PLAYERS A-C -- work in progress

[Bricklayer]

A -- Last Name A-C
Alaa Abdelnaby -- DONE (Bajaden)
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf -- DONE (Brick)
Tariq Abdul-Wahad -- DONE (Tetsujin)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim -- DONE (Brick)
Quincy Acy -- DONE (Brick)
Michael Adams -- DONE (Brick)
Danny Ainge -- DONE (Brick)
Cole Aldrich -- DONE (Brick)
Randy Allen -- DONE (Brick)
Peter Aluma -- DONE (Brick)
Nick Anderson -- DONE (Brick)
Joe Arlauckas -- DONE (Brick)
Hilton Armstrong -- DONE (Brick)
Vincent Askew -- DONE (Brick)
Matt Barnes -- DONE (Brick)
Jon Barry -- DONE (Brick)
Ricky Berry -- DONE (Brick)
Mike Bibby -- DONE (Bajaden)
Anthony Bonner -- DONE (Brick)
Calvin Booth -- DONE (Brick)
Michael Bradley -- DONE (Brick)
Mike Bratz -- DONE (Brick)
Randy Breuer -- DONE (Brick)
Jon Brockman -- in progress (Tetsujin)
Aaron Brooks -- DONE (Brick)
Bobby Brown -- DONE (Brick)
Chucky Brown -- DONE (Brick)
Randy Brown -- DONE (Brick)
Rodney Buford -- DONE (Brick)
Evers Burns -- DONE (Brick)
Rick Calloway -- DONE (Brick)
Antoine Carr -- DONE (Brick)
Omri Casspi -- DONE (Brick)
Duane Causewell -- DONE (Brick)
Pete Chilcutt -- DONE (Brick)
Doug Christie -- in progress (Bajaden)
Keon Clark -- DONE (Brick)
Mateen Cleaves -- DONE (Brick)
Steve Colter -- DONE (Brick)
Marty Conlon -- DONE (Brick)
David Cooke -- DONE (Brick)
Tyrone Corbin -- DONE (Brick)
DeMarcus Cousins

 

[Bricklayer]

Randy Brown
Born: May 22, 1968
Number: 3
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Position: PG/SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1991-95 (4 years)
How Acquired: 2nd round (#31 overall) of 1991 draft
How Departed: free agency 1995

A 6'2" combo guard drafted by the Kings with the 31st pick of the 1991 NBA draft, Brown would play four years with the Kings from 1991 to 1995, primarily in a reserve role backing up both guard spots. An aggressive defensive specialist able to match up with a wide variety of players at either guard position, on offense Brown lacked the size and shooting ability of a shooting guard or the creative ability and passing of a pure point guard. Muscular and physical, he was nonetheless injury prone, and would miss 69 games during his four years in Sacramento. In 259 career games with the Kings, Brown would average 16.9min 5.2pts 2.0ast and 1.2stls. He left the Kings as a free agent after the 1994-95 season.

College
Brown began his college career at Houston University before transferring to New Mexico State before the 1989 season, where he would average 12.1pts 6.4ast and 2.5stls as a senior before being drafted by the Kings.

Post Kings Career
After leaving the Kings, Brown would go on to play for the Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, and Phoenix Suns during a 12 year NBA career. With the Bulls he played a limited defensive role off the bench on Michael Jordan's second three-peat championship teams from 1995 to 1998, and was part of the Bulls historic 72 win 1995-96 season.

Post NBA Career
After retiring from the NBA Brown went into real estate before returning to Sacramento as an assistant coach from 2007 to 2009 under head coaches Reggie Theus and Kenny Natt. During this time it was also revealed that due to bankruptcy Brown had had to auction off his three Bulls championship rings. After Natt was dismissed, Brown returned to work for the Bulls front office, and currently holds the position of assistant general manager.

Statistics With the Kings
1991-92: 56gms 0GS 9.6min 3.4pts (.456 .000 .655) 1.2reb 1.1ast 0.6stl 0.2blk 0.8TO 1.2FL
1992-93: 75gms 34GS 23.0min 7.6pts (.463 .333 .732) 2.8reb 2.6ast 1.4stl 0.5blk 1.6TO 2.7FL
1993-94: 61gms 2GS 17.1min 4.5pts (.438 .000 .609) 1.8reb 2.2ast 1.0stl 0.2blk 1.2TO 2.2FL
1994-95: 67gms 2GS 16.2min 4.7pts (.432 .298 .671) 1.6reb 2.0ast 1.5stl 0.3blk 1.2TO 2.3FL
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TOTALS: 259gms 38GS 16.9min 5.2pts (.449 .254 .680) 1.9reb 2.0ast 1.2stl 0.3blk 1.2TO 2.2FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Brown
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownra02.html
http://sportstwo.com/threads/97478-The-Rifleman-Chuck-Person-Joins-Kings-Bench

 

[Tetsujin]

Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Born: November 3rd, 1977
Number: 9
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 223
Position: SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1997-99 (2 years)

Born Oliver Saint-Jean in France, Tariq Abdul-Wahad (he converted to Islam shortly after the Kings drafted him) was a 6'6" shooting guard drafted by the Kings with the 11th pick of the 1997 NBA draft. A general middling, lower level player whose overall game did not match his athleticism, Abdul-Wahad is best known as the answer to the trivia question "Who was the starting SG for the first season of the Chris Webber-Vlade Divac era?"

