If a new NBA collective bargaining agreement is reached in time, the Kings will begin a seven-game preseason schedule Oct. 11 at home against the San Antonio Spurs, the league announced Thursday.

However, both the preseason and regular season remain in question because of the league’s lockout that began July 1. The players and owners are not close to reaching an agreement on issues that include revenue sharing and salary cap.

If there is a preseason, the Kings will play three games at Power Balance Pavilion. In addition to the Spurs, the Kings will host the Warriors on Oct. 19 and the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 22. A fourth “home” game would be played against the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 25 at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.

The Kings’ preseason road games are Oct. 14 at Dallas, Oct. 15 at San Antonio and Oct. 21 against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The Kings are scheduled to open the regular season Nov. 2 at home against the Houston Rockets.

For information: kings.com or (888) 915-4647.

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Dennis Rodman’s basketball career was probably the most memorable of anyone that had just one season in which he averaged double digits in the scoring column. The flamboyant one’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fames proves that stats aren’t everything, though.

Rodman was able to put together a 14-year career, including 12 great ones split between the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls, before cameos with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks at the tail end of his time in the NBA.

Considering that the Worm was an undersized power forward who played his college basketball at Southeastern Oklahoma State, the feats he accomplished in the NBA were quite impressive.

Rodman won five NBA championships — three with the Bulls during their second threepeat and two with the Detroit Pistons before he’d started dying his hair — while leading the league in rebounding seven seasons in a row and picking up a pair of Defensive Player of the Year awards to go with his All-Star game invites early in his career. In reality, he probably deserved even more accolades during his career, but the Hall of Fame induction at least validates how valuable he was.

Possibly more importantly, however, he was famous for being able to get into the head of the opposing team’s best player as he had memorable on-court spats with Karl Malone, Shaquille O’Neal and quite a few others that would eventually concentrate more on what Rodman was doing rather than leading their team to victory.

Off the court, Rodman was as eccentric as anyone who’s ever played the game as he’d wear dresses, date Madonna and Carmen Electra and wrestle in the WCW whilst staying as dominant as one who rarely scores can be when it came time to play basketball.

There wasn’t a player like him before, and probably won’t be ever again, which makes the Worm a worthy Hall of Fame inductee.

San Antonio — Former NBA All-Star forward Mike Mitchell, who played 10 seasons for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs, died Thursday after a struggle against cancer. He was 55.

Mitchell died in San Antonio after the former Auburn star fought the disease for two years, said his son, Mike Mitchell Jr.

Mitchell averaged 19.8 points and 5.6 rebounds during his career. He was an All-Star in Cleveland in 1981 but had his winningest years in San Antonio, playing alongside George Gervin and Artis Gilmore.

“We have a great deal of respect and admiration for Mike Mitchell,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “He was a good man who cared deeply about his family and the community of San Antonio.”

The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals in 1982 and 1983 but fell to Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers both times. It was the farthest San Antonio would advance in the playoffs until David Robinson put the Spurs back in the conference finals a decade later.

Former NBA all-star Mike Mitchell, who played 10 seasons for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs, died Thursday after a struggle against cancer. He was 55.

Mitchell died in San Antonio after the former Auburn star fought the disease for two years, said his son, Mike Mitchell Jr.

Mitchell averaged 19.8 points and 5.6 rebounds during his career. He was an all-star in Cleveland in 1981 but had his winningest years in San Antonio, playing alongside George Gervin and Artis Gilmore.

“We have a great deal of respect and admiration for Mike Mitchell,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “He was a good man who cared deeply about his family and the community of San Antonio.”

The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals in 1982 and 1983 but fell to Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers both times. It was the farthest San Antonio would advance in the playoffs until David Robinson put the Spurs back in the conference finals a decade later.

A first-round draft pick in 1978, Mitchell spent 3 1/2 seasons in Cleveland before being traded to the Spurs. He averaged 24.5 points during his one all-star season, which took place while the Cavaliers were among the league’s worst teams.

Mitchell played more than a decade in Europe after his NBA career ended in 1988.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former NBA All-Star Mike Mitchell, who played 10 seasons for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs, died Thursday after a struggle against cancer. He was 55.

Mitchell died in San Antonio after the former Auburn star fought the disease for two years, said his son, Mike Mitchell Jr.

Mitchell averaged 19.8 points and 5.6 rebounds during his career. He was an All-Star in Cleveland in 1981 but had his winningest years in San Antonio, playing alongside George Gervin and Artis Gilmore.

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“We have a great deal of respect and admiration for Mike Mitchell,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “He was a good man who cared deeply about his family and the community of San Antonio.”

The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals in 1982 and 1983 but fell to Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers both times. It was the farthest San Antonio would advance in the playoffs until David Robinson put the Spurs back in the conference finals a decade later.

A first-round draft pick in 1978, Mitchell spent 3 1/2 seasons in Cleveland before being traded to the Spurs. He averaged 24.5 points during his one All-Star season, which took place while the Cavaliers were among the league’s worst teams.

Mitchell played more than a decade in Europe after his NBA career ended in 1988.

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