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Sacramento Kings
(34-48, 6th in Pacific, 23 games back)
DRAFT PICKS: (7, 36)
| Team Strengths |
Inside Scoring
Forwards
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| Team Statistics |
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PPG |
FG% |
REBs |
TOs |
| Kings |
93.1(22nd) | .442 (21st) | 41.4 (14th) | 15.5 (17th) |
| Opponents |
98.7 (23rd) | .457 (19th) | 45.0 (27th) | 15.3 (14th) |
| Weaknesses |
Webber's perpetual unhappiness
Outside Shooting
Backcourt
Rebounding
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| Changes |
Chris Webber Acquired For Richmond and Thorpe
Signed Predrag Stojakovic
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf left to Turkey
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| Needs |
Backcourt and Center Help
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| Notes: |
Kings missed the playoffs for the 12th time in 13 seasons
Kings had trouble beating good teams; they are just 17-70 in the past two seasons vs, teams .500-plus
Went 3-20 during the final two months of the season
32 times the Kings allowed 100-plus points and they lost 31 of those
Went 3-13 vs the Central division, 0-8 on the road
Webber is signed through 2002, but will he report?
They are the league's second-worst free throw shooting team (.687), only the Lakers were worse
Only scored over 100 points eighteen times (14-4)
With Richmond gone, the Kings' returning backcourt of Dehere, Johnson and C.Robinson, combined scoring average is less than Richmond's (averaged 23.2)
Corliss Williamson increased his scoring average by 6.1 ppg and his rebounding by 1.5 per game. It was the second straight year that he increased his scoring by at least six points a game
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| First Round Draft Picks in the 90's |
1990 Lionel Simmons, F, LaSalle (7)
1990 Travis Mays, G, Texas (14)
1990 Duane Causwell, C, Temple (18)
1990 Anthony Bonner, F, St. Louis (23)
1991 Billy Owens, F, Syracuse (3)
1992 Walt Williams, F, Maryland (7)
1993 Bobby Hurley, G, Duke (7)
1994 Brian Grant, F, Xavier (8)
1995 Corliss Williamson, F, Arkansas (13)
1996 Predrag Stojakovic, F, Greece (14)
1997 Olivier Saint-Jean, F, San Jose St. (11)
Complete draft list over the years |
| Players by Position |
| Small Forwards |
Power Forwards |
Centers |
Point Guards |
Shooting Guards |
Corliss Williamson
Billy Owens
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Chris Webber
Lawrence Funderburke
Mark Hendrickson
Predrag Stojakovic
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Olden Polynice
Michael Stewart
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Anthony Johnson
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Chris Robinson
Terry Dehere
Tariq Abdul-Wahad
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| Free Agents |
| 1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Corliss Williamson
Terry Dehere (P-FA)
Billy Owens
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Mark Hendrickson
Michael Stewart
Anthony Johnson
Olden Polynice (T-FA)
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Lawrence Funderburke
Chris Robinson
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Tariq Abdul-Wahad
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