The injured Larry Hughes never became a Sacramento King, officially, acquired via a trade recently from the New York Knicks and waived today by the Kings before ever suiting up with the team.
Hughes was acquired from the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade on Feb. 18, and did not appear in any contests with Sacramento. While it was expected he'd be let go at the end of the season, the Kings couldn't wait that long, looking to trim their roster down for the second half of the 2009-2010 campaign. The Kings roster now stands at 14.
Hughes never even received a jersey number on the Kings roster after the trade that involved he, Joey Dorsey and Carl Landry coming over in a three-team deal with Sacramento, New York and Houston, for former Kings Kevin Martin, Sergio Rodriguez and Hilton Armstrong.
The 11-year pro was averaging 9.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game with New York, last playing on Feb. 5 against Milwaukee, where he scored two points. He was to miss four weeks of play with a broken finger.
It was the second player the Kings waived in a week, also relieving long-time bench player Kenny Thomas of his duties in the final year of his over $8-million-a-year contract.
Hughes never even made it to Sacramento to visit, as he remained on the East Coast to rehab his broken finger, according to the Sacramento Bee.
While Hughes has been a playmaker in the past, he wasn't expected to make an impact in Sacramento.
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Too bad D'Antoni had to show a big power struggle with Robinson Hughes, Marbury, Curry and the list could go on.
Guess he doesn't remember Hughes pulling him out of the worst start in Knicks history in December? Could of had the 7th or 8th spot, Jordan Hill a bust draft pick, when they don't compete in combines, buyer beware! Duhon got the Knicks to a worst record than even recent years, plus the headgame show, no top tier player is coming to play with Duhon and Gallo. Maybe that dual citizenship in Italy will work when he takes his two buddies and coaches in Europe, for greed and power has cooked this coach out of a career. Try to signn a superstar, these players talk, your toast, the rest of the East are years ahead of you, This guy is not quite the player coach when Nash carried his name, sorry, loyalty to Duhon, with all starts and 35 plus minutes and nobody in the New York press see's a problem?????
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