2008–09 Sacramento Kings season

The 2008–09 Sacramento Kings season is the 64th season of the franchise, 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 24th in Sacramento. After they traded away Ron Artest to the Houston Rockets in exchange for former Kings guard Bobby Jackson, and recently drafted Donte Greene a 2009 first-round pick and cash considerations during the offseason, the Kings have struggled all season and they finished with a franchise–worst 17–65 record surpassed their record mark set in the 1989–90 season of 23–59 record and also team suffered their first 60–loss season in franchise history.

2008–09 Sacramento Kings season
Head coachReggie Theus (games 1-24, fired)
Kenny Natt (interim, games 25-82)
General managerGeoff Petrie
ArenaARCO Arena
Results
Record17–65 (.207)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN California, KXTV
RadioKHTK

After a slow start into the season, on December 15, 2008, just ten days before Christmas, the Kings fired their head coach Reggie Theus and their assistant coach Chuck Person after a 6–18 start and replaced by assistant coach Kenny Natt on the interim basis for the rest of the season.

At the trade deadline in midseason after the All-Star break they traded away former two-time All-Star Brad Miller and John Salmons to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Andrés Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Michael Ruffin, and Cedric Simmons. Kings' guard Kevin Martin played only 51 games due to ankle injuries and this will be their final full season with the team before being traded to the Houston Rockets, following the season.

Also, following the season, interim head coach Natt and their four assistant coaches Rex Kalamian, former Kings' player Randy Brown, Bubba Burrage, and Jason Hamm were all fired on April 24, 2009, just nine days after the regular season was concluded with a franchise–low 17–win season and he was replaced by former Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder) head coach Paul Westphal on June 9, 2009.

Key dates

Draft picks
Main article: 2008 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 12 Jason Thompson Power forward  United States Rider
2 42 Sean Singletary Point guard  United States Virginia
2 43 Patrick Ewing, Jr. Power forward  United States Georgetown

Roster
Roster listing
Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 52 Booth, Calvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Penn State
F 3 Diogu, Ike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona State
G/F 32 García, Francisco 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
G/F 20 Greene, Donté 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Syracuse
C 31 Hawes, Spencer 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Washington
G 24 Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
G 23 Martin, Kevin  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Western Carolina
G 7 McCants, Rashad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 207 lb (94 kg) North Carolina
F 5 Nocioni, Andrés 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Argentina
F 15 Simmons, Cedric 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) North Carolina State
F 9 Thomas, Kenny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 261 lb (118 kg) New Mexico
F/C 34 Thompson, Jason 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Rider
G 19 Udrih, Beno 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Slovenia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster Notes
  • Ike Diogu holds American citizenship, but he represents Nigeria in international play.

Regular season

Standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793—36–529–1214–282
Phoenix Suns4636.5611928–1318–2311–582
Golden State Warriors2953.3543621–208–336–1082
Los Angeles Clippers1963.2324611–308–332–1482
Sacramento Kings1765.2074811–306–397–982
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793—
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.65911
3 y-San Antonio Spurs5428.65911
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5428.65911
5 x-Houston Rockets5329.64612
6 x-Dallas Mavericks5032.61015
7 x-New Orleans Hornets4933.59816
8 x-Utah Jazz4834.58517
9 Phoenix Suns4636.56119
10 Golden State Warriors2953.35436
11 Minnesota Timberwolves2458.29341
12 Memphis Grizzlies2458.29341
13 Oklahoma City Thunder2359.28042
14 Los Angeles Clippers1963.23246
15 Sacramento Kings1765.20748

Game log
2008–09 game log
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
November: 5–12 (Home: 3–6; Road: 2–6)
December: 3–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 0–5)
January: 2–14 (Home: 1–5; Road: 1–9)
February: 3–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–6)
March: 3–9 (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–3)
April: 1–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–4)
2008–09 season schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Sacramento Kings statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Calvin Booth 707.9.500..7501.4.0.1.32.3
Bobby Brown 47114.4.381.330.765.81.9.3.05.2
Ike Diogu 10114.2.600.500.7583.9.3.2.19.2
Quincy Douby 20011.4.341.270.9331.3.7.1.34.2
Francisco García 653630.4.444.398.8203.42.31.21.012.7
Drew Gooden 1026.0.556.1.00013.02.0.0.012.0
Donte Greene 55413.2.326.260.8531.6.5.3.33.8
Spencer Hawes 775129.3.466.348.6627.11.9.61.211.4
Bobby Jackson 711020.9.398.305.8512.82.0.9.17.5
Kevin Martin 514638.2.420.415.8673.62.71.2.224.6
Rashad McCants 24119.4.444.357.7832.01.5.8.310.3
Brad Miller 434331.5.474.465.8018.03.4.7.611.9
Mikki Moore 462016.2.521..8103.3.6.3.33.5
Andres Nocioni 231631.0.448.441.7636.01.8.6.713.7
John Salmons 535337.4.472.418.8234.23.71.1.218.3
Cedric Simmons 703.3.000..500.6.0.0.0.1
Will Solomon 14012.0.406.448.5001.5.7.5.05.0
Kenny Thomas 807.8.375..1.9.1.8.1.8
Jason Thompson 825628.1.497.000.6927.41.1.6.711.1
Beno Udrih 737231.1.461.310.8203.04.71.1.211.0
Shelden Williams 30010.2.449.000.7622.6.3.4.33.7

Transactions

Free agents

References
  1. Sources say Kings agree to deal with Bobby Brown
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2018-09-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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