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The Rochester Royals came into the franchise during the 1945-1946 season and have had a heck of a history since. Success for the Rochester Royals was almost immediate and the team won he championships in the 1945-1946 season. The following season proved just as successful for the Rochester Royals, finishing 31-13 and grasping a second NBL championship. In 1948, the Royals moved to the BAA along with a few other teams and a year after that, they were merged into the NBA.
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About The Sacramento Kings
In 1951, the Royals won the NBA title after defeating the New York Knicks. Unfortunately, it would be the only championship that this franchise team would see to date. The Royals stayed in Rochester for 12 years total before finally moving to Cincinnati in 1957. Unfortunately for the team, ticket sales were at an all time low and along with the minuscule ticket sales, the team would also undergo a name change because of the Kansas City Royals baseball team. They would become the Kings and would play in Kansas City and Omaha until 1975 with no real success.
It wasn't until the 1985-1986 season that the team finally moves to their home in the capitol city of California, making the team now the Sacramento Kings. Tickets for the NBA team began to rise when their first season ended in the first round of the playoffs. But again, this success would be short lived because the team would not see another playoff game until the 1995-1996 season.
In 1997, the Sacramento Kings began to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the draft of Jason Williams and the acquisition of former Los Angeles Laker, Vlade Divac. These trades caused the Sacramento Kings ticket holders to once again have a team to be proud of as they quickly became playoff contender for the next couple of seasons, but ultimately losing to first the Utah Jazz in the playoffs, then being swept by the Lakers who went on to win the championship that year.
Through the 2000's the Sacramento Kings tickets were at a low selling point. The team would spend the decade going through more changes on the bench. With the hopes in reliving the Sacramento Kings glory days, General Manager George Petrie began to assemble a new younger team consisting of more talent with members like Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes and Francisco Garcia. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the Sacramento Kings ended their 2008/2009 season as the worst team in the NBA with a final record of 17-65.
After finishing the 2008/2009 season as the worst team in the league, the Sacramento Kings have nowhere to look but up. The Kings failed to make it into the top three picks of the NBA draft lottery and ended up with a 4th pick instead. They chose Tyreke Evans then with the 23rd pick they had acquired in a trade with the Rockets, they picked up Omri Casspi. Second round pick went for Jeff Pendergraph which they went on to trade with Portland for guard Sergio Rodriguez and the draft rights to Jon Brockman. Then in June former Phoenix Suns player Paul Westphal was named the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings, hopefully boosting the Sacramento Kings ticket sales with the change. We will have to see whether these changes to the Sacramento Kings roster will be the much needed boost that the team needs to pull ahead of he pack at the ARCO Arena II.
