Sacramento Kings

What were the chances of a butcher from the village of Platanias in Hania, Crete finding himself on the court of the iconic Golden 1 Center, the California home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings?

Georgios Papagiannis will stay with the Portland Trail Blazers after signing a contract that takes him through the 2018-19 season, the team announced Sunday.

Papagiannis joined the Blazers on a 10-day deal on March 8.

Drafted 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in 2016, Papagiannis was then sent to the Sacramento Kings in a trade.

Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) President Harun Erdenay announced the appointment of national star Hidayet Türko?lu as the TBF's new CEO at a press conference in Istanbul on Nov. 16. 

SACRAMENTO - Vlade Divac, Serbian legendary basketball player and president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, was named Sacramento Kings vice president of basketball and franchise operations, reads the club's website.

Divac will remain in office in the Olympic Committee of Serbia by the end of the next Olympic cycle, which ends after the Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.