From now through all of Saturday, our community and beloved readers of Sacramento Press can get involved with a very cool event called Paint The Town Purple. Through a collaboration with Maloof Sports and Entertainment and Sacramento Press, we've come up with a fun promotion that involves the core of this site: YOU! Friday and Saturday, you can kick it with The Kings! I'm not talking about hanging with the guy who stocks towels, I'm talkin' about starters and stars. The real deal NBA ballers right in the streets of Sacramento. You can see the schedule HERE. So get out there, meet the players, take your kids, get some pictures, ask them the hard questions. Then, join the conversation on S

It didn’t take long Wednesday night to recognize that this 2009-10 Sacramento Kings season could be long. The young Kings are small and played even smaller Wednesday night in an 89-86 defeat by the potentially scary Portland Trail Blazers. The announced crowd of 10,454 at Arco Arena likely could see portents of the future before the first quarter ended. New coach Paul Westphal and his coaching staff have major work ahead to make this team capable of winning nightly. His most physically gifted and talented player may be rookie guard Tyreke Evans. He’s not a point guard at the offensive end, but likely may defend them. He’s an active and attacking offensive player, who will get to the bas

THE SACRAMENTO PRESS “PAINT THE TOWN PURPLE” OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES The Sweepstakes begins on October 6 and closes on October 12, 2009. Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes full and unconditional agreement and acceptance of these Sweepstakes Rules, which are final on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Please note, the majority of the King’s articles will be posted after 10/8/09. (1) How to Enter: No purchase necessary. Entrants can go to SacramentoPress.com, comment on any King’s related article and they will be automatically entered into the contest. Comments MUST coincide with a King’s related article or it will not qualify for the promotion/winnings. Please include

Kings fans, I’m really excited to get out in the community to “Paint the Town Purple” and get to know the people of Sacramento. It’s always special when you know people and they know you. It makes it more exciting for fans to come and watch someone they know on the court, someone they’ve met and someone they can relate to. It’s also fun playing in front of people you know, people you see at Raley’s or people around your neighborhood. My interactions with Kings fans so far have been awesome. They’ve welcomed all of us with open arms and have been very warm. I’ve only been here for three or four weeks now, but it does feel like my home. Sacramento is a great city and a great community. Fa

What’s up Kings fans? JT is back! This Friday and Saturday my teammates and I will be “Painting the Town Purple,” and we want to see you out in the community. I remember Paint the Town last year. It was fun to meet the fans, explore the city and see Old Sac. Old Sac kind of has that New Jersey boardwalk-type feel to it. I had some Salt Water Taffy, relaxed and had a lot of fun being around the people who support us. I met people who hadn’t seen me play, but knew who I was and came out to support the Kings. I had a good time. I took some pictures, signed some autographs and kissed some babies! It’s just good for us to get out and meet the fans, because we know everyone can’t make it to a