College
Tariq Abdul-Wahad played college ball at San Jose State University, where he transferred after two seasons at Michigan. While his overall college stats were 13.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 1.3 apg in 23.4 minutes of work、in his last season with the San Jose State Spartans, he put up 23.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg, and 1.1 apg in 33 mpg. His jersey was retired in 2002.

Post Kings Career
Traded for Nick Anderson in an attempt to shore up the Kings shooting guard situation, Abdul-Wahad then went on to bounce around the NBA to teams including the Orlando Magic and Dallas Mavericks. After a string of injuries ended his hopes at a career in the NBA, Abdul-Wahad tried to make a comeback with Climamio Bologna in Italy but was cut from team tryouts.

Post NBA Career
After retiring from the NBA, Abdul-Wahad engaged in a variety of activities including voice acting for a video game and coaching the womens basketball team for CSU Monterey Bay. Now, he is the head coach of the Lincoln High School men's varsity team in San Jose, California.

Statistics With the Kings
1997-1998: 59gms 16GS 16.3min 6.4pts (.403 .211 .672) 2.0reb 0.9ast 0.6stl 0.2blk 1.1TO 1.4PF
1998-1999: 49gms 49GS 24.6min 9.3pts (.435 .286 .691) 3.8reb 1.0ast 1.0stl 0.3bpg 1.4TO 2.3PF
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TOTALS: 108gms 65GS 20min 7.7pts (.420 .250 .682) 2.8reb 0.9ast 0.8stl 0.3blk 1.3TO 1.9FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Abdul-Wahad
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulta01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Thank you Mr. Tetsu! And good too in that there is stuff there about the end of his career and post career that I didn't know either. He's right at the end of my dark years there, where I was across the country and doing the poor student thing in the pre-league pass days and pre-Kings on national TV days. I generally know those guys, but have less affinity for them than any other period of Kings guys.

My only comment would be that up in the first section we need a line about him being an athletic high flyer (defensive minded?) with a shaky jumpshot to sort of give people the flavor of his playing style.

 

[Warhawk]

My only comment on Tariq would be that this:

After a string of injuries ended his hopes at a career in the NBA, Abdul-Wahad tried to make a comeback with Climamio Bologna in Italy but was cut from team tryouts.

Be placed in the "Post NBA Career" section.

 

[Bricklayer]

My only comment on Tariq would be that this:



Be placed in the "Post NBA Career" section.

Yeah, I realize now that was a little deceptive as a title for the section. For Randy Brown it applied. But maybe it really should be Post Basketball Career?

Guess the question would be if you have 5 stages:

Pre-Kings
Kings
Post Kings NBA
Post Kings post NBA
Post Playing Career

does #4 fit better with the rest of his NBA career, or the rest of his post playing career? Maybe it fits better with post Kings NBA career, but in a separate paragraph sicne its kind of trivia compared to how we normally talk about NBA guys.

 

[bajaden]

Alaa Abdelnaby
Born: June 24th, 1968
Number: 30
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 240 Lbs
Position: PF
Yrs w/Kings: 1994/95 (1 year)

Abdelnaby was born in Alexandria Egypt. He was raised in Antley and Bloomfield New Jersey where he played on the Bloomfield highschool basketball team. He was a standout highschool basketball player and was named to the McDonald's All American team. He had a very short NBA career playing only five years and playing for five different teams in that span. He was drafted by Portland with the 25th pick in the first round of the 1990 draft. He also played for Milwaukee, Boston, Philadelphia, and the Sacramento Kings. After the Kings he did sign with the Warriors, but never played for them. Abdelnaby never ever lived up to expectations, and didn't contribute much to the Kings that year. He was a big body, and not without skills, but his work ethic didn't match his potential.

College
Abdelnaby went to Duke university. He's best known there for for his comment when asked about his academic requirements. He said, "The only way I can make five A's is when I sign my name.

Post Kings career
The Kings were essentially the last NBA team he played for. He did however play for the Papagou BC (Greece) (1995/96), the Omaha Racers (CBA) (1996/97), Olympique Antibes (France) (1997/98), and the Idaho Stampede (CBA) (1999-2000).

Post NBA/Basketball career
He started a broadcasting career in 1995 by broadcasting games in arabic for Orbit Satellite Television. He has since worked for other arabic channels and has moved back to the united states. He currently works for CBS sports as a studio analyst and performs color commentary for on site games. He also does commentary for Dial Global Radio. He is single and lives in New Jersey.

Statistics with Kings
1994-1995: 51 GP - 9.3 MPG -5.0 PPG - 53.2% FGP - 00.0% 3PP - 57.1% FTP - 2.1 RPG - 0.3 APG - 0.3 SPG - 0.2 BPG - 2.0 PF


http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ABDELAL01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaa_Abdelnaby

 

[VF21]

Nice job, Dennis.

 

[bajaden]

Nice job, Dennis.

Well thank you! I suspect that this project could take years. Ahhh well, I have nothing better to do.

 

[Bricklayer]

Thank you very much Baja.

And no, its not going to take years. Its going to take roughly 3 months. And I very much appreciate you chipping in here, and any further chip ins would be even further appreciated, cuz it might just be us. Nonetheless, that is always my default. When something needs doing, I will take a shot at getting others involved, but push comes to shove, if I think it needs doing, I just do it. So, I'm going to be tapping the conversation for this thing once to give anybody out there a nudge, and then I'm going to start tearing into it. People are too easily intimidated by these things. The big pages will be pains I'd love to have some people working on diligently. But the little ones? I can probably clear half a dozen a night just by myself. Any and all help from you or anybody else would really help kick it even further. But by training camp I intend to be able to announce this thing to the board in general, and have it half+ done.

