its seats. Brand-new Golden 1 Center, the Kings’ new permanent residence in California’s capital, hasn’t had the chance to become so ...

Joel Embiid actually thought he’d be a redshirt senior for Kansas

In some alternate reality where Joel Embiid wasn’t one of the more dangerous players in the NBA with the ball in his hands, the 7-foot-2 center from Cameroon would still be playing for Bill Self inside Allen Fieldhouse. Just ask him. That idea seemed more realistic to Embiid when he ...

Second-rounder Frank Mason III earning spot in Kings’ rotation

The days of DNP’s and watching NBA games exclusively from the bench may be over for former Kansas All-American Frank Mason III. A rookie second-round pick for Sacramento, Mason has experienced an escalation in opportunity of late, playing 20-plus minutes in six of the Kings’ seven ...

Multi-skilled Joel Embiid cooks Lakers for 46 points on career night

Joel Embiid once again reminded the NBA of his massive potential Wednesday night in Los Angeles, where Philadelphia’s 7-foot-2 phenom cooked the Lakers for a a career-best performance. Still in just his second season out of Kansas, Embiid’s new personal bests of 46 points, seven ...

Andrew Wiggins goes glass at the buzzer for game-winning 3-pointer at OKC

Maybe that Andrew Wiggins guy will turn out to be worth every penny of his recently inked five-year, $148 million extension. While most sports fans nationally were locked in to an NFL Sunday and those locally obsessed over the Kansas basketball team’s Border War exhibition victory, an ...