Editing Sacramento Kings (section)

====1988–1989: Ricky Berry====
[[Ricky Berry]] was selected by the Kings in the first round, 18th pick overall in the [[1988 NBA draft]]. He had a dazzling rookie year in the [[1988–89 NBA season|1988–89 season]] shooting 40.6 percent from the three-point range. The Kings also drafted [[Vinny Del Negro]] (selected by the Kings in the second round, 29th overall pick in the [[1988 NBA draft]]) and acquired [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]] from the [[Houston Rockets]]. In his first year with the Kings, [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|McCray]] made [[NBA All-Defensive Team|1988 NBA All-Defensive First Team]]. It was the first season the Kings would play without [[Reggie Theus]] and [[LaSalle Thompson]] (both part in the original team from Kansas City) or [[Joe Kleine]] (selected by the Kings as first round, sixth pick overall in the [[1985 NBA draft]]). Thompson was drafted by the Kings in the first round, fifth overall pick in the [[1982 NBA draft]]. It was also the last year that [[Michael Jackson (basketball)|Michael Jackson]] (selected by the [[New York Knicks]] in the second round, 47th pick overall in the [[1986 NBA draft]] but who played his entire career with the Kings) and [[Ed Pinckney]] (selected 10th overall by the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the [[1985 NBA draft]] and played for the Kings from 1987 to 1989) played for the Kings. On February 23, 1989, [[Brad Lohaus]] and [[Danny Ainge]] were traded to the Kings from the [[Boston Celtics]] for Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney. In June of the 1989 off-season, Lohaus was then acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the [[1989 NBA expansion draft]]. In August of the 1989 off-season, Berry was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Fair Oaks, California, at age 24 following an argument with his wife.