 

[bajaden]

I will do what I can to contribute. I suspect some have forgotten about it. It seems like something is always interfering with me. Such as, my daughter is arriving this saturday, and then the two of us are heading south through Gonzaga bay and all points south. Won't go as far as Cabo though. I officially hate the place now. Maybe La Paz, we'll see. Anyway, when I get back I'll get cracking on it.

 

[Tetsujin]

I'll try to have one up for Jon Brockman in a few days.

 

[Bricklayer]

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf (born Chris Jackson)
Born: March 9, 1969
Number: 3
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 162
Position: PG/SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1996-98 (2 years)

A slight built 6'1" gunning combo guard who was one of the best free throw shooters in NBA history, Abdul-Rauf arrived in Sacramento after a controversial 6 year career with the Denver Nuggets as a part of the Kings continuing efforts to replace Spud Webb. He would platoon with incumbent PG Tyus Edney alongside Mitch Richmond during his first season with the Kings, but his shoot first instincts and lack of any defensive ability made him a poor fit. He would struggle and play only 31 games off the bench in his second season as rookie Anthony Johnson took over the starting PG role, and would leave the NBA at the end of the season.

College and Pre Kings Career
Playing under his birthname of Chris Jackson, Abdul-Rauf had a celebrated 2 yr college career, averaging 30.2pts in 1988-89 as a freshman at LSU (an NCAA record), and returning as a sophomore to average 27.6pts playing alongside a young freshman big man by the name of Shaquille O'Neal.

Drafted #8 overall by the Denver Nuggets, Abdul Rauf had a sometimes spectacular, sometimes rocky 6 year run with the Nuggets during which he was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, which caused him to have numerous facial and verbal tics, converted to Islam and changed his name, and incited controversy when he adopted a policy of refusing to stand for the national anthem because of what he considered American tyranny, which he claimed clashed with his muslim beliefs. On the court his quickness and lightning fast trigger from the perimeter worked both for and against him as he would average close to 20 points per game in several seasons, but never display a point guard's instincts for setting up teammates, leaving him caught between positions.

Post Kings Career
Sacramento represented the end of Abdul-Rauf's main career in the NBA. After playing overseas for two years, he would briefly attempt a comeback for the Vancouver Grizzlies in 2000-01 before retiring to international play permanently.

Post NBA Career
After retiring from the NBA Abdul-Rauf embarked on a long career playing basketball in various leagues around the world into his early 40s. He ultimately retired for the final time in 2011.

Statistics With the Kings
1996-97: 75gms 51GS 28.4min 13.7pts (.445 .382 .846) 1.6reb 2.5ast 0.7stl 0.1blk 1.6TO 2.3FL
1997-98: 31gms 0GS 17.1min 7.3pts (.377 .161 1.000) 1.2reb 1.9ast 0.5stl 0.0blk 0.6TO 1.0FL
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TOTALS: 106gms 51GS 25.1min 11.9pts (.429 .357 .862) 1.5reb 2.3ast 0.7stl 0.1blk 1.3TO 1.9FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abdul-Rauf
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulma02.html
http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/25/5544920/mahmoud-abdul-rauf-nuggets-national-anthem

 

[Bricklayer]

Shareef Abdur Rahim
Born: December 11, 1976
Number: 3
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 245
Position: PF
Yrs w/Kings: 2005-08 (3 years)
How Acquired: Free Agent 2005
How Departed: Retired 2008

A former 20 point scorer in the league, Abdur-Rahim arrived in Sacramento near the end of his career after knee issues had begun to rob him of his explosiveness (the Kings were only able to sign him when his previous contract with the Nets was voided upon the discovery of the knee problems). While still occasionally offensively potent with his quick spin moves in the paint, too often the ball stopped in his hands, he was no longer an effective rebounder, and as an undersized big he could not help a struggling defensive team with its interior defense. Long one of the league's iron men, Abdur Rahim played through pain for two declining seasons (in his first season with the Kings once coming back from a broken jaw weeks early and playing with the jaw wired shut) before the knees entirely gave out in season three, during which he only played 6 games before announcing his retirement from the NBA at age 31. During his first season with the Kings Abdur Rahim made the playoffs for the only time in his career, after famously missing the postseason during his first 8 seasons.

College and Pre Kings Career
After a single extremely impressive season at Cal Berkeley where he averaged 21.1 points and 8.4 rebounds as a freshman, Abdur Rahim entered the draft and was taken 3rd overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies. Initially a high scoring small forward, Abdur Rahim was shifted over to power forward as he got older. Long considered one of the best players in the league not to make an All Star team, and then after he finally made his only appearance in the All Star Game in 2002, as the best player never to make the playoffs, Abdur Rahim was considered an All Star caliber player, but not a superstar, and was never able to singlehandedly elevate his lottery teams to the postseason. After years of iron man play playing heavy minutes and only missing 8 games in his first 8 seasons in the league, a degenerative knee condition began to slow him during his later Portland and Sacramento years.

Post NBA Career
After retiring from the NBA after his final Kings season, Abdul-Rahim was asked to stay with the organization in a front office capacity, and has served in several different roles, including assistant coach, assistant general manager, and now after the purchase of the team by Vivek Ranadive, as player personnel director, as well as general manager of the Kings NBDL affiliate, the Reno Bighorns.

