Sacramento Kings: Top five forgotten Kings players

As the season hiatus moves along, it’s time to take a look at the top ten  Sacramento Kings players that have been forgotten by Kings fans.

As one can imagine, it is sometimes difficult to recall all the players that went through the Sacramento Kings era as there are 35 years of history that fans have to recall. Some fans have not lived through all the years of Sacramento era Kings basketball, so this could be a history lesson.

With time available for many Kings fans, it’s important to catch up on their team’s history. Fans can watch highlights on Youtube which can make them fall in love with certain players. Or if the highlights are not available, they can do a simple Google search and read up on some of the players and their history.

To make life a little bit easier, fans can start their simple Kings history lesson by reading this article about the top five most forgotten Kings players that have worn the purple.

For fans to start their history lesson, especially the new incoming fans, they need to understand how the Kings franchise formed. Before moving to Sacramento, the Kings started as the Rochester Royals from the state of New York. They then moved to Ohio and were the Cincinnati Royals in the year 1957.

In 1972, the Royals rebranded as the Kings and moved to Kansas City, Missouri which is only three hours from Omaha, Nebraska, therefore, becoming the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. Later in 1985, they moved to Sacramento and have remained ever since.