It was midway through August, the point guard dilemma was in full swing, and the Sacramento Kings window for opportunity was closing rapidly. The NBA had yet to enforce its sanctions on Darren Collison and with no timetable available, it had the franchise at a stand still.
Knowing that acquiring a point guard was a necessity due to the Collison issue combined with the ever ending recycling of past Kings point guards (Rajon Rondo, Isaiah Thomas, Tyreke Evans), Sacramento had to make a move fast.
The wait forced the Kings to feed from a pool of what were considered tier two or tier three point guards which consisted of past 2x NBA champion in Norris Cole, Nate Robinson, Kirk Hinrich and Ty Lawson.