The Kings have decided to draft Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins with the 5th overall pick, provided he is available, multiple sources with direct knowledge of Kings plans tell Yahoo!

Cousins is the second rated prospect in RealGM's big board.

DeMarcus Cousins prefers to end up with the Pistons, according to a source close to him that spoke with DraftExpress.

Detroit owns the seventh overall pick, a spot Cousins can conceivably drop to, though a trade to move up can also be orchestrated.

The Kings have the fifth overall pick in Thursday's NBA Draft and they may be looking to take a big man.

Sacramento traded center Spencer Hawes and forward Andres Nocioni to Philadelphia for Samuel Dalembert last week.

The belief amongst some around the league is that the Kings will take Georgetown's Greg Monroe, who was in Sacramento for a second workout on Saturday.

The Raptors and Kings have not had trade talks centered on Hedo Turkoglu, according to sources that spoke with Toronto Star.

Published reports intimated that Turkoglu could be dealt to Sacramento in a package that would include Andres Nocioni. The Kings dealt Nocioni to the Sixers on Thursday.

The Sixers have agreed to trade Samuel Dalembert to the Kings for Andres Nocioni and Spencer Hawes, according to a report from Chad Ford of ESPN.

RealGM Note: Dalembert is entering the final season of his contract.

Nocioni is owed $6.85M, $6.65M and $7.5M over the next three seasons.

Hawes, a member of the 2007 NBA Draft class, will become a restricted free agent after the 10-11 season.

Both Dalembert and Nocioni have frequently been mentioned in trade rumors, largely due to their bloated contracts.

The Kings will take another look at Georgetown's Greg Monroe and Marshall's Hassan Whiteside on Saturday.

The pair of big man will return to Sacramento for their second pre-draft workout.

Monroe worked out for the Kings by himself June 6, while Whiteside worked out June 8 along with four other post players.

The Kings are looking for a small forward and Detroit's Tayshaun Prince could be a viable option.

The Pistons are looking to make some changes and it is believed that either Richard Hamilton or Prince will be dealt.

Sources told Yahoo! Sports that Sacramento is open to trade possibilities. They have the fifth pick in this month's NBA Draft and they are also looking to accommodate Andres Nocioni's trade request.

John Grieg, the agent for DeMarcus Cousins, won?t send his client to workout for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources say, because he believes the Wolves have decided to draft Syracuse small forward Wesley Johnson.

Cousins had an excellent workout with the Sacramento Kings, grading out as the best shooter to visit Sacramento in the predraft process. He hit 78 percent of his shots in the workout, including a lot of pick-and-pop attempts.

Kings forward Andres Nocioni would like to be traded this offseason and the team will work to accommodate his request.

The Sacramento Bee writes that if the Kings aren't able to trade Nocioni, they expect him to show up to training camp ready to play.

"I think that's just a different version of what we've covered," said Kings president Geoff Petrie. "We kind of know how everybody feels. When and if and how, we don't know. There's nothing new there."

A buyout might be an easy avenue for Nocioni to get what he wants, but it sounds as though Petrie would prefer to trade him.

"He's still a productive player and he can still help teams," Petrie said. "He can still play."

Kings forward Andres Nocioni told the Spanish publication Ole that he has asked the team to trade him this offseason.

HoopsHype.com translated the piece from Spanish to English.

"I openly told the Kings that I wasn't going to stay," Nocioni told Ole. "They told me they were OK with it and that they were going to try to trade me to a competitive team, probably on draft day... I have to wait."

Nocioni was then asked about a potential trade to the Raptors. Toronto's Hedo Turkoglu is asking for a trade and has mentioned that we would welcome a trade to Sacramento.

"Toronto is not a bad option, but I don't want to talk about rumors," Nocioni said.