1993–94 Sacramento Kings season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Kings' 45th season in the National Basketball Association, and ninth season in Sacramento. The Kings had the seventh overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected Bobby Hurley out of Duke University. The Kings started the season winning three of their first four games, but then continued to struggle, losing 16 of their next 18 games leading to an awful 5–17 start, including eight straight losses. In December, things got worse for the Kings as Hurley was involved in a life-threatening car accident, and was out for the remainder of the season after only playing just 19 games, averaging 7.1 points and 6.1 assists per game.

With Hurley out, Spud Webb would return to the lineup as starting point guard, after playing off the bench as backup for Hurley. Also in December, the team signed free agent LaBradford Smith, who was previously released by the Washington Bullets. The Kings continued to struggle, holding a 15–32 record at the All-Star break. At midseason, the team traded Pete Chilcutt to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Olden Polynice. The Kings finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 28–54 record.

Mitch Richmond averaged 23.4 points per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and was selected to start for the Western Conference in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game. In addition, Wayman Tisdale averaged 16.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while Lionel Simmons provided the team with 15.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, Spud Webb contributed 12.7 points and 6.7 assists per game, and second-year forward Walt Williams provided with 11.2 points per game off the bench, but only played 57 games due to a leg injury.

Following the season, Tisdale signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns, and Smith was released to free agency.

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Bobby Hurley	PG	United States	Duke
2	31	Evers Burns	PF	United States	Maryland
2	44	Alex Holcombe		United States	Baylor
2	52	Mike Peplowski	C	United States	Michigan State

Roster

1993–94 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	45	Breuer, Randy	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1960–10–11	Minnesota
G	3	Brown, Randy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1968–05–22	New Mexico State
C	31	Causwell, Duane	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1968–05–31	Temple
G	7	Hurley, Bobby	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1971–06–28	Duke
C	54	Peplowski, Mike	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1970–10–15	Michigan State
C	0	Polynice, Olden	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–11–21	Virginia
G	2	Richmond, Mitch	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1965–06–30	Kansas State
F	22	Simmons, Lionel	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1968–11–14	La Salle
G	15	Smith, LaBradford	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1969–04–03	Louisville
F	24	Spencer, Andre	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1964–07–20	Northern Arizona
F	23	Tisdale, Wayman	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1964–06–09	Oklahoma
G	4	Webb, Spud	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	133 lb (60 kg)	1963–07–13	NC State
F	42	Williams, Walt	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1970–04–16	Maryland
F	21	Wilson, Trevor	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1968–03–16	UCLA

Head coach

Garry St. Jean

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	—	37–4	26–15	25–5
x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7	36–5	20–21	19–11
x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13	29–12	21–20	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16	30–11	17–24	17–13
Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30	21–20	12–29	7–23
Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35	20–21	8–33	9–21
Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36	17–24	10–31	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21

9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 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	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

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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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Wayman Tisdale	79	77	32.4	.501		.808	7.1	1.8	.5	.7	16.7
Spud Webb	79	62	32.5	.460	.335	.813	2.8	6.7	1.2	.3	12.7
Mitch Richmond	78	78	37.1	.445	.407	.834	3.7	4.0	1.3	.2	23.4
Lionel Simmons	75	74	36.0	.438	.353	.777	7.5	4.1	1.4	.7	15.1
Randy Brown	61	2	17.1	.438	.000	.609	1.8	2.2	1.0	.2	4.5
LaBradford Smith	59	2	14.1	.403	.350	.750	1.3	1.8	.6	.1	5.1
Walt Williams	57	4	23.8	.390	.288	.635	4.1	2.3	.9	.4	11.2
Mike Peplowski	55	19	12.1	.539	.000	.545	3.1	.4	.3	.5	3.2
Trevor Wilson	52	9	21.1	.481	.000	.560	4.7	1.2	.6	.2	8.0
Pete Chilcutt	46	24	21.2	.463	.000	.596	5.9	1.5	.9	.6	7.3
Duane Causwell	41	8	16.4	.518		.588	4.5	.3	.5	1.2	4.4
Olden Polynice	31	29	33.9	.484	.000	.556	11.4	.6	.6	1.0	9.8
Randy Breuer	26	3	9.5	.308	.000	.214	2.2	.3	.2	.7	.7
Andre Spencer	23	0	12.4	.430		.712	2.7	.8	.8	.2	6.0
Evers Burns	23	0	6.2	.400		.522	1.3	.4	.3	.1	2.4
Bobby Hurley	19	19	26.3	.370	.125	.800	1.8	6.1	.7	.1	7.1
Jim Les	18	0	9.4	.382	.444	.846	.7	2.2	.4	.1	2.5

Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

Awards and records

Mitch Richmond, All-NBA Second Team

Transactions

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References

1993-94 Sacramento Kings
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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

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