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(ZT)Former King Maurice Evans to sign with Detroit'
http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/basketball/kings/story/13465730p-14306656c.html'
Mo-Town it is.'
Maurice "Mo" Evans is headed out of Sacramento and on to Detroit, where the city's namesake will match perfectly with its new player and the second-year guard will move closer to becoming the rising star he so wants to be.'
The Pistons have offered Evans a three-year deal that starts at $1.5 million next season, hoping to fill the void of a quality backup for Tayshaun Prince on the team that has been in the NBA Finals two straight seasons. And despite Evans' status as a restricted free agent of the Kings, team president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said the lack of any more salary cap exceptions means they are unable to match any offer above the approximately $895,000 they offered the 26-year-old in late June. Translation: No mo' Mo. The Pistons' offer is believed to be guaranteed for the first two years, with a team option for the third.'
"We don't have any rights of any kind," said Petrie, who had not yet received the offer sheet but knew it was on its way. "It's unlikely that we would do it anyway at this point with the way our roster is. It's unlikely that we'll match, and I told (Kings co-owner) Joe (Maloof) we'd give (Evans and the Pistons) a quick turnaround."'
Evans' NBA initiation came back in the 2001-02 campaign, when he played in 10 games for Minnesota after going undrafted out of the University of Texas in 2001. But he didn't stay in the league on the first try, playing overseas in Italy, Greece, and Russia before signing with the Kings in 2004. Evans was a solid backup to shooting guard Doug Christie early on, then to Cuttino Mobley after Christie was traded to Orlando. He tallied 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game while averaging 19 minutes, shooting 44.2 percent from the field.'
Evans and his agent, Roger Montgomery, did not return calls for comment. Evans, however, had said before that he wanted to remain a King.'
"I'm excited about the opportunity of coming back, because I love the fans, the city, the atmosphere," Evans told The Bee in late-May. "Hopefully (the Kings) feel the same way."'
Evidently not.'
涓嶆槸椹?埡,涔熶笉鏄?．鏋楃嫾鈥︹