Statistics With the Kings
2005-06: 72gms 30GS 27.2min 12.3pts (.525 .227 .784) 5.0reb 2.1ast 0.7stl 0.6blk 1.5TO 3.2FL
2006-07: 80gms 45GS 25.2min 9.9pts (.474 .150 .726) 5.0reb 1.4ast 0.7stl 0.5blk 1.5TO 3.0FL
1996-97: 6gms 0GS 8.5min 1.7pts (.214 .000 1.000) 1.7reb 0.7ast 0.2stl 0.0blk 0.2TO 1.5FL
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TOTALS: 158gms 75GS 25.5min 10.7pts (.496 .190 .760) 4.8reb 1.7ast 0.6stl 0.5blk 1.4TO 3.0FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareef_Abdur-Rahim
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdursh01.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/13/sports/sp-nbarep13
[urlhttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2298943[/url]
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3620774

 

[Bricklayer]

Quincy Acy
Born: October 6, 1990
Number: 5
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 233
Position: PF
Yrs w/Kings: 2013-14 (1 year)
How Acquired: Dec. 2013 trade (TOR/SAC) along with Rudy Gay and Aaron Gray for Johns Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Chuck Hayes and Patrick Patterson.
How Departed: Aug. 2014 trade (SAC/NYK) along with Travis Outlaw for Wayne Ellington and Jeremy Tyler.

An undersized PF acquired as a throw in in the trade which brought Rudy Gay to Sacramento, Acy was a fan favorite for his hardnosed attitude and enthusiastic dunks (as well as his cool shaved head/beard combo). Unfortunately he was still a PF trapped in a SF body, and enthusiasm or not he was not terribly productive on the boards or defensively. Offensively a non factor beyond the dunks, he did show some development of a midrange jumper in the months before he was traded to the Knicks.

College and Pre Kings Career
After a 4 year career at Baylor University, Acy was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft by the Toronto Raptors. He played sparingly in his first year before being traded to the Kings in December of 2013.

Post Kings Career
Acy is now a member of the New York Knicks.


Statistics With the Kings
2013-14: 56gms 0GS 14.0min 2.7pts (.472 .200 .667) 3.6reb 0.4ast 0.3stl 0.4blk 0.5TO 3.2FL
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TOTALS: 56gms 0GS 14.0min 2.7pts (.472 .200 .667) 3.6reb 0.4ast 0.3stl 0.4blk 0.5TO 3.2FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Acy
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/acyqu01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Michael Adams
Born: January 19, 1963
Number: 10
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 162
Position: PG
Yrs w/Kings: 1985-86 (1 year)
How Acquired: 1985 Draft (3rd round)
How Departed: Released Dec. 1985

A tiny PG who would become a future NBA All Star, Adams was brought in as a vastly unheralded rookie (3rd round draft pick) with an unconventional (especially for that era) game. Although he would go on to become one of the earliest pioneers of using the 3pt shot as a primary weapon, as a Kings rookie stuck behind two established PGs (Reggie Theus, John Drew) Adams only attempted 3 of them in his 18 short garbage time stints, and was released before New Years.

College Career
Adams played all 4 years at Boston College, and was a starter for the last 3, putting up 15.3pts and 5.2ast as a senior.

Post Kings Career
Adams found his NBA legs with the Washington Bullets the season after his release by the Kings, and really came into his own with the run 'n gun Denver Nuggets with his diminutive size and prolific one handed push shot threes fit the up and down brand of basketball favored by coach Doug Moe and later in even more extreme fashion by Paul Westhead (for whom he averaged 26.5pts 10.5ast in a crazed run 'n gun system in his final season in Denver). He would return to the Bullets and make the All Star team one season, and during his prime led the NBA in 3pt attempts for four straight seasons, and in makes for two.

Post NBA Career
Adams went on to a varied coaching career stretching from the NBA, to the WNBA, the IBL, and college.

Statistics With the Kings
1985-86: 18gms 0GS 7.7min 2.2pts (.364 .000 .667) 0.3reb 1.2ast 0.5stl 0.1blk 0.6TO 0.5FL
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TOTALS: 18gms 0GS 7.7min 2.2pts (.364 .000 .667) 0.3reb 1.2ast 0.5stl 0.1blk 0.6TO 0.5FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Adams_(basketball)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/adamsmi01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Danny Ainge
Born: March 17, 1959
Number: 7
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 175
Position: PG/SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1989-90 (2 years)
How Acquired: Feb. 1989 traded (BOS/SAC) along with Brad Lohaus for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney
How Departed: Aug. 1990 traded (SAC/POR) for Byron Irvin, a 1991 first round pick (Pete Chilcutt), and a 1992 2nd rounder(Brett Roberts)

A feisty deep shooting combo guard who arrived to the Kings via trade from the Celtics 1980's dynasty, Ainge might have been the 4th or 5th best starter on the Celtics, but was one of the best distance shooters of his era and came to the Kings and found himself perhaps the 1st or 2nd option. Initially slotted at SG alongside Kenny Smith, Ainge's versatility came into play when Smith was traded, and Ainge slid over to take over PG duties during his second season with the Kings.

College and Pre Kings Career
Ainge had one of the most decorated high school athletic careers in history, becoming the first and still only high school player to be a First Team All American in baseball, football and basketball. While attending BYU he simultaneously was working through the MLB minor leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays, and made his major league debut in 1979 while still enrolled in college. It wasn't until 3 years later that he decided to declare for the NBA draft and start a new career as a basketball player.

