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Kings’ Alex Oriakhi is more than a footnote

When someone asks, “Who did the Kings receive in a trade along with a cap exception for Isaiah Thomas?” The answer is Alex Oriakhi.

If Oriakhi has his way, he’ll be more than a namedrop on trivia night.

“It’s West African,” Oriakhi explained to Cowbell Kingdom of his surname. “ My family is from Nigeria. It means that they will remember me.”

The 57th pick of the 2013 draft by the Phoenix Suns was viewed as a throw-in on the July 12, 2014 exchange. Thomas was as good as gone from Sacramento after he signed a four-year, $27 million restricted offer sheet, so the Kings valued anything in return.