The 2008–09 Sacramento Kings season is the 64th season of the franchise, 60th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 24th in Sacramento. After they traded away Ron Artest to the Houston Rockets in exchange for former Kings guard Bobby Jackson, and recently drafted Donte Greene, a 2009 first–round draft pick and cash considerations during the offseason, the Kings have struggled all season and they finished with a franchise–worst 17–65 record surpassed their franchise record mark set in the 1989–90 season of 23–59 record and also team suffered their first 60–loss season in Kings' franchise history. After a slow start into the season, on December 15, 2008, just ten days before Christmas, the Kings fired their head coach Reggie Theus and their assistant head coach Chuck Person after an 6–18 start to the season and replaced by assistant coach Kenny Natt on the interim basis for the rest of the season. At the trade deadline in midseason after the All-Star break they traded away former two–time All-Star Brad Miller and John Salmons to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Andrés Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Michael Ruffin, and Cedric Simmons and future draft picks. Kings' guard Kevin Martin played only 51 games due to ankle injuries and this will be his final full season with the team before being traded to the Houston Rockets, in the trade deadline following the season. Also, following the season, interim head coach Natt and their four assistant coaches Rex Kalamian, former Kings' player Randy Brown, Bubba Burrage, and Jason Hamm were all fired on April 24, 2009, just nine days after the regular season was concluded with an franchise–low 17–win single season Kings' record and he was replaced by former Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder) head coach Paul Westphal on June 9, 2009. The team notably set a dubious interconference record, going 1–29 against the Eastern Conference. That lone victory against an Eastern Conference opponent were the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

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Roster

Roster Notes

Regular season

Standings

Game log

17,820 19,600 16,704 10,100 13,685 10,592 12,090 11,423 13,266 12,810 11,699 10,834 15,533 12,056 18,997 20,467 11,650 19,911 12,650 10,798 12,322 16,068 18,997 12,155 10,593 20,005 18,271 16,869 18,372 12,059 16,029 11,420 22,076 12,765 12,314 18,060 12,587 12,294 11,168 19,122 11,663 15,164 10,821 15,379 18,127 20,562 18,624 13,356 10,817 18,422 17,317 18,271 19,667 15,626 11,213 15,036 20,223 11,633 10,439 12,846 19,911 10,748 12,678 10,784 16,317 15,108 14,226 13,594 19,763 12,943 12,987 13,623 17,317 18,743 18,422 12,975 17,317 12,897 18,232 13,330 15,823

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Free agents

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