2007–08 Sacramento Kings season

2007–08 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach Reggie Theus
General manager Geoff Petrie
Arena ARCO Arena
Results
Record 38–44 (.463)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television CSN West, KXTV
Radio KHTK

The 2007–08 Sacramento Kings season was the 63rd season of the franchise, 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 23rd in Sacramento.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Off-season notes

The Kings, following a disappointing 2006–07 season, fired coach Eric Musselman and replaced him with Reggie Theus.

Draft picks

Sacramento's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 10 Spencer Hawes Center  United States Washington

Other notable additions

Daniel Artest, the brother of Ron Artest, made it on the summer league roster and practice squad. Artest scored two points as a back-up in limited summer league action.

Roster

Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 United States Abdur-Rahim, Shareef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) UC Berkeley
SF 93 United States Artest, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) St. John's
G 8 United States Douby, Quincy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rutgers
G/F 32 Dominican Republic García, Francisco 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
C 31 United States Hawes, Spencer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Washington
PG 5 United States Johnson, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) College of Charleston
SG 23 United States Martin, Kevin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Western Carolina
C 52 United States Miller, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Purdue
C 33 United States Moore, Mikki 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Nebraska
G/F 15 United States Salmons, John 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Miami (FL)
F 9 United States Thomas, Kenny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) New Mexico
PG 19 Slovenia Udrih, Beno 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Slovenia
F 22 United States Williams, Shelden 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Duke
C 42 United States Wright, Lorenzen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Memphis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 – 30–11 27–14 12–4
x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 2 30–11 25–16 10–6
Golden State Warriors 48 34 .585 9 27–14 21–20 10–6
Sacramento Kings 38 44 .463 19 26–15 12–29 3–13
Los Angeles Clippers 23 59 .284 34 13–28 10–31 5–11

Game log

October

Record: 0–1; Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
1 31 October 2007 Kings 90–104 Hornets NA Kevin Martin (26) 15,188 0–1

November

Record: 5–8; Home: 5–2; Road: 0–6

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
2 2 November 2007 Kings 80–96 Spurs NA Kevin Martin (22) 17,072 0–2
3 3 November 2007 Kings 102–123 Mavericks NA Kevin Martin (28) 20,343 0–3
4 6 November 2007 SuperSonics 98–104 Kings NA Kevin Martin (31) 14,908 1–3
5 9 November 2007 Cavaliers 93–91 Kings NA Kevin Martin (32) 15,293 1–4
6 10 November 2007 Timberwolves 93–100 Kings NA Kevin Martin (29) 13,170 2–4
7 12 November 2007 Kings 93–117 Jazz NA John Salmons (22) 19,911 2–5
9 14 November 2007 Kings 103–108 Timberwolves NA Kevin Martin (22) 11,656 2–6
10 16 November 2007 Knicks 118–123 Kings 2 Kevin Martin (43) 12,549 3–6
11 18 November 2007 Pistons 95–105 Kings NA Beno Udrih (23) 12,978 4–6
12 20 November 2007 Suns 100–98 Kings NA Ron Artest (33) 13,598 4–7
13 21 November 2007 Kings 111–127 Suns NA Francisco García (31) 18,422 4–8
14 23 November 2007 Kings 84–87 Trail Blazers NA Kevin Martin (21) 19,980 4–9
15 26 November 2007 Spurs 99–112 Kings NA Beno Udrih (27) 12,587 5–9

December

Record: 6–4; Home: 3–2; Road: 3–2

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
16 1 December 2007 Rockets 99–107 Kings NA Two-way tie (26) 15,081 6–10
17 4 December 2007 Jazz 107–117 Kings NA Kevin Martin (25) 12,688 7–10
18 7 December 2007 Clippers 97–87 Kings NA Ron Artest (21) 13,094 7–11
19 8 December 2007 Kings 97–101 Nuggets NA John Salmons (25) 15,493 7–12
20 10 December 2007 Bucks 93–96 Kings NA John Salmons (22) 12,449 8–12
21 12 December 2007 Kings 78–90 Celtics NA Two-way tie (16) 18,624 8–13
22 14 December 2007 Kings 109–99 Sixers NA Brad Miller (25) 10,856 9–13
23 15 December 2007 Kings 79–92 Wizards NA Brad Miller (21) 20,173 9–14
24 18 December 2007 Kings 106–101 Nets NA John Salmons (31) 11,902 10–14
25 19 December 2007 Kings 102–89 Bucks NA Ron Artest (26) 13,746 11–14
26 23 December 2007 Nuggets 106–105 Kings NA Ron Artest (24) 15,055 11–15

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

February

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# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

March

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April

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Player stats

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% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 6 0 8.5 .214 .000 1.000 1.7 .7 .17 .00 1.7
Ron Artest 57 54 38.1 .453 .380 .719 5.8 3.5 2.33 .67 20.5
Quincy Douby 74 0 11.8 .394 .344 .923 1.1 .7 .41 .16 4.8
Francisco García 79 20 26.5 .462 .391 .779 3.3 1.6 1.22 .63 12.3
Orien Greene 7 2 8.7 .273 .000 .000 .9 .4 .43 .14 .9
Spencer Hawes 71 8 13.1 .459 .190 .655 3.2 .6 .20 .56 4.7
Anthony Johnson* 27 11 15.2 .455 .500 .818 1.4 2.2 .37 .04 3.9
Dahntay Jones 25 0 8.2 .434 .167 .667 1.4 .5 .32 .24 3.2
Kevin Martin 61 57 36.3 .456 .402 .869 4.5 2.1 1.02 .08 23.7
Brad Miller 72 72 34.9 .463 .311 .848 9.5 3.7 .96 1.03 13.4
Mikki Moore 82 79 29.1 .577 .000 .736 6.0 1.0 .43 .56 8.5
John Salmons 81 41 31.1 .477 .325 .823 4.3 2.6 1.15 .38 12.5
Kenny Thomas 23 3 12.2 .421 .000 .000 2.7 .6 .26 .04 1.4
Beno Udrih 65 51 32.0 .464 .387 .850 3.3 4.3 .86 .15 12.8
Darryl Watkins 9 0 7.9 .333 .000 .400 1.3 .0 .22 .22 1.3
Shelden Williams* 28 0 12.9 .491 .000 .667 3.5 .3 .32 .36 5.2
Lorenzen Wright* 5 0 2.6 .250 .000 .000 .2 .2 .00 .00 .4

*Statistics include only games with the Kings

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Free agents

Player Former team
Player New team

See also

External links

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