2000–01 Sacramento Kings season

The 2000–01 NBA season was the Kings' 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 16th season in Sacramento.[1] During the off-season, the Kings acquired shooting guard Doug Christie from the Toronto Raptors,[2] and signed free agent Bobby Jackson.[3] After two straight playoff seasons, the Kings enjoyed another successful season by winning 14 of their first 18 games, on their way to a 27–10 start as of January 20. The Kings would make it into the NBA's elite status by challenging the Pacific Division all season, falling just one game short with a solid 55–27 record. The team also posted three five-game winning streaks, which was their longest winning streak during the season.[4]

2000–01 Sacramento Kings season
Head coachRick Adelman
General managerGeoff Petrie
PresidentGeoff Petrie
OwnersMaloof family
ArenaARCO Arena
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishConference Semi-finals
(Lost to Lakers 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioKHTK

Chris Webber had his best season averaging 27.1 points, 11.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, while being named to the All-NBA First Team. In addition, Peja Stojaković showed improvement stepping into the lineup averaging 20.4 points per game, which was second on the team in scoring, while Christie averaged 12.3 points and 2.3 steals per game, Vlade Divac provided the team with 12.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and Jason Williams contributed 9.4 points and 5.4 assists per game.[5] Webber and Divac were both selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, with head coach Rick Adelman coaching the Western Conference.[6] Webber also finished in fourth place in Most Valuable Player voting with 5 first-place votes, while Stojaković finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting, Christie finished in fourth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and Jackson finished in fourth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.[7] Christie was also named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, and first round draft pick Hedo Türkoğlu made the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Kings would win their first playoff series in 20 years by beating the Phoenix Suns in four games after losing Game 1.[8] However, they were swept by the defending and eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semi-finals in four straight games.[9] Following the season, the controversial guard Williams was traded along with Nick Anderson to the Memphis Grizzlies,[10] while three-point specialist Jon Barry was traded to the Detroit Pistons, and Darrick Martin signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

Offseason

In the NBA draft, the Kings drafted Hedo Türkoğlu and Jabari Smith. Türkoğlu's tenure with the Kings lasted three seasons,[11] while Smith's stint lasted 21 games. Smith would return to Sacramento in the 2003–04 season.[12]

During the offseason, the Kings did not make many transactions. On August 1, the Kings signed guard Bobby Jackson. Jackson would be a reliable bench player during his tenure in Sacramento,[13] and he would win the Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2002–03 season.[14]

On September 30, the Kings traded combo forward Corliss Williamson to the Toronto Raptors for Doug Christie. Christie would be the starting shooting guard for the Kings for his entire tenure with the team.[15]

On October 20, the Kings waived center Jerome James. James had missed all of the previous season due to a knee injury.[16]

Draft picks
Main article: 2000 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
116Hidayet "Hedo" TürkoğluSF TurkeyEfes Pilsen (Turkey)
245Jabari SmithC/PF United StatesLSU

Roster
2000–01 Sacramento Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 25 Anderson, Nick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968–01–20 Illinois
G 20 Barry, Jon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1969–07–25 Georgia Tech
G/F 13 Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1970–05–09 Pepperdine
C 21 Divac, Vlade (C) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1968–02–03 Serbia
F 51 Funderburke, Lawrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1970–12–15 Ohio State
G 24 Jackson, Bobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1973–03–13 Minnesota
F 00 Long, Art  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1972–10–01 Cincinnati
G 15 Martin, Darrick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971–03–06 UCLA
F/C 31 Pollard, Scot 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1975–02–12 Kansas
C 55 Smith, Jabari 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1977–02–12 LSU
F 16 Stojaković, Peja 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1977–06–09 Serbia
F 5 Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1977–03–19 Turkey
F/C 4 Webber, Chris (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973–03–01 Michigan
G 55 Williams, Jason 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975–11–18 Florida
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 18, 2001

