The NBA A History of Hoops The Story of the Sacramento Kings Jim Whiting C R E AT I V E D I G I TA L CREATIVE DIGITAL Sacramento Kings The NBA A History of Hoops The Story of the Jim Whiting
T a b l e o f Co n t e n t s OFF TO A GREAT START 8 THE BIG O ARRIVES 16 TINY COMES UP HUGE 22 MOVING TO THE COAST 30 PEAK PERFORMANCE 38 INDEX 48 CO U R T S I D E S TO R I E S STARS IN OTHER GALAXIES 11 THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 21 A LASTING FRIENDSHIP 24 THE UPSET KINGS 26 CALIFORNIA CALLS 33 CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR 44 INTRODUCING JACK TWYMAN 12 OSCAR ROBERTSON 15 JERRY LUCAS 19 NATE ARCHIBALD 29 MITCH RICHMOND 35 CHRIS WEBBER 41 Table of Contents COURTSIDE STORIES INTRODUCING
OFF TO A GREAT START SACRAMENTO’S HISTORIC CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1800s 8 OFF TO A GREAT START
JACK TWYMAN In 1806 a Spanish expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga discovered a smooth-flowing river in central California An expedition member wrote The air was like champagne and the Spaniards drank deep of it drank in the beauty around them Es como el sagrado sacramento It’s like the Holy Sacrament Moraga dubbed the river and surrounding valley Sacramento Several decades later the discovery of gold on the nearby American River ignited a feverish influx of people who hoped for instant wealth John Sutter Jr son of one of the men who had made the initial discovery established a trading colony on the Sacramento River to serve the miners calling it Sacramento Soon it became the first incorporated city in California and within a few years was named the state capital Today Sacramento is the sixth-largest city in California and the metropolitan area has a population of more than 2 5 million 9
