Stockton Kings

       General managerGabriel HarrisHead coachLindsey HardingOwnershipSacramento Kings (represented by Vivek Ranadivé, Paul E. Jacobs, and Raj Bathal)Affiliation(s)Sacramento KingsChampionships0Conference titles0Division titles3 (2011, 2016, 2018)Websitestockton.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.

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

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

Season	Division	Regular season				Playoffs
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Reno Bighorns
2008–09	Western	4th	25	25	.500
2009–10	Western	3rd	28	22	.560	Lost First Round (Rio Grande Valley) 1–2
2010–11	Western	1st	34	16	.680	Won First Round (Erie) 2–1 Lost Semifinals (Rio Grande Valley) 1–2
2011–12	Western	7th	21	29	.420
2012–13	Western	5th	16	34	.320
2013–14	Western	3rd	27	23	.540	Lost First Round (Fort Wayne) 0–2
2014–15	Western	3rd	20	30	.400
2015–16	Pacific	1st	33	17	.660	Lost First Round (Los Angeles) 1–2
2016–17	Pacific	4th	21	29	.420
Reno Bighorns
2017–18	Pacific	1st	29	21	.580	Lost Conf. Semifinal (South Bay) 109–126
Stockton Kings
2018–19	Pacific	2nd	30	20	.600	Lost First Round (Memphis) 119–122
2019–20	Pacific	1st	24	19	.558	Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Opted out of single-site season
2021–22	Western	8th	15	18	.455
2022–23	Western	1st	25	7	.781	Lost Semifinals (Sioux Falls) 97–98
2023–24	Western	1st	24	10	.706	Semifinals (TBD)
Regular season			372	320	.538
Playoffs			5	12	.294

Current roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From 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 Lindsey Harding 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 Injured Roster Last transaction: April 26, 2024

Head coaches

#	Head coach	Term	Regular season				Playoffs				Achievements
			G	W	L	Win%	G	W	L	Win%
1	Jay Humphries	2008–10	100	53	47	.530	3	1	2	.333
2	Eric Musselman	2010–11	50	34	16	.680	6	3	3	.500
3	Paul Mokeski	2011–12	50	21	29	.420	—	—	—	—
4	Jason Glover	2012–13	50	16	34	.320	—	—	—	—
5	Joel Abelson	2013–14	50	27	23	.540	2	0	2	.000
6	David Arseneault Jr.	2014–16	100	53	47	.530	3	1	2	.333
7	Darrick Martin	2016–18	100	50	50	.500	1	0	1	.000
8	Tyrone Ellis	2018–2020	93	54	39	.581	1	0	1	.000
9	Bobby Jackson	2021–2023	65	40	25	.615	1	0	1	.000
10	Lindsey Harding	2023–present	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–

NBA affiliates

Reno Bighorns

• Atlanta Hawks (2011–2012)
• Golden State Warriors (2010–2011)
• Memphis Grizzlies (2011–2013)
• New York Knicks (2008–2009)
• Orlando Magic (2009–2010)
• Sacramento Kings (2008–2018)
• Utah Jazz (2012–2013)

Stockton Kings

• Sacramento Kings (2018–present)^[17]

References

External links

• Official website