2010–11 Sacramento Kings season

2010–11 Sacramento Kings season
Head coach	Paul Westphal
General manager	Geoff Petrie
Arena	ARCO Arena/Power Balance Pavilion
Results
Record	24–58 (.293)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN California, KXTV
Radio	KHTK

The 2010–11 Sacramento Kings season was the 66th season of the franchise, its 26th season in Sacramento, and its 63rd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period began.

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	DeMarcus Cousins	Center	United States	Kentucky
2	33	Hassan Whiteside	Center	United States	Marshall

Roster

Sacramento Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 40 Afflalo, Arron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–10–15 UCLA F 22 Barnes, Matt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1980–03–09 UCLA F 18 Casspi, Omri 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–06–22 Israel F/C 00 Cauley-Stein, Willie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–08–18 Kentucky G 7 Collison, Darren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987–08–23 UCLA F/C 15 Cousins, DeMarcus (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1990–08–13 Kentucky F 8 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1989–02–24 Ohio State F/C 3 Labissière, Skal (DL) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1996–03–18 Kentucky G 10 Lawson, Ty 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1987–11–03 North Carolina G 23 McLemore, Ben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1993–02–11 Kansas C 13 Papagiannis, Georgios (DL) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1997–07–03 American School (GRE) G 5 Richardson, Malachi (DL) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996–01–05 Syracuse G 17 Temple, Garrett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–05–08 LSU F 43 Tolliver, Anthony 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–06–01 Creighton	Head coach Dave Joerger Assistant coach(es) Bryan Gates Nancy Lieberman Jason March Bob Thornton Duane Ticknor Elston Turner Larry Lewis (player development) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–11–26

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 Phoenix W 109–95 Tyreke Evans (26) DeMarcus Cousins (16) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 9,485 1–0 2 October 7 L.A. Clippers L 88–120 DeMarcus Cousins (15) Jason Thompson, Omri Casspi, Carl Landry (5) Jason Thompson (3) ARCO Arena 10,284 1–1 3 October 10 @ Golden State L 86–95 DeMarcus Cousins (17) Jason Thompson (12) Francisco García, Omri Casspi, Luther Head (4) Oracle Arena 10,537 1–2 4 October 12 Golden State W 116–97 DeMarcus Cousins (20) Omri Casspi (9) Eugene Jeter (7) Oracle Arena 10,786 2–2 5 October 13 @ L.A. Lakers L 95–98 Carl Landry (23) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Tyreke Evans (8) Thomas & Mack Center 15,134 2–3 6 October 19 @ L.A. Clippers W 96–94 Omri Casspi, Tyreke Evans (17) Omri Casspi (8) Tyreke Evans (7) Staples Center 10,838 3–3 7 October 22 @ Utah L 71–82 Beno Udrih (17) Donte Greene, Jason Thompson, Carl Landry (6) Tyreke Evans (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,505 3–4
2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	30–11	27–14	12–4
Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	17	23–18	17–24	9–7
Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	21	26–15	10–31	5–11
Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	25	23–18	9–32	7–9
Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	33	11–30	13–28	7–9

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15
9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Game log

