Francisco Garcia dropped 30 points for the D.R. DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 14 rebounds.

From WYMT Sports, Kentucky and Dominican National Team oach John Calipari confirmed via Twitter that there will be an exhibition game between the Kentucky Pros and Dominican National Team at Rupp Arena, featuring 11 NBA players.

DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, Jodie Meeks, Nazr Mohammed, Keith Bogans, Tayshaun Prince and Rajon Rondo will be on the Kentucky Pros, coached by Joe B. and Sam Bowie.

Coach Cal will coach the Dominican team, featuring Francisco Garcia, Al Horford and Charlie Villanueva.

UPDATE: According to ESPN, because of a possible NCAA rule violation, Joe B. Hall will not coach the Kentucky Pros and will join Calipari on the Dominican team's coaching staff during the exhibition.

Really shouldn't be surprising. Just another award for the Justin Bieber of the NBA. Well, that's what Isaiah Thomas called him.

Kobe's the No. 2 seed. Reke's at No. 15 in a Sweet Sixteen match-up.

EDIT: Voting over. Kobe 11, Tyreke 5

The New York Times' Howard Beck writes about their memories of the 2002 WCFs and what could be their last shot at a title playing against each other. New 5 hour labor talks as well.

Here We Build is inviting Kings fans to greet Mayor Kevin Johnson at the Delta Terminal in Sac International Airport upon his return from NYC. Event starts Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. and ends at 11:00 a.m.

Details here

UPDATE: Times have been changed. Tomorrow morning NOT tomorrow night.

SacPress contacted me, edm7 and Blake Ellington regarding tonight's Here We Stay rally. Rain or shine, show up and let city council how much we support our team.

Came across this on Dime. Levi Maestro from Maestro Knows.hangs out with Tyreke Evans over the summer.

Having his minutes cut in half and playing small forward isn't JT's ideal situation, but he's keeping a positive outlook.

Three weeks have passed since DMC took a shot a Derrick Favors and the Nets. SLAM Online and The Star-Ledger are trying to fan the flames for tonight's match-up, but much has changed since then.

Love, through his new blog on GQ, thinks Cousins will be after the T'Wolves and the other teams that passed him in the draft. As we already know, he's right.

Breaking down how well Tyreke shot his jumpers in the preseason.

What Whiteside did in practice, Westphal's thoughts on Whiteside playing against the Jazz, who was pulled aside after practice to work on"remedial offense," Tyreke had plantar fasciitis at Memphis and his thoughts on the Jazz.

A few of the roster cuts have signed with teams already. One of them likes the spaghetti overseas, but he's not playing in Italy.