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Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings centers with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every center from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Sacramento Kings history</a>, including current centers and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-centers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest NBA centers</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Kings&nbsp;Cs include DeMarcus Cousins, Vlade Divac, LaSalle Thompson, and Brad Miller.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Sacramento Kings starting Cs and backup Cs are Kosta Koufos, Willie Cauley-Stein, and Georgios Papagiannis.&nbsp; Who are the best centers in Sacramento Kings history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Sacramento Kings&nbsp;center.

Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings point guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every point guard from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Sacramento Kings history</a>, including current point guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-point-guards-currently-in-the-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA point guards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Kings&nbsp;PGs include Oscar Robertson, Mike Bibby, Larry Drew, and Nate Archibald.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Sacramento Kings starting PGs and backup PGs are De'Aaron Fox, George Hill, and Frank Mason III.&nbsp;Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-point-guards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best point guards</a> in Sacramento Kings history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Sacramento Kings&nbsp;point guard.

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A list of the best Sacramento Kings of all time. The Sacramento Kings have moved cities more than any other team in NBA history. Joining the NBA in 1949 as the Rochester Royals, the team experienced success. The Royals won its only championship, defeating the New York Knicks in 1951. These early Rochester teams featured nine future Pro Basketball Hall of Famers like Arnie Risen, Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman. In 1957, the team left Rochester for Cincinnati.In Cincinnati, Oscar Robertson established himself as one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-nba-players-of-all-time">best players in basketball history</a>. The team was a constant contender with Robertson averaging a triple double in some season and winning the MVP Award and was a nine-time All Star. But management broke up those great teams and the best players in team history ended up being traded away, as was Robertson.After moving to Kansas City and changing its name to the Kings, the team moved to Sacramento in 1985. It took the Kings a while, but at the end of the 1990s, the Kings finally had its most prosperous period since its early days. Franchise icons like Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, Peja Stojakovic and Vlade Divac carried Sacramento as far as Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals in 2002. The Kings lost to the Lakers in that controversial series, but the players on that team remain some of the most beloved in Kings history.This is a list of the best Sacramento Kings of all time. If you see someone who should be on this list and isn't, feel free to add him. Vote or rerank this list according to who you think should be considered the best player in Royals/Kings history.

Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings shooting guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every shooting guard from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Sacramento Kings history</a>, including current shooting guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest NBA shooting guards of all time,&nbsp;the best Kings&nbsp;SGs include Mitch Richmond, Tom Van Arsdale, Otis Birdsong, and Reggie Theus.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Sacramento Kings starting SGs and backup SGs are Vince Carter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Buddy Hield, Malachi Richardson, and Garrett Temple.&nbsp; Who are the best shooting guards in Sacramento Kings history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Sacramento Kings&nbsp;shooting guard.

Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings power forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every power forward from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Sacramento Kings history</a>, including current power forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nba-power-forwards/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA power forwards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Kings&nbsp;PFs include Chris Webber, Wayman Tisdale, Otis Thorpe, and Jerry Lucas.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Sacramento Kings starting PFs and backup PFs are Zach Randolph, Willie Cauley-Stein, and Harry Giles.&nbsp; Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-power-forwards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best power forwards</a> in Sacramento Kings history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Sacramento Kings&nbsp;power forward.

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In their time as an NBA franchise, the Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time coach of all time? We want to hear your thoughts, which is why we created this poll of the top Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time head coaches. Lester Harrington, the franchise's first head coach,&nbsp;lead the franchise to its first NBA championship in the 1951 NBA Finals. Harrington was also a co-founder of the organization with his brother Jack Harrison. Phil Johnson was the first Kings head coach to win <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nba-2018-coach-of-the-year-predictions/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA Coach of the Year</a>. Johnson would do so in 1975, is second year as head coach of the Kings. &nbsp; If you love basketball and the Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time, then help us decide who the best Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time coach is by voting up your top picks. You don't have to vote for the winningest Sacramento Kings Coaches of All Time coach, but it's hard to argue against solid numbers.

Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings small forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every small forward from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Sacramento Kings history</a>, including current small forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nba-small-forwards/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA small forwards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Kings&nbsp;SFs include Peja Stojakovic, Rudy Gay, Corliss Williamson, and Lionel Simmons.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Sacramento Kings starting SFs and backup SFs are Garrett Temple, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Justin Jackson.&nbsp; Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-small-forwards?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best small forwards</a> in Sacramento Kings history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Sacramento Kings&nbsp;small forward.

These Sacramento Kings players have all had their numbers retired. After making a big impact while playing for the team, players such as Oscar Robertson and Nate Archibald had their jerseys retired. But not every player in the NBA gets their number retired, it is an honor bestowed upon the best players of a franchise. Which of these athletes are the greatest Sacramento Kings players? This list is only for Sacramento Kings players with retired numbers. Coaches and managers have had their numbers retired as well but we&#39;re here to determine the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sacramento-kings-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best Sacramento Kings players</a> that have had their number retired for all time.

