Talk:Sacramento Kings

Cowbell?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that a link to More Cowbell doesn't belong in the Kings dropdown box under "rivalries."

Royals and Kings pointers

Many NBA teams that fans know today have remarkable histories. The team known today as the Sacremento Kings is one of those teams. This team came a long way before names like Peja, Miller, Vlade, Webber, Turkoglu, Bibby or Jason Williams became known. The Rochester Royals, started by the Harrison Brothers, date back to the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the War Years in the 40s, their independent success as barnstormers led them to the National Basketball League, a loose group of Midwestern teams with industrial or barnstormer roots. Akron, Fort Wayne, Oshkosh and Sheboygan were the kinds of towns the NBL had then. After the Second World War, in the late 40s, the NBL grew and got better. The Royals defeated George Mikan's Chicago and Minneapolis squads, and won the 1947 title. Two years laters, the Royals were one of four NBL clubs talked into jumping to the rival Basketball Association of America, the direct decendant to the NBA. Mikan's Lakers and the Royals were the top two teams of the early NBA. The Royals had NFL star Otto Graham, future Knicks coach Red Holzman among the bench. The owner Les Harrison coached the squad. But that team got old as teams do, and the Royals fell on hard times after their only NBA championship. The Royals were cash-strapped and nearly folded. They were unable to pay or retain top players. One who stayed was Maurice Stokes, the first black NBA superstar. A fall to the floor tragically ended his career. Another was sure-shot Jack Twyman, the Royals' first 30-point scorer. Without Stokes, a devastated team went thru two tough 19-win seasons and considered folding. In the 1960s, the team slowly came back. Oscar Robertson joined. A team slowly was assembled around him. The Big O, as he came to be known, was a rare 6'5 all-around player who could shoot, pass, rebound and lead. He also could control a game's flow and tally a big list of free throws. Robertson got some All-Pro help with the signing of big man Jerry Lucas. Lucas had a great shooting range and could pass as well. But Lucas is remembered today as probably the greatest rebounding forward ever. Robertson and Lucas both set NBA records which stand to this day. But numerous players the Royals drafted or signed would later be lost, or they would delay signing. Despite that, and numerous coaching changes, the Royals were a whisper from the NBA title and were arch-rivals of the vaunted Boston Celtics. The team was kept in the tough NBA East, even though the Baltimore Bullets were in the West for three years. Had the Royals been a West team, they likely would have made two NBA Finals. Instead, even with the second best NBA record, they simply lost to Boston in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Royals owners focused on their true industry --- using the Royals to sell hotdogs. Leadership during these years was poor for building a basketball champion. Then the team hired loyal Celtic Bob Cousy to coach the club. Soon Robertson and other stars were traded. Not long later, the team moved to Kansas City before finally firing Cousy. Nate Archibald was the Kansas City Kings superstar, but the team was far from being a winner. Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons was the only real constant as the team went from the 70s to the 80s. Not much improved as the team somehow ended up in California's capital. It wasn't until the late 90s that the team again approached an NBA title as it had in the mid-60s. The team's sense of tradition is a little weak. As fans watch the latest version of the Kings struggle thru the 2006-07 season, it might do them well to recall where the franchise came from and the best players and teams from those bygone days.

Jerry Lucas and The Classic NBA@yahoogroups.com

Player names on uniforms

I believe that the Kings used the unusual player's name under the number format while they were still the Cincinnati Royals. That imiatated what the Cincinnati reds were doign at around that smae time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staszu13 (talk • contribs) 14:46, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Coverage needed on new arena situation

Please add info on the push to build a new arena at Cal Expo. That information is extremely relevant to this article as a new arena or lack thereof will affect the future of the Kings franchise, at least in the Sacramento market. I will do so by this weekend if no one else does.--Msr69er (talk) 17:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

• A nice addition and generally well cited. I added two FACT tags though. With regards to the relative condition of the current ARCO Arena, this is a generally accepted truth but it still needs a citation. As regards flagging attendance being a compelling reason, without a citation I can't help but feel that is a speculative statement. At the time the bond measure was under way, the Kings had been consecutively sold-out since 1999. I'm a bit pressed for time and can only find this, but the Maloofs were felt to have backed away from measures Q & R, so it might help to distance mention of any "campaign" on their part with the ballot measures. Ogre lawless (talk) 21:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I keep hearing that the Kings was the other team, including the L.A. Clippers and the now Oklahoma City NBA team, that was interested in moving basically back to Kansas City. ~BigBoi29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by BigBoi29 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)