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Sacramento Kings: 25 Best Players To Play For The Kings

By Phil Watson

Apr 9, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; DJ Mixmaster Mike performs during half time of the game between the Sacramento Kings and Oklahoma City Thunder at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 114-112. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 9, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; DJ Mixmaster Mike performs during half time of the game between the Sacramento Kings and Oklahoma City Thunder at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 114-112. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports /
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(Original Caption) Rochester’s Bob Davies (11) and Dick Farley (12) vie for possession of the ball with Syracuse’s Paul Seymour during tonight’s professional basketball play at Madison Square Garden. Syracuse edged Rochester, 84 to 82.
(Original Caption) Rochester’s Bob Davies (11) and Dick Farley (12) vie for possession of the ball with Syracuse’s Paul Seymour during tonight’s professional basketball play at Madison Square Garden. Syracuse edged Rochester, 84 to 82. /

6. player. 67. <strong>How acquired: </strong>Signed from Brooklyn Gothams (American Basketball League), July 1, 1945.. PG. 1945-55. Bob Davies

After point guard Bob Davies spent a couple of seasons in the struggling American Basketball League, the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball League swooped in to sign Davies in July 194. He helped them to the NBL title in his first year with the club.

When the franchise moved to the Basketball Association of America (later the NBA) in 1948, Davies still played a big role. He was a four-time All-Star and a five-time All-BAA or All-NBA performer who helped the Royals to the NBA title in 1951.

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In the NBA Finals against the

New York Knicks

, Davies averaged 17 points and 5.3 assists in the seven-game series.

He led the BAA in assists in 1948-49, was fourth in the NBA both 1949-50 and 1951-52 and placed fifth in 1953-54. Davies also finished fifth in the NBA in scoring in 1951-52.

Davies opted to retire at the end of the 1954-55 season at age 35 and in seven BAA/NBA seasons with Rochester averaged 14.3 points, 4.9 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 31.3 minutes per game, shooting 37.8 percent from the floor and 75.9 percent from the free-throw line.

An All-American at Seton Hall, Davies signed with the ABL’s Brooklyn Indians in 1943 and played two seasons in Brooklyn before signing with the Royals.

Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970, Davies died of cancer in Hilton Head, S.C., on April 22, 1990, at the age of 70.

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