Taylor sat down for a Q&A with his hometown CFF student newspaper and gave a brief glimpse as to why he and the Kings parted ways a few months ago:

CFF: The Kings waived you at the end of the season; how did that go down?

Taylor: With Sacramento, I told the owner, “If I’m not in your plans for next season, if I’m not going to play 20-30 minutes a game, then let me go so I can find some place I can place where I can prove myself.”

Loved your high flying and easy ability to score Jermaine, but yeah – even the Kings couldn’t find twenty minutes of floor time for you.

But I hear China is fantastic this time of the year.

Two small pieces of news to pass along…

First, Jermaine Taylor was given the pink slip this afternoon. Taylor’s contract ran through the 2012-2013 season if the Kings had so desired, but, it became non-guaranteed if waived before August 1st of this year.

Good guy – sad to see him go – but those things happen.

In other news, Jason Jones reports that the Kings have extended their qualifying offer to Marcus Thornton making him a restricted free agent, giving the Kings the right to match any offer on the open market. I highly doubt any contract will be even offered outside of Sacramento as the interest appears mutual by both Thornton and the Kings – a potential third party would be only wasting their time as the Kings would match any respectable offer.