The Sacramento Kings hired Denver executive Pete DAlessandro as their new general manager on Saturday. DAlessandro will replace the departing Geoff Petrie, a team official confirmed on condition of anonymity because there has not been a formal announcement yet. The move was first reported by Yahoo! Sports. New owner Vivek Ranadive has already hired Mike Malone as the teams new coach and was looking to replace Petrie, who ran the basketball operations for the Kings since 1994. Petries contract expires at the end of the month and he is helping the new regime prepare for the draft. DAlessandro was executive vice-president of basketball operations in Denver. The Nuggets already lost general manager Masai Ujiri to Toronto this off-season and coach George Karl was also let go despite leading the team to a franchise-record 57 wins this season before a first-round playoff loss to Golden State. DAlessandro has spent nearly a decade in the front offices with Golden State and Denver. His first item of business in Sacramento will be the draft on June 27. The Kings have the seventh pick in the first round. The Kings also must decide what to do with volatile but talented centre DeMarcus Cousins, who has averaged 16.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game his first three seasons. Cousins has struggled with defence and discipline and was suspended three times last season -- twice by the NBA and once by the team. Sacramento is coming off a 28-54 season -- the teams seventh straight under-.500 campaign. This recent rough run follows a stretch when Petrie built one of the leagues top teams that made eight straight playoff appearances and made it to Game 7 of the 2002 Western Conference finals before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers. Ranadive led the group that bought the team last month from the Maloof family at a total franchise valuation of more than $534 million to keep the franchise in Sacramento. That came after NBA owners blocked the Maloofs agreement with investor Chris Hansen to buy and relocate the Kings to Seattle earlier in May. Jose de Jesus Corona Mexico Jersey .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Yasser Corona Jersey .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. http://www.mexiconationalshop.us/Diego-Reyes-Mexico-Jersey-Soccer/ . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. Javier Aquino Mexico Jersey . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Alfredo Talavera Mexico Jersey . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Matchups are often a driving force behind fantasy owners weekly lineup decisions. When choosing between two (or more) similarly talented players, you know the first question that comes to mind: Which one has the best matchup?Ah, but what, exactly, constitutes a favorable or unfavorable matchup?Thats where this column comes in.The Matchups Map provides a schedule-independent metthod to determine strength of positional matchups using the most recent, relevant data.dddddddddddd. Check back for updated numbers each week, including matchups highlights at each position, both favorable and unfavorable, based on those statistics. ' ' '