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: Rick Adelman Arena: Arco Arena Post Season History: NBL Championship: 1946 NBL Championship apperances: 1946,1947,1948 NBL Divisional Championships: 1946,1947,1978 NBA Championships: 1951 NBA Finals Apperances 1951 NBA Division Finals/Confrence Finals: 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1963, 1964, 1981, 2002, NBL/NBA Playoff Apperences: 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 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 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. 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 of 4000 attendance 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
