Kings re-sign Santa Claus for Christmas night clash

The Sydney Kings are excited to announce that Santa Claus has re-signed with the club for their Christmas night clash with the Illawarra Hawks.

After signing with the Hoops Capital club for the historic first-ever Christmas fixture, Santa Claus hurt his hamstring in warm-up and was ruled out before play tipped off against Melbourne.

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But after a big off-season, including plenty of rehab with the Kings strength and conditioning staff, Father Christmas is back better than ever.

"The Kings looked after me with my injury and made sure I got right this time - I'm ready to go," Mr Claus said.

"I've been channelling myself through some of the players, so they get a little bit of Christmas magic.

"It's all come from me wanting to be at the Kings of Christmas Day."

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Kings assistant coach Fleur McIntyre is thrilled to have a talent with so much experience on Christmas Day at her disposal this year at Qudos Bank Arena.

"There were two players we wanted to focus on in our off-season - one was Jaylen Adams, a former MVP of this league and the other was Santa," McIntyre said.

"He [Santa] has been in here [the Kings training facility] to get his hamstring right for Christmas night - which has us all excited."

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