Sacramento Kings 1985-Present Kansas City Kings 1972-1985 Cincinati Royals 1957-1972 Rochester Royals 1945-1957 Owners: Maloof Sports Entertainment General Manager: Geoff Petrie Current Coaching Staff Head Coach: Reggie Theus Arena: Arco Arena Post Season History: NBL Championship: 1946 NBL Championship apperances: 1946,1947,1948 NBL Divisional Championships: 1946,1947,1948 NBA Championships: 1951 NBA Finals Apperances 1951 NBA Division Finals/Confrence Finals: 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1963, 1964, 1981, 2002, NBL/NBA Playoff Apperences: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Hall of Fame Inductees: Bob Davies F 1945/46-1954/55 Les Harrison Owner/Coach 1945/46-1954/55 Arnie Risen C 1948/49-1954/55 Maurice Stokes F 1955/56-1956/57 Jack Twyman F 1955/56-1956/57 Bobby Wanzer G 1947/48-1956/57 Tom Marshall 1958/59-1959/60 Charles Wolf 1960/61-1962/63 Jack McMahon 1963/64-1966/67 Ed Jucker 1967/68-1968/69 Bob Cousy 1969/70-1971/72 Retired Numbers: 1 Nate Archibald G 1970-1976 2 Mitch Richmond G 1991-1998 6 Sacramento Fans (Sixth Man) 11 Bob Davies F 1945-1955 12 Maurice Stokes F 1955-1958 14 Oscar Robertson G 1955-1966 27 Jack Twyman F 1955-1966 44 Sam Lacey C 1970-1982 All Star MVP's: Mitch Richmond 1995 Sixth Man Awards: Bobby Jackson 2003 Major Historical Moments: (in order of time) 1945: The Royals kick off their inagural season with an interesting roster of well known names from other sports including the likes of Red Holzman, Otto Graham, Del Rice and a future TV star in the name of Chuck Connors (The Rifleman). 1946: The Royals hit the floor with the first black player in the NBL, Dolly King. 1948 NBL folds and the Royals become part of the NBA 1957: Royals step on the floor for their first season in Cincinati 1972: Royals move to Kansas City, changing their name to the Kansas City - Omaha Kings to avoid confusion with the local baseball team named Royals. The Kings are born and step on the court with an intersting situation of splitting their home games between two cities, Kansas City and Omaha 1975: The Kings drop the name Omaha from their name and become Kansas City Kings even though they still are playing some of their home games in Omaha. 1983: Before the start of the season, the Kings are sold to a group of investors in Sacramento. The Kings would manage to make the playoffs for the last time as the Kansas City Kings with the help of expanding the playoffs from six to eight teams and be swept in the first round. 1985: The Kings move to Sacramento and open to a sell out crowd of 10,333 at Arco Arena, a major change from the avarage attendance of 4000 from the previous year in Kansas City. 1988: Arco Arena II opens its new 16,517 Seat venue. 1989: Starting G Ricky Berry commits suicide just prior to the start of the season, Kings post their worst season of the Sacramento era at 23-59 2002: The Kings reach the Western Confrence Finals, loosing to the Lakers in 7 games. The series sets up not only a rivalry which has lasted since then, but also spawns a protest by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, contesting the results of the series and calling on commisioner David Stern to discuss the NBA's position on fining anyone who critisizes the refs, regardless of who is right or wrong, (as of this date, Stern has refused to do so) putting a large spotlight on how the game is called by officials. 11-9-2004: Chris Webber goes for 11 rebounds, 11 asists and 21 points as he becomes the first player in the history of the franchise to have a triple-double on the seasons home opener. 2005: Chris Webber, along with Matt Barnes and Michael Bradley are traded for Brian Skinner Kenny Thomas and Corliss Williamson (Who ironically was originally drafted by the Kings). 2006: Peja Stojakovic is traded mid year for Ron Artest helping to bring the team back into playoff contention. The Rick Adelman era comes to an end when he is replaced by Eric Mussleman. 2007: Mussleman is releaved of his coaching duties following the first season in eight years that the kings have not made the post season. Former King and fan favorite Reggie Theus is hired as the next head coach.