2010–11 game log Total: 24–58 (Home: 11–30; Road: 13–28)
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ Minnesota W 117–116 Francisco García, Carl Landry (22) Carl Landry (11) Beno Udrih (6) Target Center 17,067 1–0 2 October 29 @ New Jersey L 100–106 Tyreke Evans, Francisco García (18) Darnell Jackson (6) Tyreke Evans (7) Prudential Center 13.482 1–1 3 October 30 @ Cleveland W 107–104 Tyreke Evans (21) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Beno Udrih (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–1
November: 2–11 (Home: 2–8; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 Toronto W 111–108 Tyreke Evans (23) Samuel Dalembert (14) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 17,317 3–1 5 November 3 L.A. Lakers L 100–112 Tyreke Evans (21) Samuel Dalembert, Jason Thompson (10) Beno Udrih (8) ARCO Arena 16,113 3–2 6 November 6 Memphis L 91–100 Tyreke Evans (30) Samuel Dalembert (12) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 14,085 3–3 7 November 10 Minnesota L 89–98 Omri Casspi (17) Samuel Dalembert (9) Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih (9) ARCO Arena 12,433 3–4 8 November 12 @ Phoenix L 89–103 Carl Landry (20) Carl Landry (11) Tyreke Evans (9) US Airways Center 18,029 3–5 9 November 14 Detroit L 94–100 Tyreke Evans (20) DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry (8) Beno Udrih (9) ARCO Arena 12,377 3–6 10 November 17 New York L 106–113 Tyreke Evans (23) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 12,817 3–7 11 November 19 New Jersey W 86–81 Tyreke Evans (20) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Tyreke Evans (4) ARCO Arena 11,766 4–7 12 November 21 New Orleans L 71–75 Donté Greene (15) Samuel Dalembert, Donté Greene (10) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 12,003 4–8 13 November 22 @ Utah L 83–94 DeMarcus Cousins (18) DeMarcus Cousins, Samuel Dalembert (9) Tyreke Evans, Luther Head, Pooh Jeter (4) EnergySolutions Arena 18,698 4–9 14 November 25 @ L.A. Clippers L 82–100 Carl Landry (18) DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry (6) Luther Head (7) Staples Center 11,504 4–10 15 November 27 Chicago L 85–96 Jason Thompson (18) Jason Thompson (9) Tyreke Evans (9) ARCO Arena 13,504 4–11 16 November 30 Indiana L 98–107 Beno Udrih (24) Samuel Dalembert (12) Tyreke Evans (9) ARCO Arena 10,927 4–12
December: 2–11 (Home: 2–6; Road: 0–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 3 @ L.A. Lakers L 80–113 Jason Thompson (19) Jason Thompson (10) Omri Casspi (4) Staples Center 18,997 4–13 18 December 4 Dallas L 103–105 Tyreke Evans (25) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Tyreke Evans (8) ARCO Arena 12,900 4–14 19 December 6 @ L.A. Clippers L 91–98 Omri Casspi (21) Samuel Dalembert (11) DeMarcus Cousins, Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih (3) Staples Center 14,964 4–15 20 December 8 Washington W 116–91 Beno Udrih (23) Jason Thompson (14) Pooh Jeter (9) ARCO Arena 12,308 5–15 21 December 11 Miami L 83–104 Omri Casspi (20) Samuel Dalembert (11) Beno Udrih (7) ARCO Arena 16,396 5–16 22 December 14 @ Houston L 105–118 DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry (17) Jason Thompson (10) Pooh Jeter, Beno Udrih (6) Toyota Center 13,414 5–17 23 December 15 @ New Orleans L 91–94 Tyreke Evans (22) DeMarcus Cousins (7) Tyreke Evans (7) New Orleans Arena 13,325 5–18 24 December 17 @ Oklahoma City L 87–102 Tyreke Evans (22) DeMarcus Cousins (16) Tyreke Evans (6) Oklahoma City Arena 18,203 5–19 25 December 19 Houston L 93–102 DeMarcus Cousins (19) DeMarcus Cousins (8) Beno Udrih (7) ARCO Arena 13,599 5–20 26 December 21 Golden State L 109–117 (OT) Beno Udrih (34) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Tyreke Evans (7) ARCO Arena 13,740 5–21 27 December 23 Milwaukee L 79–84 Beno Udrih (17) Samuel Dalembert, Carl Landry (12) Beno Udrih (5) ARCO Arena 12,360 5–22 28 December 27 L.A. Clippers L 99–100 Tyreke Evans (32) DeMarcus Cousins (9) Beno Udrih (6) ARCO Arena 14,590 5–23 29 December 29 Memphis W 100–98 Beno Udrih (24) DeMarcus Cousins (16) Beno Udrih (6) ARCO Arena 12,636 6–23
