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>>Kings Ink Seth Curry

The Sacramento Kings have signed free- agent guard Seth Curry.

The Sacramento Bee reports the deal is for two years and worth $2 million. The second year is a player option.

The 24-year-old Curry is the younger brother of league MVP Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors.

Playing for the New Orleans 2015 Summer League squad, Curry averaged a league- leading 24.3 points. He has played in four NBA games in two seasons with three teams: Memphis (2013-14), Cleveland (2013-14) and Phoenix (2014-15).

The Kings also signed forwards Quincy Acy and Duje Dukan to contracts Wednesday.

 width=>>Jimmer Fredette Joins San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs have signed guard Jimmer Fredette.

He spent last season playing for New Orleans, and averaged 3.6 points and 1.4 assists over 50 games.

The 10th overall pick in 2011 by the Milwaukee Bucks, Fredette was dealt on draft night to Sacramento. He played two-plus seasons for the Kings before signing with the Chicago Bulls in March 2014. He signed with the Pelicans last July.

In 229 NBA career games, Fredette is averaging 6.1 points and 1.4 assists.

>>Hornets Sign Tyler Hansbrough

The Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday signed free-agent forward Tyler Hansbrough, who spent the past two seasons with the Toronto Raptors.

Hansbrough, 29, was drafted No. 13 overall by Indiana in 2009 and has averaged 7.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 17.9 minutes in 384 NBA games for the Pacers and Raptors.

The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 3.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 74 games for Toronto last season.

>>Pistons Ink Stanley Johnson

The Detroit Pistons signed first-round draft pick Stanley Johnson on Wednesday.

The Pistons made Johnson the eighth overall pick in last month's draft after one season at Arizona.

In 38 games with the Wildcats, the 6-foot-7 forward averaged a team-high 13.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.5 steals. The 2015 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year was the lone freshman named to the All-Pac-12 or NABC All-District 20 First team.

Johnson averaged a team-high 16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks during the Orlando Summer League.

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