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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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Tiny Archibald of the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in a 1974 photo. (Photo by Malcolm W. Emmons/The Sporting News Archives via Wikimedia Commons/This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice.)
Tiny Archibald of the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in a 1974 photo. (Photo by Malcolm W. Emmons/The Sporting News Archives via Wikimedia Commons/This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice.) /

1970-76. Tiny Archibald. 4. player. 67. <strong>How acquired: </strong>Second-round pick (19th overall) from UTEP, 1970 NBA Draft.. PG

Tiny Archibald had scored more than 21 points a game in his final season at UTEP and the 6-foot-1, 150-pounder got a shot in the NBA when the Cincinnati Royals drafted him in the second round of the 1970 NBA Draft.

Cincinnati had just traded away Oscar Robertson and was in the market for a point guard.

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They got a good one.

Archibald was a three-time All-Star with the franchise, later the Kansas City-Omaha Kings and Kansas City Kings, and was a four-time All-NBA performer.

He led the NBA in minutes per game, scoring and assists in 1972-73, a rare double on the scoring and assisting, and finished third in the MVP voting.

He was fourth in the league in free-throw shooting in 1974-75, fourth in minutes per game in 1975-76 and fifth in that category in 1971-72, was second in scoring in 1971-72 and fourth in both 1974-75 and 1975-76, and placed second in assists in 1975-76 while finishing third in 1971-72 and 1974-75.

In September 1976, the Kings traded Archibald to the New York Nets for Brian Taylor, Jim Eakins and first-round picks in 1977 and 1978.

In six seasons with the Royals and Kings, Archibald averaged 25.2 points, 8.1 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 40.5 minutes per game, shooting 46.7 percent from the floor and 82.6 percent from the line.

In September 1977, Archibald was traded to the Buffalo Braves and, after missing the entire season with an Achilles injury, was dealt to the Boston Celtics in August 1978.

With the Celtics, he was again an All-Star and All-NBA performer and helped Boston to the title in 1981.

Waived by the Celtics in July 1983, he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in August of that year, retiring after the 1983-84 season.

Archibald is 22nd in NBA history with 6,476 assists and an average of 7.4 assists per game.

Named to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996, Archibald was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

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