Editing Sacramento Kings (section)

===1991–1998: The Mitch Richmond era===<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Sacramento Kings.svg|150px|right|thumb|Primary logo, 1994–2016]] -->
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The early 1990s were difficult for the Kings. Sacramento was known for having strong fan support, and while they won over 60 percent of their home games, the team struggled on the road, going 1–40 on the road in a single season. But prayers were answered when they acquired [[Mitch Richmond]], who previously played for the [[Golden State Warriors]]. The former [[NBA Rookie of the Year]] was selected as an All-Star six times while making the All-NBA Second Team three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/kings/sacramento-kings-history-mitch-richmond-1#|title=Sacramento Kings History: Mitch Richmond|website=Kings.com|publisher=NBA Media Ventures LLC|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806231259/https://www.nba.com/kings/sacramento-kings-history-mitch-richmond-1|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Garry St. Jean]] was chosen as new coach in 1992 and coached the team all the way through 1997, where he was replaced by Eddie Jordan.

During the 1990s, Sacramento had other stars like [[Spud Webb]], [[Kurt Rambis]], [[Wayman Tisdale]], [[Walt Williams]], [[Olden Polynice]] and [[Brian Grant]], but they only lasted with the team for a few years. After the [[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93 season]], Rambis was traded to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. After the [[1993–94 NBA season|1993–94 season]], Tisdale was traded to the [[Phoenix Suns]]. After the [[1994–95 NBA season|1994–95 season]], Webb was traded to the [[Atlanta Hawks]] for [[Tyrone Corbin]]. Midway through the [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96 season]], Williams was traded to the [[Miami Heat]] for [[Billy Owens]] (who was drafted by the Kings in 1991, and traded to Golden State for Richmond). After the [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97 season]], Grant became a free agent and signed with the [[Portland Trail Blazers]].

One accomplishment the team achieved under St. Jean during their tenures was a playoff appearance in 1996. The series was lost 3–1 to the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] who, led by [[Gary Payton]] and [[Shawn Kemp]], finished as that year's conference champions. They did not make a playoff appearance again while Richmond was still on the Kings. He was soon traded along with [[Otis Thorpe]] to the [[Washington Wizards]] for [[Chris Webber]] in May 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/15/sports/nba-webber-traded-to-sacramento.html|title=NBA; Webber traded to Sacramento|date=May 15, 1998|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 7, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112091737/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/15/sports/nba-webber-traded-to-sacramento.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Richmond was lost, this trade proved to be one of the keys to finally achieving playoff success after so many seasons of mediocrity.