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Sacramento Times

SACRAMENTO MAKING MOVES

With the first trade this season, the Sacramento Kings successfully traded away John Salmons and Patrick Patterson for Austin Daye, Landry Fields, and Steve Novak. When asked about the trade, O’Neal responded: “It was a necessary trade for the Kings organization. First and foremost, we had no intentions of bringing back either Patrick Patterson or John Salmons. We thank them for everything they’ve done but we had no intentions of resigning them. Second, we needed off the bench scoring and that is exactly what these three can do for us.”