Your Top 50 Sacramento Kings

by Aykis16 on Oct 20, 2011 7:01 AM PDT in Old School

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With the selection of Joe Kleine at #50, we've completed a process that began all the way back on August 15th, ranking nearly a quarter of the players that have suited up in a Sacramento Kings uniform.

We're not done yet though. Unfortunately, the lockout rages on, leaving us with a lot of free time on our hands. Someone suggested that we continue to vote and rank for Kings until the lockout ends, which would mean possibly ranking all 210 players in the case of a missed season.

For now though, we're going to take a little break before we continue. We might do a different ranking for a couple weeks or so, perhaps on the Top 10 Sacramento Kings (non-players edition) or Top 10 Moments in Sacramento Kings history or something. Maybe both. Feel free to suggest other ideas in the comments.

As for the Top 50 Kings, the full list is after the jump, as well as on the left-hand sidebar. Nobody is going to agree with the rankings 100% (Ziller has already docked me $3,000 Zillerbucks for not including Donté Greene in the vote), but I think that overall, we did a pretty good job.

1. Chris Webber
2. Mitch Richmond
3. Vlade Divac
4. Peja Stojakovic
5. Mike Bibby
6. Wayman Tisdale
7. Doug Christie
8. Reggie Theus
9. Bobby Jackson
10. Kevin Martin
11. Jason Williams
12. Brad Miller
13. Ron Artest
14. Lionel Simmons
15. Tyreke Evans
16. Corliss Williamson
17. Spud Webb
18. LaSalle Thompson
19. Otis Thorpe
20. Eddie Johnson
21. Brian Grant
22. Walt Williams
23. Kenny Smith
24: Scot Pollard
25: Beno Udrih
26: Antoine Carr
27: Rodney McCray
28: Danny Ainge
29. Jon Barry
30. Olden Polynice
31. Lawrence Funderburke
32. Shareef Abdur-Rahim
33. Francisco Garcia
34. Hedo Turkoglu
35. John Salmons
36. DeMarcus Cousins
37. Jason Thompson
38. Bonzi Wells
39. Mike Woodson
40. Ricky Berry
41. Duane Causwell
42. Michael Smith
43. Harold Pressley
44. Tyus Edney
45. Sarunas Marciulionis
46. Carl Landry
47. Jim Jackson
48. Marcus Thornton
49. Cuttino Mobley
50. Joe Kleine

TO BE CONTINUED?!? (I hope not. End the Lockout.)

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“Y’all are crazy. I’m at least top 45 all time Kings”

Go for it all. You're a great champion.

by Muff209 on Oct 20, 2011 8:16 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 6 recs

Joe Kleine

He has a gold medal and a championship ring.

ALL BOW BEFORE THE MIGHTY JOE

Gentlemen... BEHOLD!!!

by Wrath of Kyle on Oct 20, 2011 8:47 AM PDT reply actions

Kenny Thomas got snubbed...

He had a couple of decent years for the Kings and played longer for the Kings than many of the people on this top 50. He had just downright terrible years but he had more decent years than about 20% of the people on this list. He was the best player to come back in the Webber deal.

It’s unfortunate people will always remembered the last three years when his productivity stunk and became the butt of the Kings joke. I thought Kenny despite falling completely out of the rotation, remained professional and didn’t vehemently spew venom at the Kings organization when he got waived his last season.

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by kingme18 on Oct 20, 2011 8:49 AM PDT reply actions

Woof!

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by section214 on Oct 20, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

My biggest issue

Is ranking guys like Abdur-Rahim in the early 30’s. He’s a nice guy but he didn’t outperform Kenny Thomas. Instead, Shareef couldn’t beat out Kenny Thomas in any of the three years. The voting got way to sentimental and on the court production became less important.

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by kingme18 on Oct 20, 2011 8:52 AM PDT reply actions

The voting criteria

Was not specified. The posts specifically stated to vote on whatever criteria you chose. Some valued production, some favored other elements. The list ended up a mix of both.

K-9(woof!) might have done more on the court, but I am happier that he didn’t end up in the top 50.

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by Exhibit G on Oct 20, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Kenny would have been above guys like Marcus Thornton, Bonzi Wells, Jim Jackson, Ricky Berry, Cuttino Mobley and DeMarcus Cousins had I done a top 50 list based on productivity, Kings tenure, contributions to winning teams and favorite Kings.

I was more disturbed that he wasn’t among the nominations. There is a lot of venom here towards Kenny from Kings fan and I believe a lot of it is unwarranted.

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by kingme18 on Oct 20, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Woof!

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by section214 on Oct 20, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Woof!

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by section214 on Oct 20, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Kenny Thomas

227 games, 6.8ppg, 6.1rpg. Brought absolutely nothing to the party above and beyond these stats. Underperformed for the size of his contract to the point that he was completely untradeable. His best full season was a tepid 9.1ppg/7.5 rpg campaign, and the following four seasons were complete washouts.

Recapping, he was good for the 26 games in the seaon of his acquisition, fair the following season, and stink/stank/stunk his final four seasons.

Woof!

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by section214 on Oct 20, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Kenny Thomas

Not the first guy to degrade over time after a big contract signing. The guy was kicking ass in Philly until he got the big money… came to Sac and slowly deflated until he was a passionless ball and chain around Sac’s neck. I was actually a big proponent of that trade at the time, knowing what Webber’s future looked like and hoping KT would continue to rock. What a great situation for him, I thought, to land in Sac.

Alas.

I don’t feel angry, just disappointed that a guy with great tools lacked what it took to have made him worth his pay. I’d much rather have Joe Kleine playing for us. Marcus Thornton, Bonzi Wells, Jim Jackson, Ricky Berry, Cuttino Mobley and DeMarcus Cousins all deserve to be ahead of KT. No venom intended.

by yokosolo on Oct 20, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs