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Sacramento Kings
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Since the start of the new millennium the Sacramento Kings have been adding players to make a serious run at the NBA Championship. European players Vlade Divac and Peja Stojakovic along with Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, Bobby Jackson, Doug Christy and Brad Miller are the nucleus of a solid team who can challenge for an NBA title. The window of opportunity for this group is getting smaller ... as injuries and age are taking a toll.
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According to the Daily News, Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest, Houston Rockets' guard Rafer Alston and New York Knicks forward David Lee are among the NBA stars expected to play. The tournament is sponsored by Dash's sneaker line Pro-Keds and will feature teams supported by Diddy's Bad Boy label, Jim Jones' Diplomats and DMX's Ruff Ryders.
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After the 2000 season, the Sacramento Kings traded preliminary small forward Corliss Williamson to the Toronto Raptors for a shooting guard Doug Christie, breach a starting spot for sharpshooter Stojakovic. Stojakovic and his dead-eye long variety shot served as the ideal complement to Webber's smooth inside game, captivating the Kings' already-potent offense to new heights. With their sustained success on courtyard came their continued rise in popularity, culminate in their grace the cover of Sports Illustrated in February 2001, with the name "The Greatest Show On Court". In 2001, the Kings won their primary playoff series in the Webber era, defeat the Phoenix Suns 3-1, before being swept in four playoffs by the Lakers, who went on to win the NBA championship.
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The Sacramento Kings trace their roots all the way back to the birth of the NBA. In 1949 the franchise was one of 17 charter members of the new league that was created by the merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. Originally located in Rochester and known as the Royals, the club has ... been known as the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and the Kansas City Kings. The franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985.
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Sacramento Kings guard Mitch Richmond, left, is fouled when he was grabbed by Dallas Mavericks forward Terry Davis during fourth quarter action in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996. Despite scoring a game high 36 points, Richmond and the Kings lost to the Mavericks 111-109.
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The Kings moved west to their current home of Sacramento, California, in 1985-86. Much of their early tenure in Sacramento was spent in the NBA's cellar, and the team made the playoffs only once between 1985 and 1995. Some of their failure to succeed was attributed to unimaginable disaster, such as the virtually career-ending car crash suffered by promising point guard Bobby Hurley, the tragic suicide of Ricky Berry and some was attributed to poor management such as the too-long tenure of head coach Garry St. Jean and the selection of "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison with the first overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft.
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