ASU Basketball Team Lets Guard Keala King Go
by Nikil Selvam on Jan 8, 2012 12:41 PM MST
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PrintIn a shocking series of events, the ASU basketball program has dismissed starting guard Keala King from its program, according to Doug Haller. Sendek had this to say about King's departure: "We have decided Keala will no longer be on the team. We wish him nothing but the best in the future."
King served a two-game suspension (alongside fellow starter Kyle Cain and guard Chris Colvin) during the team's recent L.A. road trip for "unacceptable conduct". During that stretch, the Sun Devils went 1-1 with a win over the USC Trojans and a loss against the UCLA Bruins.
Now it appears that King will not return to the team at all. He led the team with 13.7 points per game (though that mark has now been eclipsed by Trent Lockett and his 13.8 points per game). King shot 51.7% from the field and averaged 3.3 assists as well as 4.9 rebounds per game.
An ASU basketball squad that has struggled to put points on the board will now call on other players to step up in the wake of this announcement. As of now, the status of the other two suspended players (Cain and Colvin) remains unaddressed.
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is there any indication of what transpired?
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by Red Reign on Jan 8, 2012 5:35 PM MST via mobile reply actions
As of now, no
My gut tells me that it had to do with King openly butting heads with Sendek, possibly in front of the other players or something
What I’ve heard is that he not only had difficulty with Sendek, but he also was disrespectful to other faculty and had a weird sense of entitlement. He felt as if he was owed something.They didn’t want him affecting other players on the team and new recruits.
Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Smart move
If that is indeed the case, then the team probably made a good move by letting him go. Hopefully others can step up and more than compensate for his loss now
by Nikil Selvam on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 AM MST up reply actions
I agree, I think it was a smart move too
Even though he was one of our supposed better players, he was nothing to write home about. He was “semi-heavily” recruited prior to coming to AZ but has so far only been mediocre. There are others currently on the team that can step in. And from the looks of things, the team is definitely going to be going through a transition
Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.
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