Although these are undoubtedly great players, not all of them have been voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame despite having their numbers honored. The Sacramento Kings players that have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame are noted below. Vote up the Sacramento Kings players with retired numbers that you think made the biggest contribution to the team.

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Mitch Richmond

Mitchell James Richmond (born June 30, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and Kansas State University. He was a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a former NBA Rookie of the Year. In 976 NBA games, Richmond averaged 21.0 points per game and 3.5 assists per game. Richmond was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. His nicknames include "The Rock". His jersey No. 2 was retired in his honor by the Sacramento Kings, for whom he played seven seasons.

Kevin Martin

Kevin Dallas Martin Jr. (born February 1, 1983) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western Carolina University, where in his junior year, he averaged 24.9 points per game, which ranked second in the nation. After three years at Western Carolina, he entered the 2004 NBA draft and was selected with the 26th overall pick by the Sacramento Kings.

Tyreke Evans

Tyreke Jamir Evans (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Memphis Tigers, he was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. Evans went on to win the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2013 before being traded back to the Kings in 2017. After susessive stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers, Evans, who would have become a free agent at the end of the 2019 season, was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA in May for violating the terms of the league's anti-drug program.

Bucky Bockhorn

Arlen Dale "Bucky" Bockhorn (born July 8, 1933) is a retired American basketball player. He was a guard for the NBA's Cincinnati Royals (1958–65). He played college basketball at the University of Dayton and is a member of Dayton's Hall of Fame and All-Century team.

Buddy Hield

Chavano Rainier "Buddy" Hield (born December 17, 1992) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016, and in 2016, he received four major national player of the year awards—the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.  Hield was selected with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.

Otis Birdsong

Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons (1977–1989) in the NBA and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games.A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard who attended Winter Haven High School and the University of Houston, Birdsong was selected by the Kansas City Kings with the second pick of the 1977 NBA draft. He would spend four seasons with the Kings, averaging a career high 24.6 points per game during the 1980–81 season. He also played seven seasons with the New Jersey Nets and one with the Boston Celtics, and then ended his career at the end of the 1988–89 season.

Jimmy Walker

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Jack Twyman

John Kennedy Twyman (May 21, 1934 – May 30, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and sports broadcaster. Twyman is a namesake of the NBA's Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. Twyman was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.

Ron Boone

Ronald Bruce Boone (born September 6, 1946) is a retired American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Boone played the most consecutive games played in professional basketball history, 1,041, never missing a game in his career. AC Green has since surpassed the 1,041 games. Boone is the long-time and current color commentator on Utah Jazz broadcasts.

Reggie Theus

Reginald Wayne Theus (born October 13, 1957) is an American retired basketball player and the former head coach of California State University, Northridge. He formerly served as head coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings and New Mexico State University's men's basketball team. He was also an assistant coach for the University of Louisville under Rick Pitino.

Tom Van Arsdale

Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is a former professional basketball player.  A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1965 NBA draft.  He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1966, together with his identical twin brother Dick Van Arsdale.  Van Arsdale played in the NBA for 12 seasons; with the Pistons, the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City–Omaha Kings, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Phoenix Suns.    Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA.  He retired from play in 1977.
Van Arsdale still holds the NBA record for most career games played without a playoff appearance.  Van Arsdale played 929 games without making a single playoff appearance.  Van Arsdale is also the highest scoring player (14,232 career points) in NBA history without a playoff appearance.
Born in Indianapolis, he is the identical twin of Dick Van Arsdale.  The two brothers played together during the 1976–77 season, which was the final year of play for both. The original lockers of both Tom and Dick remain in the display case in the lobby of the Emmerich Manual High School gymnasium.

Danny Ainge

Daniel Ray Ainge (born March 17, 1959) is an American basketball executive and former professional basketball and baseball player. Ainge is currently the general manager and President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Ainge was an outstanding high school athlete. At Brigham Young University, he was named national basketball college player of the year and won the John R. Wooden Award for the most outstanding male college basketball player. While in college, Ainge also played parts of three seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB), mostly as a second baseman. He was then drafted into the NBA by the Celtics. Ainge completed 14 seasons, playing for the Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns, primarily as a shooting guard. He went on to coach the Suns for three seasons before joining management of the Celtics, with whom Ainge has three NBA Championships to his credit (two as a player, one as President/GM).
He is the only person to be named a high school first team All-American in American football, basketball, and baseball.

Adrian Smith

Adrian Howard "Odie" Smith (born October 5, 1936) is a retired American professional basketball player.



Doug Christie

Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he played the shooting guard position. He is currently a commentator for the Sacramento Kings on NBC Sports California.