Selected by the Celtics in the 2nd round of the 1981 Draft, it took Ainge a few years to fully establish himself as a starter alongside Dennis Johnson while the two split ballhandling duties. Known for his distance shooting, combative nature, and endless complaining to referees, Ainge won two titles with the Celtics and led the league in three pointers made on the way to an All Star bid in 1987-88, the year before the Kings acquired him.

Post Kings Career
Ainge was traded away to Portland for limited return as the Kings went into deeper rebuild mode in 1990, and spent the remaining 5 years of his career playing as a 6th man for contending teams in Portland and Phoenix.

Post NBA Career
After retiring from the NBA Ainge first went into coaching, and had a mostly successful 4 year run as head coach of the Phoenix Suns in the late 90s punctuated by colorfully getting a towel thrown into his face by his own player, Robert Horry (leading directly to Horry being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, leading eventually to Game 4 of the 2002 WCF...). Ainge moved to the front office and became general manager of the Boston Celtics in 2003 (official title Director of Basketball Operations), and since that time has gone on to become one of the NBA's longest tenured executives. His reign has been highlighted by the twin trades for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in 2007 which paved the way for the Celtics to win their 17th NBA championship in 2007-08.

Statistics With the Kings
1988-89: 28gms 26GS 36.7min 20.3pts (.452 .387 .813) 3.6reb 6.7ast 1.5stl 0.3blk 2.3TO 2.8FL
1989-90: 75gms 68GS 36.4min 17.9pts (.438 .374 .831) 4.3reb 6.0ast 1.5stl 0.2blk 2.5TO 3.2FL
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TOTALS: 103gms 94GS 36.5min 18.5pts (.442 .378 .826) 4.1reb 6.2ast 1.5stl 0.2blk 2.4TO 3.1FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Ainge
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aingeda01.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/07/sports/the-suns-suspend-horry.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Cole Aldrich
Born: October 31, 1988
Number: 45
Height: 6'11"
Weight: 245
Position: c
Yrs w/Kings: 2012-13 (1 year)
How Acquired: Feb. 2013 trade (HOU/SAC) along with Toney Douglas and Patrick Patterson for Francisco Garcia, Tyler Honeycutt, and Thomas Robinson.
How Departed: free agency 2013

A straight ahead limited board and block rim protector acquired at the trade deadline in the Thomas Robinson trade, Aldrich used his surprising length to have a pretty effective little late season run with the Kings after the trade, including back to back double double games in the final week of the season.

College and Pre Kings Career
Aldrich stayed three years at Kansas, perhaps staying a year too long as his sophomore numbers were more impressive than his numbers as a junior.

He was taken 11th overall in the 2010 draft by the New Orleans Hornets, who immediately swapped him to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a draft day trade. He played a limited role as a deep bencher in Okalhoma City and Houston for his first three season before passing through Sacramento.

Post Kings Career
After the Kings declined to resign him, he signed with the New York Knicks, and again played a small deep bench role for them in 2013-14.


Statistics With the Kings
2012-13: 15gms 0GS 11.7min 3.3pts (.568 .000 .727) 4.2reb 0.2ast 0.1stl 0.9blk 0.6TO 1.3FL
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TOTALS: 15gms 0GS 11.7min 3.3pts (.568 .000 .727) 4.2reb 0.2ast 0.1stl 0.9blk 0.6TO 1.3FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Aldrich
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aldrico01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Randy Allen
Born: January 26, 1965
Number: 40
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 220
Position: SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1988-90 (2 years)
How Acquired: free agency 1988
How Departed: waived 1990

An undrafted SF who bounced around the CBA and Europe both before and after his brief time with the Kings. In his first NBA season he bounced back and forth on and off the Kings roster and played in only 7 games. He was signed for the entire 1989-90 season however, playing in 63 games and notching 6 starts.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Allen played 4 years at Florida State, with his scoring average dipping each of his last three seasons there.

Undrafted, he played in Belgium as well as several domestic minor leagues until catching on with the Kings during training camp in 1988.

Post Kings Career
After being waived by the Kings in July of 1990, Allen resumed his vagabond career bouncing between Europe and the CBA in America, but never getting another call back to the NBA. He retired in 1996.

Statistics With the Kings
1988-89: 7gms 0GS 6.1min 2.4pts (.421 .000 .500) 1.0reb 0.0ast 0.1stl 0.1blk 0.3TO 1.0FL
1989-90: 63gms 6GS 11.8min 3.7pts (.444 .000 .535) 2.2reb 0.4ast 0.3stl 0.3blk 0.4TO 1.65FL
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TOTALS: 70gms 6GS 11.3min 3.6pts (.442 .000 .533) 2.1reb 0.3ast 0.2stl 0.3blk 0.4TO 1.6FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Allen_(basketball)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/allenra01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Peter Aluma
Born: April 23, 1973
Number: 43
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 260
Position: C
Yrs w/Kings: 1998-99 (1 year)
How Acquired: free agency 1999
How Departed: waived Feb. 1999

An undrafted small school big man hailing from Nigeria, Aluma briefly joined the Kings in the first chaotic month after the end of the 1998-99 lockout. He played in only 2 games, and was waived less than a month after being signed.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Aluma was a star at Liberty University in the mid-90s, but went undrafted in the 1997 draft. He played in Venezuela and the CBA before his cup of coffee with the Kings.