January: 6–10 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 January 1 @ Denver L 86–104 Jason Thompson (17) DeMarcus Cousins (8) Tyreke Evans (5) Pepsi Center 17,466 6–24 31 January 2 Phoenix W 94–89 DeMarcus Cousins (28) Carl Landry (12) DeMarcus Cousins (6) ARCO Arena 12,500 7–24 32 January 4 Atlanta L 102–108 Tyreke Evans (29) Omri Casspi (11) Tyreke Evans (8) ARCO Arena 11,472 7–25 33 January 6 Denver W 122–102 Tyreke Evans (27) Omri Casspi, DeMarcus Cousins (6) Tyreke Evans (12) ARCO Arena 13,184 8–25 34 January 9 @ Toronto L 112–118 Beno Udrih (25) Jason Thompson (11) Pooh Jeter (6) Air Canada Centre 17,206 8–26 35 January 11 @ Washington L 133–136 (OT) Francisco García, Beno Udrih (26) Omri Casspi, DeMarcus Cousins (8) Pooh Jeter (11) Verizon Center 16,226 8–27 36 January 12 @ Boston L 95–119 Carl Landry (17) Jason Thompson (9) Beno Udrih (5) TD Garden 18,624 8–28 37 January 14 @ New York W 93–83 Beno Udrih (29) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Beno Udrih (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 9–28 38 January 15 @ Detroit L 106–110 Tyreke Evans (25) DeMarcus Cousins (8) Tyreke Evans (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,784 9–29 39 January 17 @ Atlanta L 98–100 DeMarcus Cousins (20) Donté Greene (11) Samuel Dalembert (4) Philips Arena 14,820 9–30 40 January 19 Portland L 90–94 (OT) Beno Udrih (20) Samuel Dalembert (12) Tyreke Evans (8) ARCO Arena 12,722 9–31 41 January 21 @ Golden State L 112–119 (OT) Tyreke Evans (35) Jason Thompson (12) Beno Udrih (7) Oracle Arena 18,428 9–32 42 January 24 @ Portland W 96–81 Tyreke Evans (26) DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry (8) Tyreke Evans (6) Rose Garden 20,488 10–32 43 January 25 Charlotte L 89–94 Tyreke Evans, Carl Landry (19) Omri Casspi, Tyreke Evans, Jason Thompson (8) Tyreke Evans (5) ARCO Arena 13,984 10–33 44 January 28 @ L.A. Lakers W 100–95 DeMarcus Cousins (27) DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry (10) Beno Udrih (7) Staples Center 18,997 11–33 45 January 29 New Orleans W 102–96 DeMarcus Cousins (25) DeMarcus Cousins (12) DeMarcus Cousins (7) ARCO Arena 14,534 12–33
February: 3–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 Boston L 90–95 DeMarcus Cousins, Tyreke Evans (20) Omri Casspi, Samuel Dalembert (7) Beno Udrih (6) ARCO Arena 16,482 12–34 47 February 4 San Antonio L 100–113 Tyreke Evans (25) DeMarcus Cousins (10) Pooh Jeter (6) ARCO Arena 15,772 12–35 48 February 7 Utah L 104–107 DeMarcus Cousins (25) DeMarcus Cousins (14) Tyreke Evans, Jason Thompson (4) ARCO Arena 11,509 12–36 49 February 9 Dallas L 100–102 Samuel Dalembert (20) DeMarcus Cousins (15) Tyreke Evans (9) ARCO Arena 12,310 12–37 50 February 12 Oklahoma City L 97–99 Tyreke Evans (30) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Beno Udrih (7) ARCO Arena 14,987 12–38 51 February 13 @ Phoenix W 113–108 Tyreke Evans (21) Samuel Dalembert (15) Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih (7) US Airways Center 17,798 13–38 52 February 15 @ Oklahoma City L 96–126 DeMarcus Cousins (21) DeMarcus Cousins (13) Pooh Jeter (7) Oklahoma City Arena 18,087 13–39 53 February 16 @ Dallas L 100–116 Jermaine Taylor (17) DeMarcus Cousins (12) Beno Udrih (7) American Airlines Center 20,420 13–40 All-Star Break 54 February 22 @ Miami L 97–117 Samuel Dalembert (18) Samuel Dalembert (13) DeMarcus Cousins, Pooh Jeter, Beno Udrih (4) American Airlines Arena 19,754 13–41 55 February 23 @ Orlando W 111–105 Jermaine Taylor (21) Samuel Dalembert (9) Beno Udrih (10) Amway Center 19,146 14–41 56 February 25 @ Charlotte L 98–110 Samuel Dalembert (18) Jason Thompson (13) Beno Udrih (13) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,782 14–42 57 February 26 @ Memphis L 92–120 Beno Udrih (24) Omri Casspi, Samuel Dalembert (8) Jason Thompson, Beno Udrih (5) FedExForum 16,028 14–43 58 February 28 L.A. Clippers W 105–99 Marcus Thornton (29) Samuel Dalembert (10) Beno Udrih (7) ARCO Arena 17,317 15–43