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Robert Francis Wanzer (June 4, 1921 – January 23, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. During his final two years as a player, he served as the team's player-coach. After he retired  from playing in 1957, he remained as a coach with the Royals for one season, before he became the head coach of the St. John Fisher Cardinals college basketball team in 1963. He stayed in the role with the college for 24 years until his retirement in 1987. Wanzer was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Bogdan Bogdanović

Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbian: Богдан Богдановић; born August 18, 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The shooting guard also represents the Serbian national basketball team.
He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 27th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, with his draft rights being traded to the Sacramento Kings during the 2016 NBA draft. Bogdanović earned an All-EuroLeague First Team and a EuroBasket All-Tournament Team selection in 2017. He was named the 2017 All-Europe Player of the Year, by the international basketball website Eurobasket.com.

Derek Smith

Derek Ervin Smith (November 1, 1961 – August 9, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He won a national championship with the Louisville Cardinals in 1980, and spent nine years in the NBA in a career shortened by a knee injury. He would later become an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets from 1994 until his death.

Vince Carter

Vincent Lamar Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and plays both shooting guard and small forward. Carter is one of five players that have played an NBA-record 21 seasons. He is widely regarded as the greatest dunker of all time.A high school McDonald's All-American, Carter played three years at the University of North Carolina. While there, he twice reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament before being selected as the fifth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, who traded him to the Toronto Raptors. 
Carter emerged as a star in Toronto. He won the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year Award and won the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2000 NBA All-Star Weekend. That summer, he represented the United States in the Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal. He entertained crowds with his leaping ability and slam dunks, earning nicknames such as "Vinsanity", "Air Canada", and "Half-Man, Half-Amazing". In December 2004, Carter was traded to the New Jersey Nets, where he continued to put up big numbers. Carter has also played for the Orlando Magic, the Phoenix Suns, the Dallas Mavericks, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Sacramento Kings, and the Atlanta Hawks. He received the Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award in 2016. Carter is an eight-time NBA All-Star.
Off the court, Carter established the Embassy of Hope Foundation, assisting children and their families in Florida, New Jersey and Ontario. He was also recognized in 2000 as Child Advocate of the Year by the Children's Home Society, and received the Florida Governor's Points of Light award in 2007 for his philanthropy in his home state.

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Billy Knight

William R. Knight (born June 9, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34.
In college, Knight was a consensus second-team All-American in 1974. He began his pro career with Indiana, earning ABA All-Rookie First Team honors in 1975. He continued with the Pacers in the NBA, and he also played in the league for the Buffalo Braves, Boston Celtics, Kansas City Kings and San Antonio Spurs. Knight finished his playing career with a season in France. He became an executive with the Pacers and the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies.  He last served as the executive vice president and general manager of the Atlanta Hawks from 2003 to 2008.

Ray Williams

Thomas Ray Williams (October 14, 1954 – March 22, 2013) was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from 1977 to 1987. Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he was the younger brother of Gus Williams, who also played in the NBA.

Nate Williams

Nathaniel Russell "Nate" Williams (born May 2, 1950 in Columbia, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) swingman from Utah State University, Williams was selected first in the 1971 NBA Hardship Draft, a supplemental draft for college underclassman. He played eight and a half seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz, and Golden State Warriors. His finest season took place in 1973–74, when he averaged 15.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists for the Kings. He ended his NBA career with 7,709 total points.

Eddie Johnson

Edward Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, he is notable for having scored the second most career points of a player to never play in an NBA All-Star game, behind Jamal Crawford. As of the 2018-19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, along with being the fifth in most points scored by an eligible player not currently in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is currently the co-host of NBA Today, which airs weekdays on Sirius XM NBA Radio and also is the play-by-play TV analyst for the Phoenix Suns on Fox Sports Arizona.

Beno Udrih

Beno Udrih (born July 5, 1982) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who last played for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He previously played in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons. During his time with the Spurs, Udrih won two NBA titles in 2005 and 2007.

Marcus Thornton

Marcus Thornton may refer to:

Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987), American professional basketball player, drafted by the Miami Heat; in college played for LSU (2007–09)
Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1992), American professional basketball player; undrafted; in college played for Georgia (2010–15)
Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1993), American professional basketball player, drafted by the Boston Celtics; in college played for William & Mary (2011–15)
Marcus Thornton, petitioner in the United States Supreme Court case Thornton v. United States, 541 U.S. 615 (2004)

Sarunas Marciulionis

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis ([ˈrɐ̂ˑɪ̯mɔndɐs ʃɐˈrûːnɐs mɐrʲtɕʊˈlʲôːnʲɪs] (listen)) (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. Widely considered as one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On August 8, 2014, Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
In the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Arvydas Sabonis, Marčiulionis led the senior USSR national team to the gold medal. With the senior Lithuanian national team, he won two Summer Olympics bronze medals, in 1992 and 1996. He was an All-Tournament Team member, the top scorer, and the MVP of the EuroBasket 1995, and he was also elected to the All-EuroBasket Team in 1987.
Marčiulionis is credited with bringing the Euro step move to the NBA.

Big fan of Sacramento basketball? Then check out this list of Sacramento Kings shooting guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes ...