Pete D'Alessandro, center, discusses his hiring as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings basketball team, by the teams new owner, Vivek Ranadive, right, at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 17, 2013. D'Alessandro, who spent the past three seasons with the Denver Nuggets, replaces Geoff Petrie, who had been notified that he would not retained after his contract expired June 30. At right is Kings head coach Michael Malone.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)