{"id":825529,"date":"2013-07-03T21:43:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T04:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=22631"},"modified":"2013-07-03T21:43:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T04:43:38","slug":"tyreke-evans-agrees-to-terms-with-new-orleans-pelicans-would-be-ok-if-sacramento-kings-matched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tyreke-evans-agrees-to-terms-with-new-orleans-pelicans-would-be-ok-if-sacramento-kings-matched\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyreke Evans agrees to terms with New Orleans Pelicans, OK if Sacramento Kings match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by\u00a0<strong><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/James_Ham\" target=\"_blank\">James Ham<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/em><strong><em><strong><em><em><strong><em><strong><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/itsjonsantiago\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Santiago<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IZ0A8520.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22632\" alt=\"Tyreke Evans aggressively attacks the basket against Shannon Brown. 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