Stockton Kings

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Stockton Kings
Stockton Kings logo.svg
ConferenceWestern
League NBA G League
Founded2008
HistoryReno Bighorns
2008–2018
Stockton Kings
2018–present
Arena Adventist Health Arena
Location Stockton, California
Team colorsPurple, black, gray, white [1] [2] [3]
    
General manager Gabriel Harris
Head coach Lindsey Harding
Ownership Sacramento Kings (represented by Vivek Ranadivé, Paul E. Jacobs, and Raj Bathal)
Affiliation(s) Sacramento Kings
Championships0
Conference titles0
Division titles3 (2011, 2016, 2018)
Website stockton.gleague.nba.com

The Stockton Kings are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Stockton, California, and are affiliated with the Sacramento Kings. The Kings play their home games at the Stockton Arena and compete in the G League's Western Conference Pacific Division.

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The team began play during the 2008–09 season in Reno, Nevada, as the Reno Bighorns. They moved to Stockton and changed their name in 2018.

History

Reno Bighorns

Logo for the Reno Bighorns during their last season. Reno Bighorns logo.svg
Logo for the Reno Bighorns during their last season.

The Reno Bighorns began play in the 2008–09 season with their home games at the Reno Events Center. Their namesake was the desert bighorn sheep, which is the state animal of Nevada. [4] The Bighorns were primarily affiliated with the Sacramento Kings, which has been with the team since its inception in 2008. Reno also had affiliations with the New York Knicks (2008–2009), Orlando Magic (2009–2010), Golden State Warriors (2010–2011), Atlanta Hawks (2011–2012), Memphis Grizzlies (2011–2013), and the Utah Jazz (2012–2013).

During the 2014–15 season the Bighorns led the NBA D-League in scoring [5] and also in call-ups to the NBA with seven.[ citation needed ] The performance of the team and players like Brady Heslip, Tajuan Porter, and Sim Bhullar garnered media attention in not only the Reno area [6] but also on a national scale with national outlets like The Dan Patrick Show [7] and CBS' The Late Late Show [8] putting a spotlight on the team. Head coach David Arseneault Jr. and his offense, called "The System" [9] were profiled by The Guardian in late February 2015 in an article that put a spotlight on the coach's innovative game plan that he helped to develop with his father at Grinnell College. [10]

On October 20, 2016, the Bighorns were purchased by their parent club, the Sacramento Kings, after being affiliated with the team since its inaugural season. [11] With the purchase, the Bighorns became the fifteenth D-League team to become directly owned by a parent club. The team slightly changed its logo the following season, changing the color scheme to match that of their parent team and adding a crown over the I to match it as well. [1] The team moved after the 2017–18 season.

Stockton Kings

On April 9, 2018, the Sacramento Kings revealed that they planned to move the club to Stockton, California, to play in the Stockton Arena pending league approval. [12] On April 17, the lease for the use of the arena was approved and the new team name was revealed as the Stockton Kings. [13] [14] The Kings announced their first head coach in Stockton as former Northern Arizona Suns' head coach, Tyrone Ellis on August 13. [15]

Ellis led the team to postseason appearance following the 2018–19 season, but the following season was curtailed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while the Kings were in first place in the Pacific Division. Ellis then left the team in 2020 and the Sacramento Kings chose to not have their affiliate participate in the abbreviated single-site 2020–21 NBA G League season. On May 27, 2021, the Sacramento Kings appointed their assistant and player development coach, Bobby Jackson, as the next head coach of the Stockton team. [16]

Season-by-season results

SeasonDivisionRegular seasonPlayoffs
FinishWinsLossesPct.
Reno Bighorns
2008–09 Western4th2525.500
2009–10 Western3rd2822.560Lost First Round (Rio Grande Valley) 1–2
2010–11 Western1st3416.680Won First Round (Erie) 2–1
Lost Semifinals (Rio Grande Valley) 1–2
2011–12 Western7th2129.420
2012–13 Western5th1634.320
2013–14 Western3rd2723.540Lost First Round (Fort Wayne) 0–2
2014–15 Western3rd2030.400
2015–16 Pacific1st3317.660Lost First Round (Los Angeles) 1–2
2016–17 Pacific4th2129.420
Reno Bighorns
2017–18 Pacific1st2921.580Lost Conf. Semifinal (South Bay) 109–126
Stockton Kings
2018–19 Pacific2nd3020.600Lost First Round (Memphis) 119–122
2019–20 Pacific1st2419.558Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Opted out of single-site season
2021–22 Western8th1518.455
2022–23 Western1st257.781Lost Semifinals (Sioux Falls) 97–98
2023–24 Western1st2410.706Semifinals (TBD)
Regular season372320.538
Playoffs512.294

Current roster

Stockton Kings roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 3 Bowen, Brian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)190 lb (86 kg)1998-10-02 La Lumiere (IN)
G 11 Elmore, Jon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)1995-12-20 Marshall
G 1 Ford, Jordan  (TW)6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg)1998-05-26 Saint Mary's
G 10 Goodwin, Dane 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)214 lb (97 kg)1999-12-28 Notre Dame
F 14 Johnson, Stanley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)240 lb (109 kg)1996-05-29 Arizona
G 15 Jones, Mason  (TW)6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg)1998-07-21 Arkansas
F/C 8 Labissière, Skal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg)1996-03-18 Kentucky
G/F 2 Lamb, Jeremy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)180 lb (82 kg)1992-05-30 Connecticut
G 13 Ledoux, Kalob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)190 lb (86 kg)1997-09-16 Louisiana Tech
F 0 Levin, Gabe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)235 lb (107 kg)1994-08-02 Long Beach State
G/F 24 Muhammad, Shabazz 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)222 lb (101 kg)1992-11-13 UCLA
F 18 Slawson, Jalen  (TW)6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg)1999-10-22 Furman
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Akachi Okugo
  • Phil Ricci
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (P) Prospects
  • (NBA) On assignment from NBA affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 26, 2024

Head coaches

#Head coachTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAchievements
GWL Win% GWL Win%
1 Jay Humphries 2008–101005347.530312.333
2 Eric Musselman 2010–11503416.680633.500
3 Paul Mokeski 2011–12502129.420————
4 Jason Glover 2012–13501634.320————
5 Joel Abelson 2013–14502723.540202.000
6 David Arseneault Jr. 2014–161005347.530312.333
7 Darrick Martin 2016–181005050.500101.000
8 Tyrone Ellis 2018–2020935439.581101.000
9 Bobby Jackson 2021–2023654025.615101.000
10 Lindsey Harding 2023–present000–000–

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