2016–17 Sacramento Kings season

2016–17 Sacramento Kings season
2016–17 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Dave Joerger
General manager	Vlade Divac
Arena	Golden 1 Center
Results
Record	7–11 (.389)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific); Conference: 11th (Western)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet California
Radio	KHTK Sports 1140
< 2015–16	2017–18 >

The 2016–17 Sacramento Kings season is the 72nd season of the franchise, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 32nd in Sacramento. It is their first season at the new Golden 1 Center. On May 10, 2016, the Kings hired Dave Joerger as their new head coach.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	13	Georgios Papagiannis	C	Greece	Panathanikos Athens
1	22	Malachi Richardson	SG	United States	Syracuse
1	28	Skal Labissière	PF/C	Haiti	Kentucky
2	59	Isaiah Cousins	PG/SG	United States	Oklahoma

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	22	Carter, Devin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	2002-03-18	Providence
F	24	Crawford, Isaiah (TW)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-11-01	Louisiana Tech
G/F	10	DeRozan, DeMar	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989-08-07	USC
G	23	Ellis, Keon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-01-08	Alabama
G	5	Fox, De'Aaron	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1997-12-20	Kentucky
G/F	9	Huerter, Kevin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-08-27	Maryland
G	20	Jones, Colby	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2002-05-28	Xavier
F	17	Jones, Isaac (TW)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2000-07-11	Washington State
G	15	Jones, Mason (TW)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-07-21	Arkansas
C	25	Len, Alex	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1993-06-16	Maryland
F	41	Lyles, Trey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	1995-11-05	Kentucky
F	7	McDermott, Doug	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1992-01-03	Creighton
G	3	McLaughlin, Jordan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-04-09	USC
G	0	Monk, Malik	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1998-02-04	Kentucky
F	13	Murray, Keegan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2000-08-19	Iowa
C	77	Robinson, Orlando	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2000-07-10	Fresno State
C	11	Sabonis, Domantas	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1996-05-03	Gonzaga

Head coach

Mike Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 19, 2024

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z – Golden State Warriors	67	15	.817	–	36‍–‍5	31‍–‍10	14–2	82
x – Los Angeles Clippers	51	31	.622	16.0	29‍–‍12	22‍–‍19	10–6	82
Sacramento Kings	32	50	.390	35.0	17‍–‍24	15‍–‍26	7–9	82
Los Angeles Lakers	26	56	.317	41.0	17‍–‍24	9‍–‍32	6–10	82
Phoenix Suns	24	58	.293	43.0	15‍–‍26	9‍–‍32	3–13	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Golden State Warriors *	67	15	.817	–	82
2	y – San Antonio Spurs *	61	21	.744	6.0	82
3	x – Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	12.0	82
4	x – Los Angeles Clippers	51	31	.622	16.0	82
5	y – Utah Jazz *	51	31	.622	16.0	82
6	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	47	35	.573	20.0	82
7	x – Memphis Grizzlies	43	39	.524	24.0	82
8	x – Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	26.0	82

9	Denver Nuggets	40	42	.488	27.0	82
10	New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	33.0	82
11	Dallas Mavericks	33	49	.402	34.0	82
12	Sacramento Kings	32	50	.390	35.0	82
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	31	51	.378	36.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	26	56	.317	41.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	24	58	.293	43.0	82

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log
Total: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)

Pre-season: 3–3 (home: 2–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 4	@ L.A. Lakers	L 84–103	Arron Afflalo (14)	DeMarcus Cousins (6)	DeMarcus Cousins (4)	Honda Center (Anaheim) 9,187	0–1
2	October 6	@ Golden State	L 96–105	DeMarcus Cousins (20)	Matt Barnes (8)	Matt Barnes (4)	SAP Center 18,234	0–2
3	October 10	Maccabi Haifa	W 135–96	Ben McLemore (18)	Ty Lawson (7)	Ty Lawson (8)	Golden 1 Center 16,000	1–2
4	October 13	@ L.A. Lakers	W 116–104	Anthony Tolliver (21)	Rudy Gay (9)	Collison, Gay (7)	T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) 8,905	2–2
5	October 15	Washington	W 124–119	Collison, Cousins (22)	Cousins, Cauley-Stein, Tolliver (22)	Darren Collison (8)	Rupp Arena (Lexington) 8,472	3–2
6	October 18	@ L.A. Clippers	L 89–92	DeMarcus Cousins (23)	Cousins, Cauley-Stein (8)	Ben McLemore (5)	Golden 1 Center 16,000	3–3

2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log
Total: 7–12 (Home: 4–5; Road: 3–7)

October: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 26	@ Phoenix	W 113–94	DeMarcus Cousins (24)	Matt Barnes (7)	Ty Lawson (7)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 18,055	1–0
2	October 27	San Antonio	L 94–102	DeMarcus Cousins (37)	DeMarcus Cousins (16)	Ty Lawson (9)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	1–1
3	October 29	Minnesota	W 106–103	DeMarcus Cousins (29)	Kosta Koufos (8)	Matt Barnes (9)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	2–1
4	October 31	@ Atlanta	L 95–106	Rudy Gay (22)	DeMarcus Cousins (12)	Ty Lawson (6)	Philips Arena 12,501	2–2

