The greatest sixth man from each NBA team

Greatest sixth man in Sacramento Kings: Mike Woodson

The coaching ranks are filled with former players who, after decades of living and breathing basketball, elect to stay around the game to continue their careers. Long before Mike Woodson was manning the sideline, he was coming off the bench for the Kansas City Kings.

Woodson joined the team in 1981, a few seasons before the franchise would move to Sacramento. After starting for a season, Woodson moved to the bench where he paradoxically received more minutes and scored more points.

Woodson put up 18.2 points per game that season, following it up with another pair of campaigns of double-digit scoring all while primarily coming off of the bench. In a way that would grate at the modern analytics crowd, Woodson scored not by shooting 3-pointers but by drawing fouls and taking midrange jumpers.

Woodson continued to produce for the Kings until in 1986 he and another future coach, Larry Drew, were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He became more of a starter in Los Angeles and Houston before bouncing around more frequently to end his playing career.