1994–95 Sacramento Kings season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the 46th season for the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association, and their tenth season in Sacramento, California.^[1] The Kings received the eighth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected power forward Brian Grant out of Xavier University,^[2][3][4] and signed free agent Frank Brickowski during the off-season; however, Brickowski would miss the entire regular season due to a preseason shoulder injury.^[5][6]

1994–95 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Garry St. Jean
President	Geoff Petrie
General manager	Geoff Petrie
Owner(s)	Jim Thomas
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	39–43 (.476)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KPWB SportsChannel Pacific
Radio	KHTK
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

With the addition of Grant, and second-round draft pick Michael Smith out of Providence College,^[7] and replacing Lionel Simmons as the team's starting small forward with Walt Williams,^[8] the Kings played above .500 basketball for the first half of the regular season with a 25–20 record at the All-Star break.^[9] However, after a 28–20 start, they struggled with a 7-game losing streak afterwards and began to slip under .500.^[10] On the final day of the regular season on April 23, 1995, the Kings faced off against the Denver Nuggets at the McNichols Sports Arena for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference; the Nuggets would win, 102–89,^[11][12][13] as the Kings finished in fifth place in the Pacific Division with a 39–43 record, missing the NBA playoffs for the ninth consecutive year.^[10]

Mitch Richmond led the team in scoring with 22.8 points per game, led them with 156 three-point field goals, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona,^[14][15][16] where he was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, scoring 23 points off the bench as the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 139–112.^[17][18][19] In addition, Williams showed improvement, averaging 16.4 points and 1.6 steals per game along with 103 three-point field goals, while Grant averaged 13.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, Spud Webb contributed 11.6 points and 6.2 assists per game, Olden Polynice provided the team with 10.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, and Smith averaged 6.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game off the bench.^[20] Williams finished tied in ninth place in Most Improved Player voting,^[21][22] and Grant finished tied in fifth place in Rookie of the Year voting.^[23][22]

Following the season, Webb was traded back to his former team, the Atlanta Hawks,^[24][25][26] while Brickowski was traded back to his former team, the Seattle SuperSonics,^[27][28] and Randy Brown signed with the Chicago Bulls.^[29][30]

For the season, the Kings revealed a new primary logo with the team name on a purple ribbon with a silver crown and jousting sticks,^[31] and changed their uniforms adding purple and black to their color scheme,^[32][33] plus adding new half black, and half purple alternate road uniforms with checkered flag side panels.^[34] The home and road jerseys both remained in use until 2002, while the primary logo lasted until 2016, and the alternate jerseys lasted until 1997.

Draft picks

Main article: 1994 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Brian Grant	PF	United States	Xavier
2	35	Michael Smith	PF	United States	Providence College
2	51	Lawrence Funderburke	PF	United States	Ohio State

Roster

1994–95 Sacramento Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F – Frank Brickowski (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1959–08–14 Penn State G 3 Randy Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1968–05–22 New Mexico State C 31 Duane Causwell 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1968–05–31 Temple F 33 Brian Grant 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 254 lb (115 kg) 1972–03–05 Xavier G 7 Bobby Hurley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1971–06–28 Duke G 20 Doug Lee 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1964–10–24 Purdue G 5 Derrick Phelps 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1972–07–31 North Carolina C 0 Olden Polynice 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–11–21 Virginia G 2 Mitch Richmond 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1965–06–30 Kansas State F 22 Lionel Simmons 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1968–11–14 La Salle F 34 Michael Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1972–03–28 Providence F 9 Henry Turner 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1966–08–18 Cal State Fullerton G 4 Spud Webb 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1963–07–13 NC State F 42 Walt Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1970–04–16 Maryland

Head coach Garry St. Jean Assistant(s) Mike Bratz Eddie Jordan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (IN) Inactive Injured Roster Updated: April 20, 1995

Roster Notes

• Power forward Frank Brickowski was on the injured reserve list due to a shoulder injury he sustained during the preseason, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	—	32–9	27–14	23–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	2	32–9	25–16	16–14
x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	11	29–12	19–22	15–15
x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	15	26–15	18–23	17–13
Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	20	27–14	12–29	17–13
Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	33	15–26	11–30	11–19
Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	42	13–28	4–37	6–24