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 5626.683–31–1025–1614–10
x-Sacramento Kings 5527.671133–822–1916–8
x-Phoenix Suns 5131.622531–1020–2112–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5032.610628–1322–1912–12
Seattle SuperSonics 4438.5371226–1518–2317–7
Los Angeles Clippers 31513782522–199–329–15
Golden State Warriors 1765.2073911–306–354–20
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs5824.707–
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers5626.6832
3 x-Sacramento Kings5527.6713
4 x-Utah Jazz5329.6465
5 x-Dallas Mavericks5329.6465
6 x-Phoenix Suns5131.6227
7 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.6108
8 x-Minnesota Timberwolves4735.57311
9 Houston Rockets4537.54913
10 Seattle SuperSonics4438.53714
11 Denver Nuggets4042.48818
12 Los Angeles Clippers3151.37827
13 Vancouver Grizzlies2359.28035
14 Golden State Warriors1765.20741
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
2000-01 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta –1–30–42–22–20–21–10–42–00–22–21–11–10–31–30–21–32–21–30–30–21–11–10–21–12–20–21–12–2
Boston 3–1–0–42–12–10–22–03–10–21–11–32–00–22–21–31–14–01–31–30–42–01–10–20–22–01–31–10–23–1
Charlotte 4–04–0–3–12–20–20–22–22–00–23–12–00–22–23–11–14–01–22–12–20–20–21–11–10–23–11–11–12–2
Chicago 2–21–21–3–1–30–20–20–40–20–20–40–20–21–30–40–22–21–31–31–30–20–20–21–10–20–40–21–12–1
Cleveland 2–21–22–23–1–1–11–12–22–00–21–30–20–22–21–30–23–02–21–30–40–21–11–10–20–20–41–11–12–2
Dallas 2–02–02–02–01–1–3–11–14–02–21–14–00–42–01–13–12–01–11–11–11–32–22–21–33–12–02–23–12–0
Denver 1–10–22–02–01–11–3–1–14–03–11–12–22–20–21–12–21–11–10–21–10–42–22–22–22–20–21–34–01–1
Detroit 4–01–32–24–02–21–11–1–1–10–21–30–20–20–41–30–24–01–22–20–41–10–20–20–22–02–20–21–11–2
Golden State 0–22–00–22–00–20–40–41–1–1–32–01–31–30–20–22–21–10–20–20–22–20–40–40–40–40–21–31–30–2
Houston 2–01–12–02–02–02–21–32–03–1–2–01–31–31–12–02–21–12–01–11–11–31–30–41–32–22–01–34–02–0
Indiana 2–23–11–34–03–11–11–13–10–20–2–2–01–11–22–21–12–22–22–20–31–10–22–00–21–10–40–22–04–0
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–22–02–00–42–22–03–13–10–2–1–30–21–12–20–21–11–11–12–22–21–30–40–41–10–42–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–04–02–22–03–13–11–13–1–1–10–23–12–00–22–01–13–12–23–12–20–42–02–24–02–0
Miami 3–02–22–23–12–20–22–04–02–01–12–12–01–1–1–21–13–12–33–11–30–21–11–11–11–12–21–12–04–0
Milwaukee 3–13–11–34–03–11–11–13–12–00–22–21–12–02–1–0–24–01–24–02–20–20–22–02–00–23–12–01–13–1
Minnesota 2–01–11–12–02–01–32–22–02–22–21–12–21–31–12–0–1–10–21–11–13–13–12–21–33–12–02–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–10–40–42–20–30–21–10–41–11–12–22–00–21–30–41–1–2–21–31–31–10–20–21–11–11–20–21–13–1
New York 2–23–12–13–12–21–11–12–12–00–22–21–12–03–22–12–02–2–3–11–31–11–11–12–01–11–30–21–14–0
Orlando 3–13–11–23–13–11–12–02–22–01–12–21–10–21–30–41–13–11–3–3–11–10–20–21–11–12–10–22–03–1
Philadelphia 3–04–02–23–14–01–11–14–02–01–13–01–11–13–12–21–13–13–11–3–1–11–11–11–11–11–31–12–04–0
Phoenix 2–00–22–02–02–03–14–01–12–23–11–12–21–32–02–01–31–11–11–11–1–3–11–32–23–12–02–23–11–1
Portland 1–11–12–02–01–12–22–22–04–03–12–02–22–21–12–01–32–01–12–01–11–3–1–31–32–22–03–12–22–0
Sacramento 1–12–01–12–01–12–22–22–04–04–00–23–11–31–10–22–22–01–12–01–13–13–1–2–22–22–03–14–02–0
San Antonio 2–02–01–11–12–03–12–22–04–03–12–04–02–21–10–23–11–10–21–11–12–23–12–2–3–11–14–04–02–0
Seattle 1–10–22–02–02–01–32–20–24–02–21–14–04–01–12–01–31–11–11–11–11–32–22–21–3–0–20–43–12–0
Toronto 2–23–11–34–04–00–22–02–22–00–24–01–10–22–21–30–22–13–11–23–10–20–20–21–12–0–1–12–04–0
Utah 2–01–11–12–01–12–23–12–03–13–12–04–02–21–10–22–22–02–02–01–12–21–31–34–01–30–2–4–02–0
Vancouver 1–12–01–11–11–11–30–41–13–10–40–22–20–40–21–11–31–11–10–20–21–32–20–40–41–30–20–4–2–0
Washington 2–21–32–21–22–20–21–12–12–00–20–41–10–20–41–31–11–30–41–30–41–10–20–20–20–20–40–20–2—

