Ranking the Top 50 Sacramento Kings, Pick No. 5
by Aykis16 on Aug 18, 2011 7:00 AM PDT
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And you guys wanted John Wallace...
Joining his countryman in the top five Sacramento Kings is Peja Stojakovic, easily capturing the number four spot with almost 60% of the vote.
When voting feel free to use any criteria you wish in your evaluation, but only take into account a player's career as a Sacramento King. If a player you want to vote for isn't on the poll, feel free to mention him in the comments to be added.
Today the field expands to six: Wayman Tisdale, Mike Bibby, Reggie Theus, Doug Christie, Bobby Jackson and Lionel Simmons. After the jump, a statistical breakdown of their time in a Kings uniform.
Mike Bibby (2002-2008):
17.6 PPG, .439 FG%, .377 3P%, 3.2 RPG, 5.4 APG, 1.2 STL
1st All-Time in Assists (2,580)
3rd All-Time in Games Played (476), Minutes Played (16,982), 3-Pointers Made (775), Steals (584)
4th All-Time in Field Goals Made (3,008), Free Throws Made (1,593)
Reggie Theus (1986-1988):
20 PPG, .474 FG%, 3.4 RPG, 8.4 APG, 1.1 STL
4th All-Time in Assists (1,943)
Wayman Tisdale (1989-1994):
18.4 PPG, .509 FG%, 7.2 RPG, 1.6 APG
5th All-Time in Field Goals Made (2,853)
6th All-Time in Offensive Rebounds (769), Total Rebounds (2,636)
Doug Christie (2001-2005):
10.6 PPG, .443 FG%, .362 3P%, 4.3 RPG, 4.2 APG, 2.0 STL
1st All-Time in Steals (717)
1 All-Defensive 1st Team, 3 All-Defensive 2nd Team Selections
Bobby Jackson (2001-2005, 2009):
10.6 PPG, .440 FG%, .356 3P%, 3.2 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.1 STL
6th All-Time 3-Pointers Made (381)
2002-03 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Lionel Simmons (1991-1997):
12.8 PPG, .433 FG%, 6.2 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.1 STL, .8 BLK
4th All-Time in Offensive Rebounds (798)
T-5th All-Time Games Played (454)
5th All-Time in Defensive Rebounds (2,035), Total Rebounds (2,833), Blocks (361)
6th All-Time Minutes Played (13,472), Field Goals Made (2,242), Free Throws Made (1,306), Steals (514), Points (5,833)
1990-91 All-Rookie First Team
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It was between Bibby and Tizzy for me.
And I ended up giving it to Bibbilicious for his playoff performances.
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Same
I voted for Bibby for the clutch playoff heroics too, but I hope Tisdale doesn’t slide too far in the polls. I feel that much like with Richmond, many fans never saw him play and Kings of the 2000’s are remembered more fondly. Tisdale was a great player who averaged 20-8 in two-and-a-half years before Richmond arrived and was a very consistent PF over his Kings career.
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I'm stumping for Tizzy after this one.
Reminds me a lot of David West actually.
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No pun intended, I hope.
Holy shit, I suck — I feel absolutely horrible for even thinking that.
by unfair weather on Aug 18, 2011 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
L-Train
…was starting to become the player we all wanted him to be and then the d@mn injuries shut him down
B-Jax
All of these guys are acceptable in my book and this was the toughest one yet. I debated Bibby for his heroics, Theus for his numbers, and Jackson for all he’s done on and off the court. In the end I gave the nod to Jackson because of when he came back without the face mask to finish the season when it was a complete disaster. That was one of the most dedicated things I’ve ever seen a player do for any of my sports teams.
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Bibby or Tisdale?
I briefly considered Theus, but Bibby and Tisdale were here 2-3 times as long as Reggie. I’m giving Bibby the nod here for his 4th quarter heroics.
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Can't do it
I just can’t accept Mike Bibby as a member of the top 5 Kings in the Sacramento era. It is too depressing so I am defaulting to Theus.
I can live with the Hang Time over Team Dime.
by betweentheeyes on Aug 18, 2011 10:21 AM PDT reply actions
They'll be on soon.
Probably bring in Ron-Ron too.
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Yep, I almost expanded the field to 10 today with Kevin, Ron-Ron, Tank and Brad Miller added to this list
But decided to wait a little before expanding to get more obvious choices out of the way first. I will be very interested to see how tomorrow’s vote goes, as there doesn’t seem to be a clear runner-up this time like the last couple have had.
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I agree
I’m not going to introduce him to the polls until after some guys who were on the team longer have been put up. He still will probably go in the Top 20-15.
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Went with Theus.
He didn’t spend much time here, but did average 20 and 8 while he played for the Sacramento Kings.
by HeuristicLineup on Aug 18, 2011 10:29 AM PDT reply actions
I went Christie. The guy meant so much to those teams.
Gonna keep going DC, then Tizy and then Theus
Can't wait for October
by KingsFanInPortland on Aug 18, 2011 12:22 PM PDT reply actions
This poll is showing the age demographic of StR viewership
While Reggie was even before my time, this is easily a either Reggie or Wayman. No disrespect to Mike, but he’s solidly 3rd among the candidates to choose from but is leading, IMO, due to the fact that he’s a much more current player that more people are familiar with.
Perhaps
But I voted Bibby over Theus and I saw them both play. Theus was better, but Bibby was here more than twice as long. Based on his total conrtibutions to the franchise, Bibby was an easy selection for me over Theus. Selecting him over Tisdale was much tougher for me, almost a coin flip.
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Agree on the Bibby/Tizzy toss up, but more importantly...
When can we vote for Jimmer?!
"I have never seen officiating in a game of consequence as bad as that in Game 6...this officiating took away what would have been a Sacramento series victory in Game 6." -Michael Wilbon, Washington Post
by NeverForget2002 on Aug 18, 2011 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
Or rename the series:
“Jimmerinng the Top Fredettey Jimmermento Jimmers.
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by section214 on Aug 18, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Now you're just talking Jimmerish.
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by Aykis16 on Aug 18, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Voted for Tiz
At times back in the day, to me at least, Wayman Tisdale seemed like the Kings only real big league player. Smills9193 nailed it regarding the demographic divide in our fanship. If I hadn’t voted for Tisdale I would have gone with Reggie.
If you didn’t live through it, it’s hard to understand just how bad the Kings were. We were worse than an expansion club, at times it seemed like the team was just a collection of scrubs pretending to be an NBA team and us Sac fans were just hickish and unsophisticated enough to buy into the illusion. The 17 win team of several seasons ago got more respect than the early teams in Sacramento did.
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What About
J-Will? He may not be that great a player but he was for sure one of the most exciting players to play for the Kings.
Kings rule! (They are royalty - right?)
by dalt99 on Aug 18, 2011 9:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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