We Once Were Kings

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, April 9th, 2007

We knew it was coming, yet none of us were really hoping it happened officially. The Sacramento Kings won’t be playing into May. And it’s a spot we’d better get comfortable at through the rest of the decade.

We could write eons about the influence of the Kings on the NBA. How the team gave rise to their even more exciting predecessors, the Suns. How Don Nelson let his ridiculously overtalented Dallas team (remember when Steve Nash was just another point guard?) choke away series after series against Sacramento, including the infamous “115 layups and dunks in 5 games” in 2002. How Chris Webber became synonymous with ‘star-crossed’ and Vlade with ‘flop’. How they took whining at bad ref calls to a new level. How the Christies were utterly insane. How Peja was once an MVP candidate. How Rick Adelman made any 15 point lead unsafe. How 2002 was stolen away from them by an Horry money shot and the 25 free throw 4th quarter. How 2003 was lost by the Webber injury, and 2004 blown by the Webber return and subsequent bizarre collapse (that season still puzzles me). And of course, those awful 7-game series, when we waited for the hammer to drop…and drop…and it never did.

All that writing would probably be for naught though, because other than that epic series in ’02, Sacramento will probably be forgotten outside the valley in most NBA circles. No one remembers the losers except the fans. So for Kings faithful, one last tribute video for the road.

Sacramento Kings – The Kings Nation [YouTube]



Topics: Sacramento Kings, Sports

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