Kings reveal signings

The newly resurrected Sydney Kings have revealed seven of the players who will make up their roster for their eagerly awaited return to the National Basketball League, including the signing coup of highly-touted young local star Luke Cooper and returning Australian international Julian Khazzouh.

The Kings also announced that they would be playing all fourteen of their home games in the 2010/11 NBL season at their

Cooper was a superstar for four seasons at the University of Alaska-Anchorage in the United States and was nominated in 2008 as a finalist for the prestigious Bob Cousy Award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame annually to the nation's top collegiate point guard.

Khazzouh was one of the NBL’s leading big men before choosing to pursue an international pro career, first playing with Hanzevast Capitals Groningen in Holland and more recently with Ironi Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan in the Israeli Premier League.

Cooper and Khazzouh join former Sydney Kings players Ben Knight, Luke Martin and Graeme Dann, as well as former Australian college star Blagoj Janev (also ex-Singapore Slingers) on the Kings’ 2010/11 roster.

Also announced today was the signing of the Kings’ first import American, former Winthrop University standout Taj McCullough.  A 201cm forward, McCullough was linked to the Washington Wizards before signing with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBDL where he played 36 games averaging 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals.  After a stint with Ironi Kfar Hamaccabia Ramat Gan in the Israeli Premier League, he signed to Latvian club VEF Riga leading them to the Baltic League Quarter Finals.