1990–91 Sacramento Kings season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the 42nd season for the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association, and their sixth season in Sacramento, California.^[1] In the 1990 NBA draft, the Kings became the first team in NBA history to receive four first-round draft picks, selecting small forward Lionel Simmons out of La Salle University with the seventh overall pick, point guard Travis Mays from the University of Texas with the 14th overall pick, center Duane Causwell out of Temple University with the 18th overall pick, and power forward Anthony Bonner out of Saint Louis University with the 23rd overall pick.^[2][3][4]

1990–91 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Dick Motta
Owners	Joseph Benvenuti Gregg Lukenbill
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	25–57 (.305)
Place	Division: 7th (Pacific) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KRBK SportsChannel Bay Area
Radio	KFBK
< 1989–90 1991–92 >

However, the Kings continued to struggle as they lost their first seven games of the regular season, on their way to an awful 1–13 start. The Kings finished in last place in the Pacific Division with a 25–57 record,^[5] losing a record of 37 consecutive road games, and finishing with the worst road record in NBA history at 1–40.^[6]

Wayman Tisdale only played just 33 games due to a foot injury, and Bonner only played in just 34 games. Simmons was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Mays was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Antoine Carr was traded to the San Antonio Spurs,^[7][8] and Mays was dealt to the Atlanta Hawks.^[9]

For the season, the team changed their uniforms, plus adding darker blue road jerseys.^[10][11] The uniforms remained in use until 1994.

Draft picks

Main article: 1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Lionel Simmons	SF	United States	La Salle
1	14	Travis Mays	PG	United States	Texas
1	18	Duane Causwell	C	United States	Temple
1	23	Anthony Bonner	PF	United States	St. Louis
2	40	Bimbo Coles	PG	United States	Virginia Tech

Roster

1990–91 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F 24 Anthony Bonner 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Saint Louis F 4 Rick Calloway 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) –– Kansas F/C 35 Antoine Carr 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) –– Wichita State C 31 Duane Causwell 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Temple G 21 Steve Colter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) –– New Mexico State F 41 Anthony Frederick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) –– Pepperdine G 20 Bob Hansen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Iowa G 33 Jim Les 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) –– Bradley G 1 Travis Mays 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Texas C 50 Ralph Sampson 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 228 lb (103 kg) –– Virginia F 22 Lionel Simmons 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– La Salle G 2 Rory Sparrow 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) –– Villanova F/C 23 Wayman Tisdale 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Oklahoma C 34 Bill Wennington 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) –– St. John's

Head coach Dick Motta Assistant(s) Bill Berry Rex Hughes 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-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	—	36–5	27–14	18-10
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5	33–8	25-16	19-9
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8	32–9	23-18	17–11
x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19	30–11	14–27	13–15
x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	28-13	13–28	12-16
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32	23–18	8-33	10-18
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38	24-17	1–40	9–19

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	11
7	x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19
8	x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
9	Orlando Magic	31	51	.378	32
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	34
12	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	35
13	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38
14	Denver Nuggets	20	62	.244	43

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1990-91 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	–	3–1	1–4	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	–	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Charlotte	4–1	1–3	–	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Chicago	4–1	2–2	5–0	–	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	2–3	1–3	4–1	0–5	–	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–5	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	–	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	–	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	–	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–1
Indiana	1–4	2–2	5–0	1–4	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	–	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Miami	0–4	1–4	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	–	0–4	0–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2
Milwaukee	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–5	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	–	0–5	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	1–3	0–5	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	1–1	5–0	–	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Orlando	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1
Philadelphia	4–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–5	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	–	3–2	3–1	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	–	3–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	–	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	–	3–1	2–3	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–4	4–1	1–3	–	1–3	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	–	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

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
Rory Sparrow	80	74	29.7	.491	.397	.699	2.3	4.5	1.0	.2	10.4
Lionel Simmons	79	79	37.7	.422	.273	.736	8.8	4.0	1.4	1.1	18.0
Antoine Carr	77	48	32.8	.511	.000	.758	5.5	2.5	.6	1.3	20.1
Bill Wennington	77	23	18.9	.436	.200	.787	4.4	.9	.6	.8	5.7
Duane Causwell	76	55	22.6	.508		.636	5.1	.9	.6	1.9	6.9
Travis Mays	64	55	33.5	.406	.365	.770	2.8	4.0	1.3	.2	14.3
Rick Calloway	64	0	10.6	.391	.000	.696	1.2	1.0	.3	.1	3.2
Jim Les	55	8	25.4	.444	.461	.835	2.0	5.4	1.0	.1	7.2
Bob Hansen	36	24	22.5	.375	.275	.500	2.7	2.5	.6	.1	6.4
Anthony Frederick	35	3	13.6	.399		.717	2.4	1.3	.6	.4	5.1
Anthony Bonner	34	6	22.1	.448		.579	4.7	1.4	1.1	.1	7.4
Wayman Tisdale	33	31	33.8	.483	.000	.800	7.7	2.0	.7	.8	20.0
Eric Leckner†	32	0	11.8	.406		.593	2.7	.6	.1	.3	2.9
Ralph Sampson	25	4	13.9	.366	.200	.263	4.4	.7	.4	.7	3.0
Steve Colter	19	0	13.2	.411	.357	.700	1.4	1.9	.6	.1	3.1
Leon Wood	12	0	18.5	.397	.316	.905	1.6	4.1	.4	.0	6.8
Mike Higgins	7	0	8.7	.600		.571	.7	.3	.0	.3	2.3
Tony Dawson	4	0	4.3	.571	1.000		.5	.0	.0	.0	2.3

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

Awards and records

• Lionel Simmons, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Travis Mays, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

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