Playoffs
2001 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 22 Phoenix L 83–86 Chris Webber (27) Chris Webber (15) Christie, Williams (5) ARCO Arena
17,317		 0–1
2 April 25 Phoenix W 116–90 Peja Stojaković (22) Jackson, Webber (9) Chris Webber (5) ARCO Arena
17,317		 1–1
3 April 29 @ Phoenix W 104–96 Chris Webber (23) Vlade Divac (12) Doug Christie (4) America West Arena
19,023		 2–1
4 May 2 @ Phoenix W 89–82 Peja Stojaković (37) Scot Pollard (13) Bobby Jackson (5) America West Arena
18,836		 3–1
Conference Semi-finals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 6 @ L.A. Lakers L 105–108 Chris Webber (34) Scot Pollard (14) Jason Williams (4) Staples Center
18,997		 0–1
2 May 8 @ L.A. Lakers L 90–96 Chris Webber (22) Chris Webber (18) Bobby Jackson (4) Staples Center
18,997		 0–2
3 May 11 L.A. Lakers L 81–103 Chris Webber (28) Chris Webber (14) Doug Christie (5) ARCO Arena
17,317		 0–3
4 May 13 L.A. Lakers L 113–119 Peja Stojaković (26) Chris Webber (11) Chris Webber (8) ARCO Arena
17,317		 0–4
2001 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
Nick Anderson 2108.0.246.2561.2.6.5.21.8
Jon Barry 62216.3.404.348.8771.52.1.5.15.1
Doug Christie 818136.3.395.376.8974.43.62.3.612.3
Vlade Divac 818129.9.482.286.6918.32.91.11.112.0
Lawrence Funderburke 59211.8.496.6233.3.3.2.24.9
Bobby Jackson 79720.9.439.375.7393.12.01.1.17.2
Art Long 902.2.000.000.9.1.0.30.0
Darrick Martin 3105.7.382.519.886.5.5.2.03.3
Scot Pollard 77821.5.468.000.7496.0.6.61.36.5
Jabari Smith 907.3.500.667.9.7.4.02.9
Peja Stojaković 757538.7.470.400.8565.82.21.2.220.4
Hedo Türkoğlu 74716.8.412.326.7772.8.9.7.35.3
Chris Webber 707040.5.481.071.70311.14.21.31.727.1
Jason Williams 777729.7.407.315.7892.45.41.2.19.4

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jon Barry 707.9.412.286.4.6.1.02.3
Doug Christie 8838.0.368.294.8284.43.32.51.19.9
Vlade Divac 8828.1.350.333.7638.42.41.01.510.8
Lawrence Funderburke 305.7.3751.0002.0.0.7.72.3
Bobby Jackson 8022.8.438.286.7143.32.31.0.07.0
Darrick Martin 204.5.000.000.01.5.0.00.0
Scot Pollard 8017.6.633.5886.9.3.1.96.0
Peja Stojaković 8838.4.406.346.9686.4.4.6.421.6
Hedo Türkoğlu 8017.6.435.5711.0003.51.4.4.17.5
Chris Webber 8843.5.388.000.69411.53.11.11.023.3
Jason Williams 8823.9.426.3671.0002.32.91.0.08.8

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades
September 30, 2000 To Sacramento Kings
 To Toronto Raptors

Free agents

Player Transactions Citation:[17]

References
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  12. "Jabari Smith Stats".
  13. "Bobby Jackson Stats".
  14. "Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to do | Cincinnati Enquirer".
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  16. "Jerome James Stats".
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See also
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