November : 5–9 (home: 3–4; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 1	@ Miami	L 96–108 (OT)	Gay, Cousins (30)	Rudy Gay (12)	Lawson, Cousins (4)	American Airlines Arena 19,612	2–3
6	November 3	@ Orlando	L 94–102	DeMarcus Cousins (33)	Lawson, Koufos, Cousins (7)	Ty Lawson (4)	Amway Center 17,026	2–4
7	November 5	@ Milwaukee	L 91–117	Garrett Temple (19)	Kosta Koufos (7)	Jordan Farmar (7)	BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,021	2–5
8	November 6	@ Toronto	W 96–91	DeMarcus Cousins (22)	DeMarcus Cousins (14)	Ty Lawson (11)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	3–5
9	November 8	New Orleans	W 102–94	DeMarcus Cousins (28)	Matt Barnes (8)	Rudy Gay (6)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	4−5
10	November 10	L.A. Lakers	L 91–101	DeMarcus Cousins (28)	DeMarcus Cousins (9)	Darren Collison (9)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	4−6
11	November 11	@ Portland	L 120–122 (OT)	DeMarcus Cousins (33)	Rudy Gay (14)	Lawson, Collison (4)	Moda Center 19,918	4−7
12	November 16	San Antonio	L 105–110	DeMarcus Cousins (26)	DeMarcus Cousins (17)	Cousins, Collison (6)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	4–8
13	November 18	L.A. Clippers	L 115–121	DeMarcus Cousins (38)	DeMarcus Cousins (13)	Ty Lawson (8)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	4−9
14	November 20	Toronto	W 102–99	Rudy Gay (23)	DeMarcus Cousins (10)	Darren Collison (9)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	5−9
15	November 23	Oklahoma City	W 116–101	DeMarcus Cousins (36)	DeMarcus Cousins (13)	Darren Collison (6)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	6−9
16	November 25	Houston	L 104–117	DeMarcus Cousins (32)	DeMarcus Cousins (9)	Afflalo, Casspi (5)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	6−10
17	November 27	@ Brooklyn	W 122–105	DeMarcus Cousins (37)	DeMarcus Cousins (11)	Rudy Gay (8)	Barclays Center 13,646	7−10
18	November 28	@ Washington	L 95–101 (OT)	DeMarcus Cousins (36)	DeMarcus Cousins (20)	DeMarcus Cousins (4)	Verizon Center 12,571	7−11

December: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	December 2	@ Boston	L 92–97	DeMarcus Cousins (28)	Matt Barnes (16)	Matt Barnes (5)	TD Garden 18,624	7−12

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Georgios Papagiannis^[2]^[3] Draft rights to Skal Labissière^[3] Player rights to Bogdan Bogdanović 2020 Detroit Pistons 2nd round-pick	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Marquese Chriss
July 7, 2016	To Sacramento Kings Draft rights to Malachi Richardson^[3]^[4]	To Charlotte Hornets Marco Belinelli

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Arron Afflalo^[5]	2-year contract worth $25 million	New York Knicks
Garrett Temple^[5]	3-year contract worth $24 million	Washington Wizards
Matt Barnes^[5]	2-year contract worth $12 million	Memphis Grizzlies
Anthony Tolliver^[5]	2-year contract worth $16 million	Detroit Pistons
Ty Lawson	1-year contract worth $1,315,448	Indiana Pacers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Rajon Rondo^[6]	2-year contract worth $28 million	Chicago Bulls
Seth Curry^[7]	2-year contract worth $6 million	Dallas Mavericks
Quincy Acy^[8]	2-year contract worth $2.2 million	Dallas Mavericks
Duje Dukan	Waived	Cedevita Zagreb
Isaiah Cousins	Waived	Reno Bighorns
Jordan Farmar	Waived	Sacramento Kings

References

^ Krawczynski, Jon; Dubow, Josh. "Kings hire Joerger as coach". NBA.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ "Kings announce draft-night trade". nba.com/kings. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kings sign Papagiannis, Richardson and Labissiere". nba.com/kings. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "Kings acquire Malachi Richardson". nba.com/kings. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kings sign four free agents". nba.com/kings. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
^ "Bulls sign Rajon Rondo". nba.com/bulls. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
^ "Mavericks sign free agent guard Seth Curry". mavs.com. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "Mavericks sign forward Quincy Acy". mavs.com. July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

Official site of the Sacramento Kings

[1] Krawczynski, Jon; Dubow, Josh. "Kings hire Joerger as coach". NBA.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[2] "Kings announce draft-night trade". nba.com/kings. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

[kings_sign_papagiannis,_richardson_and_labissiere-3] "Kings sign Papagiannis, Richardson and Labissiere". nba.com/kings. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[4] "Kings acquire Malachi Richardson". nba.com/kings. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.

[kings_sign_four_free_agents-5] "Kings sign four free agents". nba.com/kings. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.

[6] "Bulls sign Rajon Rondo". nba.com/bulls. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.

[7] "Mavericks sign free agent guard Seth Curry". mavs.com. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[8] "Mavericks sign forward Quincy Acy". mavs.com. July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

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v t e Sacramento Kings
Founded in 1923 Formerly the Rochester Seagrams (1923–1942), Rochester Eber Seagrams (1942–1943), Rochester Pros (1943–1945), Rochester Royals (1945–1957), Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972); played in Kansas City-Omaha (1972–1975), Kansas City (1975–1985) Based in Sacramento, California
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Edgerton Park Arena Rochester War Memorial Cincinnati Gardens Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium Kemper Arena ARCO Arena I ARCO Arena Golden 1 Center
Administration	Owner(s) Vivek Ranadivé President John Rinehart General manager Monte McNair Head coach Mike Brown
G League affiliate	Stockton Kings
Retired numbers	1 2 4 6 11 12 14 16 21 27 44
NBA championships	1951
Rivalries	Golden State Warriors Los Angeles Lakers
Culture and lore	Failed relocation attempts Slamson the Lion Maloof family "Love Song" (Tesla song) Maurie Pete Carril and the Princeton offense The Greatest Show on Court Light the Beam! Starting 5