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	3
3	x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	5
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	14
6	x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	18
8	x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21
9	Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	23
10	Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26
11	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41
13	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1994-95 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	2–2	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Boston	1–3	–	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	3–1	–	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Chicago	4–1	4–0	2–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	4–1	2–2	2–3	3–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–4	2–4	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–4	2–0
Detroit	2–3	1–3	0–5	0–5	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	–	0–4	0–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–5	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–0
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–5	0–4	2–3	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	–	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	–	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–2	2–0
Miami	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–6	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	0–4	3–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	–	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	–	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	–	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–4	–	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	5–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	–	3–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	–	0–4	3–2	0–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	–	2–2	3–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	2–3	2–2	–	1–3	2–0
Utah	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–1	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1994–95 game log Total: 39–43 (Home: 27–14; Road: 12–29)
November: 6–6 (home: 4–3; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 15, 1994 5:30 p.m. PST @ Houston L 99–105 Richmond (31) Polynice (11) Webb (6) The Summit 14,656 3–2
December: 9–6 (home: 7–1; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
January: 9–6 (home: 5–2; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 4–7 (home: 4–1; road: 0–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 45 February 8, 1995 7:30 p.m. PST Houston L 86–97 Richmond (28) Smith (8) Webb (5) ARCO Arena 17,317 25–20 All-Star Break
March: 6–12 (home: 4–5; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 5–6 (home: 3–2; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 72 April 4, 1995 7:30 p.m. PDT Houston W 109–105 Williams (30) Smith (11) Webb (6) ARCO Arena 17,317 35–37 78 April 15, 1995 5:30 p.m. PDT @ Houston L 84–98 Richmond, Williams (19) Grant (9) Brown, Williams (6) The Summit 16,611 46–32
1994–95 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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mitch Richmond	82	82	38.7	.446	.368	.843	4.4	3.8	1.1	.4	22.8
Michael Smith	82	0	21.2	.542	.000	.485	5.9	.8	.7	.6	6.9
Olden Polynice	81	81	31.3	.544	1.000	.639	9.0	.8	.6	.6	10.8
Brian Grant	80	59	28.6	.511	.250	.636	7.5	1.2	.6	1.5	13.2
Walt Williams	77	77	35.6	.446	.348	.731	4.5	4.1	1.6	.8	16.4
Spud Webb	76	76	32.3	.438	.331	.934	2.3	6.2	1.0	.1	11.6
Bobby Hurley	68	6	16.3	.363	.276	.763	1.0	3.3	.4	.0	4.2
Randy Brown	67	2	16.2	.432	.298	.671	1.6	2.0	1.5	.3	4.7
Duane Causwell	58	24	14.1	.517	.000	.582	3.0	.3	.2	1.4	3.6
Lionel Simmons	58	3	18.3	.420	.375	.702	3.4	1.5	.5	.4	5.6
Alaa Abdelnaby†	51	0	9.3	.532	.000	.571	2.1	.3	.3	.2	5.0
Henry Turner	30	0	5.0	.404	.400	.571	.9	.2	.3	.0	2.3
Doug Lee	22	0	3.4	.360	.389	.857	.2	.2	.3	.1	2.0
Trevor Wilson	15	0	9.8	.450		.786	1.7	.8	.3	.1	3.1
Derrick Phelps	3	0	1.7	.000		.000	.0	.3	.0	.0	.0

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

Player Statistics Citation:^[20]

Awards and records

• Mitch Richmond, All-NBA Second Team
• Brian Grant, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.

Trades

The Kings were not involved in any trades during the 1994–95 season.

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Alaa Abdelnaby July 26 Boston Celtics Frank Brickowski August 19 Charlotte Hornets Doug Lee October 31 KK Cibona (Croatia) Derrick Phelps April 20 Chicago Rockers (CBA)

Subtractions Player Left New team Wayman Tisdale released, August 19 Phoenix Suns LaBradford Smith waived, October 31 Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) Mike Peplowski waived, November 3 Detroit Pistons Trevor Wilson waived, January 9 CB Peñas Huesca (LEB Oro) Alaa Abdelnaby waived, March 21 Philadelphia 76ers

Player Transactions Citation:^[35]