Post Kings Career
While he was invited to several more NBA camps, Aluma never appeared in another regular season game. In 2001 he was briefly with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Statistics With the Kings
1998-99: 2gms 0GS 2.5min 1.0pts (.500 .000 .000) 1.0reb 0.0ast 0.5stl 0.5blk 1.0TO 2.0FL
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TOTALS: 2gms 0GS 2.5min 1.0pts (.500 .000 .000) 1.0reb 0.0ast 0.5stl 0.5blk 1.0TO 2.0FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Aluma
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alumape01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Nick Anderson
Born: January 20, 1968
Number: 25
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 205
Position: SG/SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1999-01 (2 years)
How Acquired: Aug. 1999 trade (ORL/SAC) for Tariq Abdul-Wahad and a 2003 1st round pick (became Kendrick Perkins)
How Departed: Jun. 2001 trade (SAC/VAN) with Jason Williams for Mike Bibby and Brent Price

An aging former postup guard who was putting on weight and largely reduced to just a three point chucker by the time he reached the Kings for the 1999-00 season. He represented the Kings second attempt to find an appropriate SG to pair with Vlade Divac and Chris Webber up front (the first was Tariq Abdul Wahad, who was traded to bring back Anderson). The experiment was largely a failure as Anderson spent most of his time just lingering outside and shot a career low .391 while averaging a career low 10.8pts/gm. It would be the last season as a major NBA player for Anderson, who was replaced by Doug Christie the next year while playing in only 21 games.

College and Pre Kings Career
Anderson left school after only two years at Illinois, and was drafted by the expansion Orlando Magic #11 in the 1989 draft. During his prime he was a strong postup guard who twice averaged 19.9pts/gm and was considered a potential All Star caliber player. The arrival of Shaquille O'Neal in Orlando began to limit Anderson's postup opportunities but he remained a starter and major piece on a series of contending Magic teams in the mid-90s. Famously, in game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals, Anderson missed 4 straight free throws in the final 11 seconds opening the door for the rockets to steal the game, and eventually sweep the series. By legend he never recovered from that failure mentally, and for the remainder of his career tried to avoid the contact he thrived on earlier in his career so that he would not have to shoot FTs (his FT percentages fell to sometimes embarrassing levels as well).

Post Kings Career
Anderson would 0play only one more season after being traded from the Kings, playing the same sort of limited game limited minute ineffective role in Vancouver as he had in his second Kings season.

Post NBA Career
Anderson now works in the Orlando Magic's community relations department.

Statistics With the Kings
1999-00: 72gms 72GS 29.1min 10.8pts (.391 .332 .487) 4.7reb 1.7ast 1.3stl 0.2blk 1.3TO 1.6FL
2000-01: 21gms 0GS 8.0min 1.8pts (.246 .256 .000) 1.2reb 0.6ast 0.5stl 0.3blk 0.2TO 0.6FL
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TOTALS: 93gms 72GS 24.3min 8.8pts (.381 .326 .487) 3.9reb 1.5ast 1.1stl 0.2blk 1.1TO 1.4FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Anderson
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anderni01.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-andersonmagic060809

 

[Bricklayer]

Joe Arlauckas
Born: July 20, 1965
Number: 53
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 230
Position: SF/PF
Yrs w/Kings: 1987 (1 year)
How Acquired: 4th Rnd 1987 NBA Draft
How Departed: waived Dec. 1987

A late round draft pick out of tiny Niagra University, Arlauckas was a 6'9" 230lb combo forward who only lasted about 6 weeks in the NBA before he was waived.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Arlauckas starred at Niagra University, enrollment 4,200, for four seasons before turning professional.

Post NBA Career
Arlauckas's extended tryout with the Kings would end up being his only shot at the NBA, but he went on to have a very successful career in Europe, starring for a decade in the Spanish leagues, including 5 years with Real Madrid where he won a Euroleague crown alongside Arvydas Sabonis.

Statistics With the Kings
1987-88: 9gms 0GS 9.4min 3.8pts (.326 .000 .750) 1.4reb 0.9ast 0.3stl 0.4blk 0.4TO 1.8FL
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TOTALS: 9gms 0GS 9.4min 3.8pts (.326 .000 .750) 1.4reb 0.9ast 0.3stl 0.4blk 0.4TO 1.8FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arlauckas
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arlaujo01.html

 

[bajaden]

This is all you got done while I was gone. What the hell have you been doing? As soon as my daughter leaves, I'll jump in and start helping....

 

[Bricklayer]

This is all you got done while I was gone. What the hell have you been doing? As soon as my daughter leaves, I'll jump in and start helping....

Truly I only started two days ago, but I am engaged now until the deed is done.

Please do jump in though when you can. That goes for everybody. If I do this entire thing myself this it is Bricklayer's Kings Wiki, not Kingsfans. There needs to be more names involved. Even if I crank out half of them, that can still be termed a group project just with a lead designer. If I crank out 90% of them then no, it morphs into my project that a few friends chipped in a little bit to.

 

[Bricklayer]

Hilton Armstrong
Born: November 11, 1984
Number: 8
Height: 6'11"
Weight: 235
Position: PF/C
Yrs w/Kings: 2010 (1 year)
How Acquired: Jan. 2010 trade (NOH/SAC) for 2016 2nd rnd pick
How Departed: Feb. 2010 trade (SAC/HOU/NYK) with Kevin Martin for Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey and Larry Hughes

Moderately athletic lottery bust big man who was finally shipped from his drafting team to the Kings for a 2nd round pick. He was supposed to be a defender out of college, and while a poor rebounder could move a little bit on defense, but only played in 6 games with the Kings before being used as a throw in in the Kevin Martin for Carl Landry swap.

College and Pre Kings Career
Armstrong played 4 years at UConn, including being part of a national championship team, but earned all his reputation and draft status in his senior year, when he went from a 3.8pt 3.4reb reserve to a 9.7pt 6.6reb starter.

