2008–09 Sacramento Kings season

Sacramento Kings
2008–09 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Reggie Theus (games 1-24, fired); Kenny Natt (interim, games 14-82)
General manager	Geoff Petrie
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific); Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN California, KXTV
Radio	KHTK

The 2008–09 Sacramento Kings season is the 64th season of the franchise, 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 24th in Sacramento. The Kings finished with a franchise-worst 17–65. On December 15, 2008, the Kings fired their head coach Reggie Theus after an 6–18 start and replaced by Kenny Natt on the interim basis for the rest of the season. After the season, Natt and four assistant coaches were fired on April 24 and replaced by former Phoenix Suns head coach Paul Westphal on June 9.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City, New York.
July 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

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

Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
C	7001520000000000000♠52	Booth, Calvin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Penn State
F	7000300000000000000♠3	Diogu, Ike	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Arizona State
G/F	7001320000000000000♠32	García, Francisco	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Louisville
G/F	7001200000000000000♠20	Greene, Donté	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Syracuse
C	7001310000000000000♠31	Hawes, Spencer	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Washington
G	7001240000000000000♠24	Jackson, Bobby	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Minnesota
G	7001230000000000000♠23	Martin, Kevin	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	Western Carolina
G	7000700000000000000♠7	McCants, Rashad	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	North Carolina
F	7000500000000000000♠5	Nocioni, Andrés	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Argentina
F	7001150000000000000♠15	Simmons, Cedric	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	North Carolina State
F	7000900000000000000♠9	Thomas, Kenny	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	261 lb (118 kg)	New Mexico
F/C	7001340000000000000♠34	Thompson, Jason	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Rider
G	7001190000000000000♠19	Udrih, Beno	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Slovenia

Head coach

Kenny Natt (interim) (Northeast Louisiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Shareef Abdur-Rahim (California)
Randy Brown (New Mexico State)
Bubba Burrage (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Jason Hamm (South Alabama)
Rex Kalamian (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Chuck Person (Auburn)

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 Lakers	65	17	.793	—	36–5	29–12	14–2	82
Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19	28–13	18–23	11–5	82
Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36	21–20	8–33	6–10	82
Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46	11–30	8–33	2–14	82
Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48	11–30	6–39	7–9	82

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17

9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
12	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Calvin Booth	7	0	7.9	.500	.	.750	1.4	.0	.1	.3	2.3
Bobby Brown	47	1	14.4	.381	.330	.765	.8	1.9	.3	.0	5.2
Ike Diogu	10	1	14.2	.600	.500	.758	3.9	.3	.2	.1	9.2
Quincy Douby	20	0	11.4	.341	.270	.933	1.3	.7	.1	.3	4.2
Francisco García	65	36	30.4	.444	.398	.820	3.4	2.3	1.2	1.0	12.7
Drew Gooden	1	0	26.0	.556	.	1.000	13.0	2.0	.0	.0	12.0
Donte Greene	55	4	13.2	.326	.260	.853	1.6	.5	.3	.3	3.8
Spencer Hawes	77	51	29.3	.466	.348	.662	7.1	1.9	.6	1.2	11.4
Bobby Jackson	71	10	20.9	.398	.305	.851	2.8	2.0	.9	.1	7.5
Kevin Martin	51	46	38.2	.420	.415	.867	3.6	2.7	1.2	.2	24.6
Rashad McCants	24	1	19.4	.444	.357	.783	2.0	1.5	.8	.3	10.3
Brad Miller	43	43	31.5	.474	.465	.801	8.0	3.4	.7	.6	11.9
Mikki Moore	46	20	16.2	.521	.	.810	3.3	.6	.3	.3	3.5
Andres Nocioni	23	16	31.0	.448	.441	.763	6.0	1.8	.6	.7	13.7
John Salmons	53	53	37.4	.472	.418	.823	4.2	3.7	1.1	.2	18.3
Cedric Simmons	7	0	3.3	.000	.	.500	.6	.0	.0	.0	.1
Will Solomon	14	0	12.0	.406	.448	.500	1.5	.7	.5	.0	5.0
Kenny Thomas	8	0	7.8	.375	.	.	1.9	.1	.8	.1	.8
Jason Thompson	82	56	28.1	.497	.000	.692	7.4	1.1	.6	.7	11.1
Beno Udrih	73	72	31.1	.461	.310	.820	3.0	4.7	1.1	.2	11.0
Shelden Williams	30	0	10.2	.449	.000	.762	2.6	.3	.4	.3	3.7

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Bobby Brown^[1]	July 23	Alba Berlin

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Anthony Johnson^[2]	July 15	Orlando Magic

References

↑ Sources say Kings agree to deal with Bobby Brown
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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[test-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.

2008–09 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Reggie Theus (games 1-24, fired) Kenny Natt (interim, games 14-82)
General manager	Geoff Petrie
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN California, KXTV
Radio	KHTK