March: 6–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 4–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 Portland L 102–107 DeMarcus Cousins (28) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Beno Udrih (8) Power Balance Pavilion 12,286 15–44 60 March 5 @ Utah L 102–109 (OT) Marcus Thornton (22) DeMarcus Cousins (18) DeMarcus Cousins (7) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 15–45 61 March 7 Houston L 101–123 DeMarcus Cousins (20) Samuel Dalembert (12) Marcus Thornton, Beno Udrih (4) Power Balance Pavilion 12,561 15–46 62 March 9 Orlando L 102–106 DeMarcus Cousins (29) Samuel Dalembert (10) Marcus Thornton (5) Power Balance Pavilion 12,728 15–47 63 March 11 @ San Antonio L 103–108 Omri Casspi, Jermaine Taylor (16) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Marcus Thornton (6) AT&T Center 18,712 15–48 64 March 12 @ New Orleans L 103–115 Marcus Thornton (25) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Pooh Jeter (7) New Orleans Arena 15,530 15–49 65 March 14 Golden State W 129–119 Marcus Thornton (42) Samuel Dalembert (16) Beno Udrih (9) Power Balance Pavilion 14,243 16–49 66 March 16 Cleveland L 93–97 Marcus Thornton (23) DeMarcus Cousins (16) Beno Udrih (8) Power Balance Pavilion 13,477 16–50 67 March 18 Philadelphia L 80–102 DeMarcus Cousins (19) Samuel Dalembert (13) Beno Udrih (5) Power Balance Pavilion 15,373 16–51 68 March 20 @ Minnesota W 127–95 Samuel Dalembert (26) Samuel Dalembert (17) Marcus Thornton (9) Target Center 18,993 17–51 69 March 21 @ Chicago L 92–132 Marcus Thornton (25) DeMarcus Cousins (8) Beno Udrih (5) United Center 21,873 17–52 70 March 23 @ Milwaukee W 97–90 Marcus Thornton (27) Samuel Dalembert (12) Beno Udrih (6) Bradley Center 14,122 18–52 71 March 25 @ Indiana W 110–93 DeMarcus Cousins (18) DeMarcus Cousins (14) Tyreke Evans (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 13,813 19–52 72 March 27 @ Philadelphia W 114–111 (OT) Marcus Thornton (32) Samuel Dalembert (19) DeMarcus Cousins (6) Wells Fargo Center 16,235 20–52 73 March 29 Phoenix W 116–113 Marcus Thornton (24) Marcus Thornton (11) DeMarcus Cousins, Tyreke Evans (8) Power Balance Pavilion 13,774 21–52 74 March 30 @ Denver L 90–104 Marcus Thornton (27) Samuel Dalembert, Jason Thompson (6) Beno Udrih (10) Pepsi Center 17,955 21–53
April: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 Denver L 90–99 Francisco García (17) Samuel Dalembert (12) DeMarcus Cousins, Marcus Thornton (5) Power Balance Pavilion 15,871 21–54 76 April 3 Utah W 106–97 Tyreke Evans (24) DeMarcus Cousins (9) Tyreke Evans (10) Power Balance Pavilion 17,215 22–54 77 April 5 @ Houston W 104–101 Samuel Dalembert, Marcus Thornton (21) DeMarcus Cousins, Samuel Dalembert (15) Tyreke Evans (5) Toyota Center 15,523 23–54 78 April 6 @ San Antonio L 92–124 Tyreke Evans (16) DeMarcus Cousins (11) Tyreke Evans, Beno Udrih (5) AT&T Center 18,590 23–55 79 April 8 @ Memphis L 96–101 Marcus Thornton (18) Samuel Dalembert (16) Tyreke Evans (6) FedExForum 16,517 23–56 80 April 10 @ Golden State W 104–103 Marcus Thornton (21) Samuel Dalembert (14) Beno Udrih (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 24–56 81 April 11 Oklahoma City L 112–120 DeMarcus Cousins (30) DeMarcus Cousins, Samuel Dalembert, Marcus Thornton (9) Beno Udrih (7) Power Balance Pavilion 15,683 24–57 82 April 13 L.A. Lakers L 108–116 (OT) Marcus Thornton (33) Samuel Dalembert (18) Tyreke Evans (7) Power Balance Pavilion 17,641 24–58
2010–11 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 17, 2010	To Philadelphia 76ers Andrés Nocioni, Spencer Hawes	To Sacramento Kings Samuel Dalembert
July 21, 2010	To Milwaukee Bucks Jon Brockman	To Sacramento Kings Darnell Jackson 2011 second-round pick
December 15, 2010	To Houston Rockets Future second-round pick	To Sacramento Kings Jermaine Taylor Cash considerations
February 23, 2011	To New Orleans Hornets Carl Landry	To Sacramento Kings Marcus Thornton Cash considerations
February 24, 2011	To Boston Celtics 2017 second-round pick	To Sacramento Kings Marquis Daniels Cash considerations

Free agents

Additions Player Date signed Former team Antoine Wright July 23 Toronto Raptors Eugene Jeter July 23 Hapoel Jerusalem Subtractions Player Date signed New team Sean May August 10 New Jersey Nets Ime Udoka November 24 San Antonio Spurs Luther Head N/A N/A

References