That modest production was still enough to see him drafted 12th overall by the Hornets in the 2006 draft in a draft which also saw them take Cedric Simmons at #15, and for neither young big man to work out. Armstrong looked more like the low minute reserve at UConn, and averaged only 3.6pts 2.7reb in 4 years with the Hornets before they dumped him to the Kings for a 2nd round pick.

Post Kings Career
Since leaving the Kings Armstrong has bounced in and out of the league, interspersing short stints with the Wizards, Hawks, and Warriors (his last stint in 2013-14) with stops in the D-League, and stints with teams in China, Greece and Turkey.


Statistics With the Kings
2009-10: 6gms 0GS 9.3min 1.7pts (.333 .000 1.000) 2.3reb 0.3ast 0.3stl 0.7blk 0.7TO 0.8FL
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TOTALS: 6gms 0GS 9.3min 1.7pts (.333 .000 1.000) 2.3reb 0.3ast 0.3stl 0.7blk 0.7TO 0.8FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Armstrong
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/armsthi01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Vincent Askew
Born: February 28, 1966
Number: 7
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 210
Position: SG/SF
Yrs w/Kings: 1992-93 (1 year)
How Acquired: free agency Oct. 1992
How Departed: traded (SAC/SEA) Nov. 1992 for 2nd round pick (became Mike Peplowski)

Hardnosed roleplaying swingman originally unearthed by Don Nelson for his Nellieball teams in Golden State. Never a three point shooter, Askew was physical and had some post game, but was largely out there to defend multiple positions. He was signed at the beginning of training camp 1992, played sparingly, and was dumped in a trade less than 2 months later for a 2nd rnd pick.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Askew played three years for Memphis before leaving a year early in 1987, which was considered a mistake at that time. He struggled to establish himself in the NBA, bouncing on and off of training camp rosters, through the CBA and several teams in Italy before Don Nelson found him as one of his preferred tough little roleplayers that could play larger than his size.

Post Kings Career
Following the trade to Seattle, Askew caught on and found a stable home for the only stretch of his professional career, sticking for 4 years as a major bench player for the contending Payton/Kemp Sonics. After leaving the Sonics Askew resumed his vagabond ways, playing for 4 more teams in the next 2 years before falling out of the league entirely.

Post NBA Career
Bad decisions have followed Askew ever since his retirement. His repeated failure to show up for European teams scuttled any real post-NBA basketball career. After several years spent coaching overseas, several attempts to begin a coaching career at the high school level ended with recruiting scandals and legal troubles, and the most recent reports had him largely out of work and funds.

Statistics With the Kings
1992-93: 9gms 0GS 8.4min 3.0pts (.471 .000 .733) 1.2reb 0.6ast 0.2stl 0.1blk 0.9TO 1.2FL
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TOTALS: 9gms 0GS 8.4min 3.0pts (.471 .000 .733) 1.2reb 0.6ast 0.2stl 0.1blk 0.9TO 1.2FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Askew)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/askewvi01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Matt Barnes
Born: March 9, 1980
Number: 9
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 235
Position: SG/SF
Yrs w/Kings: 2004-05 (1 year)
How Acquired: free agency Oct. 2004
How Departed: traded (SAC/PHL) Feb. 2005 with Chris Webber and Michael Bradley for Corliss Williamson, Brian Skinner and Kenny Thomas

Hometown hero (Barnes had been a two sport All American at Del Campo High School in Sacramento) who was still trying to establish himself in the league when he was signed by the Kings. At the time a competitive and physical swingman with good ball skills, but a shaky shot and mistake prone, Barnes only received limited opportunities before being shipped off as a throw in in the Chris Webber for "flexible pieces' trade.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Barnes played 4 years at UCLA, in his final year adding range to his shot which caught the attention of NBA scouts. Drafted in the 2nd round by the Memphis Grizzlies and traded on draft day to Cleveland, he was waived before training camp was over and spent several years in minor leagues trying to make it back into the NBA. He caught on with the Clippers in mid season of 2004 before signing with the Kings for the following season.

Post Kings Career
A career journeyman, Barnes has played for 8 NBA teams, eventually molding himself into a physical scrappy (some might say dirty) SF, and developing a respectable three point shot. He has played for numerous title contending teams and been part of several deep playoff runs.

Statistics With the Kings
2004-05: 43gms 9GS 16.6min 3.8pts (.411 .227 .603) 3.1reb 1.3ast 0.7stl 0.2blk 0.1TO 1.9FL
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TOTALS: 43gms 9GS 16.6min 3.8pts (.411 .227 .603) 3.1reb 1.3ast 0.7stl 0.2blk 0.1TO 1.9FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Barnes)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barnema02.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Jon Barry
Born: July 25, 1969
Number: 20
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 195
Position: SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1999-01 (3 years)
How Acquired: free agency Jan. 1999
How Departed: traded (SAC/DET) Sept. 2001 with a 2003 1st rnd pick (became Carlos Delfino) for Mateen Cleaves

One of three sons of NBA HOFer Rick Barry, Jon was a career long journeyman SG who was signed by Sacramento after the end of the 1998-99 lockout. Over the next three years he became a fan favorite as a core member of the "Bench Mob" group of hustling bench players. He was a 6'4" shooting guard who became an excellent three point shooter and was a good enough passer he could play a little bit of PG. His enthusiastic play typified the Bench Mob mentality, although for the same reasons he was mistake prone and an undisciplined poor defender.

