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The Sacramento Kings are a basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference

The Kings trace their origins to a local semi-professional team based in Rochester, New York in the early 1920s, making them one of the oldest basketball clubs still in existence. Though the Royals were often successful on the court, they had trouble turning a profit in the comparatively small market of Rochester, and relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957, becoming the Cincinnati Royals. In 1972, the team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, initially splitting its games between Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska, and taking up the name Kansas City Kings. The team again failed to find success in its market, and moved to Sacramento in 1985.

The team won the NBL championship in 1946 and the NBA championship in 1951. Since 1945 they have won one conference championship and five division championships.

The Kings moved to their current home of Sacramento, California in the 1985–86 NBA season, with their first Sacramento season ending in the first round of the Western Conference 1986 NBA Playoffs. However, they saw little success in subsequent years, and the team did not make the playoffs again until the 1996 NBA Playoffs in the 1995–96 NBA season.

Following the 1999–2000 season, the Kings traded starting small forward Corliss Williamson to the Toronto Raptors for defensive shooting guard Doug Christie. Peja Stojakovic and Chris Webber proved to complement each other well, and as the Kings continued to improve, their popularity steadily rose, culminating in a February 2001 Sports Illustrated cover story entitled "The Greatest Show On Court" with Williams, Christie, Stojakovic, Webber, and Divac gracing the cover. In 2001, they won their first playoff series in twenty years, defeating the Phoenix Suns three games to one, before being swept in four games by the Los Angeles Lakers, who eventually won the NBA championship.

With the worst record of the 2008–09 season, the Sacramento Kings had a 25% chance of obtaining the first overall pick in the NBA draft. Overall, the Kings had a 64.3% chance of obtaining one of the top three picks in the NBA draft and could not draft any lower than number four overall. Unfortunately, the Kings failed to make it into the top three picks and ended up with the fourth selection in the 2009 NBA Draft. Along with new head coach Paul Westphal,

The Kings selected Memphis combo guard Tyreke Evans with the 4th overall pick.

On April 27, 2010 Tyreke Evans was the first Sacramento era player to receive the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Tyreke Evans also became the 4th player in NBA history, joining Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James, to average 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game for the whole season as a rookie.

On June 24, 2010, the Kings selected DeMarcus Cousins, a power forward-center from the University of Kentucky, as the 5th pick of the 2010 NBA Draft. The Kings also selected Hassan Whiteside, a center from Marshall University, as the 33rd pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

The 2010-2011 season was marked with much uncertainty towards the end of the season. Frustrated by the lack of progress towards an arena and dwindling profits from other businesses, the Maloofs were seeking an immediate relocation of the franchise to Anaheim. The move seemed a certainty towards the end of the year, as Grant Napear and Jerry Reynolds tearfully signed off at the final home game vs. the LA Lakers.

A New Beginning On June 23 2011, the Kings took part in a three-team trade with the Charlotte Bobcats and the Milwaukee Bucks, which sent Beno Udrih to the Bucks and the 7th pick in the draft, used to select Bismack Biyombo, to the Bobcats in return for former King, John Salmons, and the 10th pick, former BYU star, Jimmer Fredette. The Bobcats sent Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston, and the 19th pick, Tobias Harris, to the Bucks. On draft day, the Kings also selected Tyler Honeycutt of UCLA with the 35th pick and Isaiah Thomas of the University of Washington.

On June 30, 2011, hours before the NBA Lockout, the Kings traded Omri Casspi and a protected first round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for J.J. Hickson of the Cavs.