Sacramento Kings
1972–1976
#### 1972–1976

[thumb\|[Nate Archibald](/wiki/Nate_Archibald "Nate Archibald") led the NBA with 34\.0 points and 11\.4 assists per game in the [1972–73 season](/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Kansas_City%E2%80%93Omaha_Kings_season "1972–73 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season").](/wiki/File:Nate_Archibald_1974.jpeg "Nate Archibald 1974.jpeg")
The team netted a new superstar in point guard [Nate Archibald](/wiki/Nate_Archibald "Nate Archibald"), who led the league in scoring and assists in the [1972–73 season](/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Kansas_City%E2%80%93Omaha_Kings_season "1972–73 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season").

While still in Cincinnati, the team introduced a most unusual uniform design, which placed the player's surname below his number. The design remained intact through the first several seasons of the team's run in Sacramento, even when the shade of blue on the road uniforms was changed from royal blue to powder blue, and the script '"Kansas City"' which adorned the road jerseys was scrubbed after the move in favor of a repeat of the "Kings" script on the home shirts. The Kings' back jersey template was later adopted by the [WNBA](/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association "Women's National Basketball Association") and the [NBA Development League](/wiki/NBA_Development_League "NBA Development League"), as well as the NBA during the [All\-Star Game](/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game "NBA All-Star Game") since 2006\.

The Kings had some decent players throughout. [Tom Van Arsdale](/wiki/Tom_Van_Arsdale "Tom Van Arsdale"), the shooting forward, "Jumpin" Johnny Green, and [Matt Guokas](/wiki/Matt_Guokas "Matt Guokas") helped Archibald in the first year in Kansas City. [Toby Kimball](/wiki/Toby_Kimball "Toby Kimball") was a fan favorite. [Jimmy Walker](/wiki/Jimmy_Walker_%28basketball%2C_born_1944%29 "Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)") teamed with Archibald as the Kings made the playoffs the second year. Sam Lacey, an effective passing center, became one of the most dependable players in the league. Archibald became the first player to lead the league in scoring and assists in the first season in Kansas City. However, the management traded Archibald, and wasted high draft picks. Bob Cousy gave way to [Phil Johnson](/wiki/Phil_Johnson_%28basketball%2C_born_1941%29 "Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)"), who was fired midyear in 1977 and replaced by [Larry Staverman](/wiki/Larry_Staverman "Larry Staverman"), a player on the team on two separate occasions when it was in Cincinnati (Staverman coached for a brief time and then resigned in May 1981 to take up the role of team president's assistant for the [Cleveland Browns](/wiki/Cleveland_Browns "Cleveland Browns")).


What uniform design did the team introduce while still in Cincinnati?