College and Pre-Kings Career
Barry had transferred out of UOP to star at Georgia Tech his final two years of college. He was drafted into the NBA in the first round by Boston, but never played for them, instead beginning his career with Milwaulkee, and bouncing through Golden State, Atlanta, and the Lakers before landing with the Kings to start the 1999 season.

Post Kings Career
After the trade to Detroit, Barry returned to his journeyman ways, plays for Detroit, Denver, Atlanta and Houston before retiring at age 36 after 13 NBA seasons.

Post NBA Career
Barry now serves as a television analyst for ABC and ESPN.

Statistics With the Kings
1998-99: 43gms 0GS 17.1min 5.0pts (.428 .304 .845) 2.2reb 2.6ast 1.2stl 0.1blk 1.1TO 1.4FL
1999-00: 62gms 1GS 20.7min 8.0pts (.465 .429 .922) 2.6reb 2.4ast 1.2stl 0.1blk 1.4TO 1.7FL
2000-01: 62gms 2GS 16.3min 5.1pts (.404 .348 .877) 1.5reb 2.1ast 0.5stl 0.1blk 0.9TO 1.1FL
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TOTALS: 167gms 3GS 18.1min 6.1pts (.437 .373 .886) 2.1reb 2.3ast 0.9stl 0.1blk 1.1TO 1.4FL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Barry)
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barryjo01.html

 

[Bricklayer]

Ricky Berry
Born: October 6, 1964
Number: 34
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 205
Position: SG
Yrs w/Kings: 1988-89 (1 year)
How Acquired: 18th pick 1988 Draft
How Departed: committed suicide Aug. 1989

A big SG with local ties (he had grown up in Sacramento and went to college at San Jose State) chosen by the Kings with the 18th pick of the 1988 Draft, Berry's deep shooting ability and strong final month of the season in which he averaged 18.3ppg had some in the Kings hierarchy thinking they might have found a young star. Unfortunately they never had a chance to find out, as following an argument with his wife during the offseason, Berry took his own life at the age of 24.

College
Berry began his college career at Oregon State before deciding to transfer and play for his father at San Jose State for his final three seasons. As a 23yr old senior he averaged 24.2pts and 7.2reb.

Suicide
On August 14, 1989 Berry and his wife of 15 months had an argument which resulted in her leaving the house to stay with a friend. After she had left, Berry penned a suicide note in which he said she did not love him, and took his own life by self-inflicted gunshot wound. There had been no previous signs of depression. The event left a lasting impression on the franchise, and is often pointed to along with Bobby Hurley's near fatal car accident as the darkest chapter in franchise history.

Statistics With the Kings
1988-89: 64gms 21GS 22.0min 11.0pts (.450 .406 .789) 3.1reb 1.3ast 0.6stl 0.3blk 1.3TO 3.1FL
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TOTALS: 64gms 21GS 22.0min 11.0pts (.450 .406 .789) 3.1reb 1.3ast 0.6stl 0.3blk 1.3TO 3.1FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Berry
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/berryri01.html
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...NGS-RICKY-BERRY-TO-COMMIT-SUICIDE.html?pg=all

 

[Bricklayer]

Anthony Bonner
Born: June 8, 1968
Number: 3
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 225
Position: SF/PF
Yrs w/Kings: 1990-93 (3 years)
How acquired: 1st round pick (#23) in 1990 Draft
How departed: Released Sept. 1993

A 6'8" tweener forward from a small school background, Bonner was the last of the Kings then-record 4 first round draft picks in the 1990 draft, and was taken #23 overall. A huge rebounder in college (he led the NCAA in rebounding his senior season), at the NBA level Bonner's muscular but trim frame lacked the bulk and power necessary for an NBA PF, and he ended up caught between positions. As a SF he lacked ball skills and range on his shot. As a PF he lacked bulk and the ability to handle the rugged post play of the 1990s.

College
Bonner played all 4 years at St. Louis University, and is still that school's all-time leading scorer. During his senior season he lead the entire NCAA in rebounds a game with 13.8.

Post Kings Career
After leaving the Kings Bonner signed with the Knicks where he played two seasons with the same sort of uncertainty about his NBA position. After playing most of the 1995-96 season in Italy, Bonner returned to play 4 games at the end of the season for the Orlando Magic. They would be his last NBA games. An attempted comeback with the Utah Jazz at age 34 in 2002 fell short when he was cut after 4 preseason games.

Post NBA Career
Bonner enjoyed a lengthy post-NBA career playing for various teams in Europe, and in his final few years, for numerous teams in Puerto Rico and South America. He finally retired in 2006 at age 38.

After a stint coaching high school basketball, Bonner went to work for the New York Knicks in 2009

Statistics With the Kings
1990-91: 34gms 6GS 22.1min 7.4pts (.448 .000 .579) 4.7reb 1.4ast 1.1stl 0.1blk 1.2TO 1.8FL
1991-92: 79gms 18GS 28.9min 9.4pts (.447 .250 .627) 6.1reb 1.6ast 1.2stl 0.3blk 1.7TO 2.5FL
1992-93: 70gms 35GS 25.1min 8.6pts (.461 .000 .593) 6.5reb 1.4ast 1.2stl 0.2blk 1.5TO 2.6FL
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TOTALS: 183gms 59GS 26.2min 8.7pts (.452 .091 .606) 6.0reb 1.5ast 1.2stl 0.3blk 1.5TO 2.4FL


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bonner
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bonnean01.html
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/da...on_high_school_heading_to_new_york_knicks.php