Haberofdoom:Great post about the history of this Franchise. You are great for this board.Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:
Here's some more info. on the franchise... (I'd like to make this a great place to consult for all types of Kings knowledge) Sacramento Kings first round draft picks 2005 -- Francisco Garcia 2004 -- Kevin Martin, Ricky Minard 2003 -- none 2002 -- Dan Dickau, Gonzaga 2001 -- Gerald Wallace, Alabama 2000 -- Hidayet Turkoglu, Efes Pilsen (Turkey) 1999 -- None 1998 -- Jason Williams, Florida 1997 -- Olivier St. Jean, San Jose State 1996 -- Predrag Stojakovic, PAOK (Greece) 1995 -- Corliss Williamson, Arkansas 1994 -- Brian Grant, Xavier 1993 -- Bobby Hurley, Duke 1992 -- Walt Williams, Maryland 1991 -- Billy Owens, Syracuse Pete Chilcutt, North Carolina 1990 -- Lionel Simmons, La Salle Travis Mays, Texas Duane Causwell, Temple Anthony Bonner, St. Louis 1989 -- Pervis Ellison, Louisville 1988 -- Ricky Berry, San Jose State 1987 -- Kenny Smith, North Carolina 1986 -- Harrold Pressley, Villanova 1985 -- Joe Kleine, Arkansas 1984 -- Otis Thorpe, Providence 1983 -- Ennis Whatley, Alabama 1982 -- LaSalle Thompson, Texas Brook Steppe, Georgia Tech 1981 -- Steve Johnson, Oregon State Kevin Loder, Alabama State 1980 -- Hawkeye Whitney, North Carolina State 1979 -- Reggie King, Alabama 1978 -- Phil Ford, North Carolina 1977 -- Otis Birdsong, Houston 1976 -- Richard Washington, UCLA 1975 -- Bill Robinzine, DePaul 1974 -- Scott Wedman, Colorado 1973 -- Ron Behagen, Minnesota 1972 -- None 1971 -- Ken Durrett, La Salle Nate Williams, Utah State 1970 -- Sam Lacey, New Mexico State 1969 -- Herm Gilliam, Purdue 1968 -- Don Smith (Abdul Aziz), Iowa State 1967 -- Mel Daniels, New Mexico 1966 -- Walt Wesley, Kansas 1965 -- Nate Bowman, Wichita State 1964 -- George Wilson, Cincinnati 1963 -- Tom Thacker, Cincinnati 1962 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 1961 -- Larry Siegfried, Ohio State 1960 -- Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1959 -- Bob Boozer, Kansas State 1958 -- Archie Dees, Indiana 1957 -- Rod Hundley, West Virginia 1956 -- Sihugo Green, Duquesne 1955 -- Not Available 1954 -- Tom Marshall, Western Kentucky 1953 -- Richie Regan, Seton Hall 1952 -- Not Available 1951 -- Sam Ranzino, North Carolina State 1950 -- Joe McNamee, San Francisco 1949 -- Frank Saul, Seton Hall Coaches: (Since becoming the Kings) Phil Johnson 1985/86-1986/87***** Jerry Reynolds 1986/87 Bill Russell 1987/88 Jerry Reynolds 1987/88-1989/90 Dick Motta 1989/90-1991/92 Rex Hughes 1991/92 Gary St. Jean 1992/93-1996/97 Eddie Jordan 1996/97-1997/98 Rick Adelman 1998/99-Present Standings(since 85) __Year_________League_________Record________Finish 2003-04-------------NBA-----------55 - 27-.671------2(1 GB) 2002-03-------------NBA-----------59 - 23-.720------1(0 GB) 2001-02-------------NBA-----------61 - 21-.744------1(0 GB) 2000-01-------------NBA-----------55 - 27-.672------2(1 GB) 1999-00-------------NBA-----------44 - 38-.537------5(23 GB) 1998-99-------------NBA-----------27 - 23-.540------3(8 GB) 1997-98-------------NBA-----------27 - 55-.329------5(34 GB) 1996-97-------------NBA-----------34 - 48-.415------6(23 GB) 1995-96-------------NBA-----------39 - 43-.476------5(25 GB) 1994-95-------------NBA-----------39 - 43-.476------5(20 GB) 1993-94-------------NBA-----------28 - 54-.341------6(35 GB) 1992-93-------------NBA-----------25 - 57-.305------7(37 GB) 1991-92-------------NBA-----------29 - 53-.354------7(28 GB) 1990-91-------------NBA-----------25 - 57-.305------7(38 GB) 1989-90-------------NBA-----------23 - 59-.280------7(40 GB) 1988-89-------------NBA-----------27 - 55-.329------6(30 GB) 1987-88-------------NBA-----------24 - 58-.293------6(30 GB) 1986-87-------------NBA-----------29 - 53-.354------5(26 GB) 1985-86-------------NBA-----------37 - 45-.451------5(14 GB) Attendance(since 85) -Year -Total -Avg. 04-05 709,997 17,317 03-04 709,997 Avg. 17,317(Thanks to harbingerofdoom for that info.) 2002-03 709,997 17,317 2001-02 709,997 17,317 2000-01 709,997 17,317 1999-00 687,410 16,766 1998-99 418,751 16,750 1997-98 605,434 14,767 1996-97 709,997 17,317 1995-96 709,997 17,317 1994-95 709,997 17,317 1993-94 709,997 17,317 1992-93 709,997 17,317 1991-92 697,574 17,014 1990-91 697,574 17,014 1989-90 697,574 17,014 1988-89 677,197 16,517 1987-88 423,653 10,333 1986-87 423,653 10,333 1985-86 423,653 10,333 Please feel free to add as much historic info as you would like!
44 Thrilla: Impressive stats you have there.I See someone here knows there stuff about the Kings.alright :thumbsup:
<div class="quote_poster">Montaman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">C'mon, now, no need to be mean. *chews bacon happily*</div> Im glad that you chew bacon happily you can never get enough of bacon
Updated to current info. Sorry i have not been able to hit it until now... work is not being all that helpful by intruding into my life all the time.
