9:02 – Sacramento Kings select Isaiah Thomas with the 60th and final pick of the 2o11 NBA Draft

8:25 – Petrie’s glad to have Salmons back. And he might be the only one:

John Salmons gives us a versatile SF that can score & defend a # of diff positions. We’re looking fwd to have him back.

7:58 – Kings/Bobcats/Bucks trade approved by NBA. Deal is official.

7:40 – Kings select UCLA forward Tyler Honeycutt with the 35th selection.

5:36 – Wojo says Kings coaching staff is unhappy with selection:

The Sacramento coaching staff isn’t happy with the selection of Fredette, sources say. They wanted a veteran guard, ala Felton or Parker.

5:30 – Kings select Jimmer Fredette out of BYU with the 10th pick in the NBA Draft.

3:18 – Jazz trying to move infront of Kings now to draft Jimmer:

VERY reliable source informs me the @Utah_Jazz are doing everything they can to move ahead of Sacramento in order to draft @jimmerfredette.

2:12 – Scott Howard Cooper, the King fan heartbreaker:

Kings acquisitions were NOT to flip them into a deal with the Spurs, I am told.

2:03 – Many speculating that the Kings will ship both John Salmons and the #10 to San Antonino for Tony Parker and Richard Jefferson, but nothing solid currently…

2:00 – Final trade details:

Charlotte receives the No. 7 overall pick and Corey Maggette, while the Bucks get Stephen Jackson, Beno Udrih, Shaun Livingston and the No. 19 pick. The Kings get the No. 10 pick plus John Salmons from the Bucks.

1:56 – Amick says rival executives expect Sacramento to draft Jimmer Fredette at #10 now:

Rival teams now expect the Kings to take Jimmer Fredette at No. 10.

1:52 – According to Wojo, Salmons will be traded to Sacramento in the deal.

Yes, the Kings do get John Salmons and the 10th pick, and ship Beno Udrih to the Bucks. Charlotte sends its 19th overall pick to Milwaukee.

1:39 – Wojo now reporting Salmons may not be in the deal. Clusterfuck.

Here’s one thing I’m double checking again: Salmons’ inclusion in the deal. Hold tight. Getting conflicting info from sources on him.

1:33 – Trade details according to Ford.

Deal: Bucks get Beno, Stephen Jackson 9 & 19. Bobcats get pick 7 & Maggette. Kings get 10 & John Salmons.

1:30 – Appears as though Beno Udrih will be moved to Milwaukee and the 10th pick will go to Sacramento:

Hearing Bobcats-Bucks-Kings deal includes Bucks get Beno Udrih and the No. 9 and 19 picks Bobcats.

Milwaukee’s 10th overall pick goes to the Kings, source says.

1:26 – Per Wojo, partial details of the deal:

Bucks get Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston, sources say. Charlotte gets the 7th pick and Corey Maggette

1:24 – Charlotte Observer reporting that the Bobcats will receive the Kings #7 pick and will ship out the #19 to either Milwaukee or Sacramento.

1:18 – Wojo is now reporting that the deal is a three-way trade involving the Sacramento Kings, Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Bobcats:

Milwaukee has a three-way deal with Charlotte and Sacramento, sources say.

1:13 – Reports of a trade – Kings have traded the rights to the 7th pick to the Milwaukee Bucks according to multiple sources.

Bucks appear to have deal with Sacamento for No. 7

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Assuming all goes as planned, Brandon Knight wont be selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers or Minnesota Timberwolves who respectively hold the first two positions in the 2011 NBA Draft.

So the Brandon Knight bidding begins at the third slot with the Utah Jazz who currently have their own young point guard in Devin Harris. Utah has expressed interest in the Kentucky product and has extended an invite to participate with BYU’s Jimmer Fredette, Connecticut’s Kemba Walker and UCLA’s Malcolm Lee in a June 15 workout….which he hasn’t accepted, and apparently wont. At least right now.

Knight apparently has little problem working out solo, much like he did for our Sacramento Kings on the second on June – but the fear of losing draft stock by getting beat up in a workout by players expected to be drafted lower than you has become quite a challenge for NBA teams attempting to workout potential prospects.

If Knight was to attend the Jazz’s workout and struggle – it’ll surely hurt his stock. Maybe not significantly, but, potentially a few spots – and that’s money out of his and his agents pocket. Much like the original Kemba Walker/Kings workout, the gain is little while the loss could be significant – unlike a Jimmer Fredette situation where he has nothing to lose tattooed around his gun wounds.

Amick even mentions the Kings weren’t all that thrilled with Knight’s desire to skip out on non-solo workouts:

I attended Knight’s workout in Sacramento on June 2 and walked away convinced that Knight saw the Kings as his so-called first-round floor at No. 7. The problem there, predictably, is that the one-on-none approach wasn’t well received by the Kings’ brass either.

Do I think Knight will be available when the Kings select? I wish – but even if the Jazz pass on him, which seems to be entirely possible, falling another four slots seems a bit too much, even if teams aren’t thrilled with his workout selections.