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The story for Monday's newspaper is about Tyreke Evans and his work to become a better facilitator on offense under Keith Smart. The debate over whether Evans is a point guard seems to have gone on even before the Kings drafted him in 2009. Some have suggested Evans should be moved to small forward and force him to play off the ball. Smart doesn't agree that is the best thing to do with with Evans. "He can't play the three," Smart said after Sunday's practice. "That guy was born with a basketball in his hand - got to keep that thing in his hand. I've tried that one time and that doesn't work so I'm not going to go back to that one because he's not a small forward." Sacramento Bee

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The combustible combination of Cousins and Tyreke Evans would be a terror for the most experienced of coaches, much less one with an interim title and a team option hanging over his head. Evans is saying all the right things, but couldn't help himself when asked how Cousins has responded to the events of the past week or so. "He's been a different guy, actually. Surprisingly," Evans said. "He hasn't been arguing. He's just been going out there and playing basketball. He hasn't been arguing with the refs. He was in foul trouble the last game [against Orlando] and he just kept his composure and played basketball. "We all try to talk to him," Evans said. "We all want the best for him. We know how hard he wants to win. Now with a new coach and things, I don't know, it just changed. I'm happy for him though. He's doing a good job." CBSSports.com

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During timeouts, the arena entertainment department cut to live action of today’s AFC Wild Card match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos. A diehard Steelers fan, Tyreke Evans wasn’t pleased to watch the black and yellow go down at the hands of Tim Tebow. ”I seen it on the screen, I was a little upset,” Evans said postgame with grin, simultaneously shaking his head. ”Man, Tebow, [expletive].” Cowbell Kingdom

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I’m taking an educated guess and accusing Tyreke Evans — explicitly ordered to pass more to corner marksmen and drive less with his head down or suffer the squatting consequences — of being intimately involved as well in Westphal’s whacking, seven games, five of them losses, into this short-sheeted season. New York Post

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Jason Jones: Evans: "We just look lost. We’re just playing off our natural talent to get our points. It’s terrible right now." Twitter

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Jason Jones: Petrie said Tyreke Evans is 12-13 pounds lighter this year to start training camp Twitter

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Questions arose on Friday about Evans’ weight when Jonathan Givony of Draft Express tweeted that Evans appeared to be at least 20 pounds bigger. From what I saw, he looked bulkier, heavier with less defined muscle tone. But overweight? I can’t say exactly. We’d need a check of his body fat to make a fair assessment. Cowbell Kingdom

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Emiliano Carchia: Claudio Toti, president of Virtus Roma, said that Tyreke Evans would have paid the insurance by his own to play in Italy Twitter

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Emiliano Carchia: Davide Bonora, team manager of Virtus Roma: 'We had signed Tyreke Evans but we will never seem him with our jersey' Twitter

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It's been a busy day for me (covering the Raiders and all) so I'm just now posting about Tyreke Evans agreeing to play in Italy. Evans has agreed to a deal with Virtus Roma and has until Wednesday to decide if he will indeed sign with the team. Sacramento Bee

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Evans' deal would be month-to-month. If there is an agreement to end the lockout before Wednesday, expect Evans not to sign with Virtus Roma. If there isn't, Evans will spend Christmas in Italy. Sacramento Bee

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Emiliano Carchia: Roma yesterday announced an agreement with Tyreke Evans who should have signed contract in the night.Roma is waiting for the contract signed Twitter

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Emiliano Carchia: Tyreke Evans has to get his working visa and is expected in Roma between Wednesday and Thursday. Virtus wants Evans to debut on Sat.3rd Twitter

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Emiliano Carchia: Tyreke Evans is expected in Roma next Wednesday and should make his debut on Saturday 3rd. Evans will make around 100k per month with Roma Twitter

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Virtus Roma announces that it has reached an agreement with the athlete Tyreke Evans until the end of the 2011/12 season with an NBA opt out. Virtus Roma

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Virtus Roma agreed to terms with Tyreke Evans for the season 2011-12 with an NBA out to exercise by the player when lockout ends. The contract, as announced by Acea Roma, will be signed in the night. Evans spent his two NBA seasons with Sacramento Kings after being drafted with the 4th overall pick in 2009. At the end of his rookie year in NBA, Evans has been named Rookie of the Year averaging 20.1ppg, 5.3rpg and 5.8apg in 72 games. Sportando

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Sacramento's Tyreke Evans is in advanced talks on a deal to play with Lottomatica Roma for rest of lockout, source tells Y! Sports. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Like all overseas deals now, Evans and others will wait on what comes out of weekend talks between the NBA and players. Twitter

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Iman Shumpert: Friday night, I headed out to Bridgeport, Conn., to play in another charity game for us locked-out players. The people who came out — maybe 2,000 — provided us plenty energy with cheers and competitive boos. I decided to sit out the last part of the game after going up for a dunk and feeling an awkward pain in my knee. I could have kept playing, but decided just to ice it to ensure I was OK. Nothing major. I think it was due to not warming up at half because I was hanging out with fans and doing photos and autographs, which is partly why we were there. Some of the many participants were Tyreke Evans, Sam Young, Josh Selby, Wes Mathews, Nolan Smith, Howard Thomkins and Travis Leslie. My team won, 171-169. The best part for me was getting a chance to connect with more Knicks fans praying for a season! It was a great turnout. New York Post

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DraftExpress.com writer Jonathan Givony opined on Friday that Tyreke Evans appeared to be "at least 20 pounds overweight" at a charity game in Connecticut. Rotoworld

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