SAR named Assistant GM

[Wolfay]

Shareef Abdur-Rahim was just announced as Assistant General Manager. I don't have a link, but it was announced on the official Kings page on facebook.

This kind of came out of nowhere, but Shareef is a great guy, so I think he'd be good.

[Bac2Basics]

http://www.nba.com/kings/news/shareef_a ... lease.html

The Sacramento Kings have added Shareef Abdur-Rahim to the team’s front office as an Assistant General Manager, it was announced by Kings’ President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie. Abdur-Rahim, a 12-year NBA veteran, spent the previous two seasons behind the Kings’ bench as an assistant coach.
“I’m thankful that the Maloof family and Geoff Petrie have the confidence in me to provide the opportunity to continue to be a part of the Kings’ organization,” said Abdur-Rahim. “My family and I love this area and are excited to be involved with this young and upcoming team.”
Abdur-Rahim enjoyed 12 seasons in the NBA with four different teams (Vancouver 1996-97 to 2000-01, Atlanta 2001-02 to 2003-04, Portland 2003-04 to 2004-05 and Sacramento 2005-06 to 2007-08), amassing career averages of 18.1 points (.452 FGs, .297 3FGs, .810 FTs), 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game through 830 outings. His most productive season, statistically, occurred during the 1998-99 campaign in Vancouver when he averaged 23.0 points (.432 FGs, .306 3FGs, .841 FTs), 7.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game through 50 contests (NBA Lockout season). The following season (1999-00), Abdur-Rahim averaged double figures in both points (20.3) and rebounds (10.1) per game, in which he played in all 82 contests for the Grizzlies.
Abdur-Rahim was a member of the gold-medal winning United States Olympic team in 2000 while still with the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was selected to the Eastern Conference NBA All-Star Team where he scored nine points in 21 minutes as a member of the Atlanta Hawks in 2002.
On December 28, 2002, Abdur-Rahim became the sixth-youngest player in NBA history to reach the 10,000-point plateau when he scored 18 points at Washington at age 26, trailing only Kobe Bryant, Bob McAdoo, Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with that distinction.
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies (now Memphis) as an undergraduate out of California with the third pick of the 1996 NBA Draft, Abdur-Rahim has a long-standing history of community service involvement. He was named by The Sporting News as the NBA’s Number 1 Good Guy for 2004 after funding the Reef House in Atlanta through his Atlanta-based Future Foundation with the purpose of assisting at-risk and underprivileged youth.

[perezident]

You beat me to it Wolfy. But as I said on FB, this is way left field. To me he over achieved....thought he'd be some type of scout first, but nevertheless congrats to him

[KiNgSbOi]

This came out of the blue for sure. Who would of thought SAR would be an Assistant GM so quickly after retiring from the league. I guess Petrie knows what he's doing if he is doing it so early. I sure hope Shareef can evaluate prospects for the draft and do some scouting. At the same time have a knack for doing some trades that will benefit this team more than hurt it. Best of luck to Mr. Abdur-Rahim.

[SacKingZZZ]

Good for him. Seems like somebody that Petrie gets along with pretty well.

[Geoff35]

I'm all for it as SAR is a great guy and seems to do a good job... BUT a part of me is worried that this is a way of Petrie easing his departure.. I wanna keep GP forever

[RoyalCourtJestr]

I trust Petrie's decision. Good for SAR.

[down_el_road]

I'm all for it as SAR is a great guy and seems to do a good job... BUT a part of me is worried that this is a way of Petrie easing his departure.. I wanna keep GP forever

I agree, I think its safe to say that we know who our future GM will be now. I still think that Geoff has 3-5 good years left in him though...

[YC42Balla]

Hmm.. crazy. Not really sure what to think of this.. but I love SAR so congrats to him.