Kings News: Team reveals who they will be honoring with their City Edition jerseys

On Thursday, many teams (including our Sacramento Kings) revealed their "City Edition" jerseys for the 2024-25 season.

Most teams used the opportunity to honor one of the past iterations of their team that experienced a great deal of success. For instance, the Detroit Pistons used this opportunity to pay tribute to their Bad Boys days.

So, what did our Kings decide to do here?

Sacramento Kings to honor Cincinnati Royals

For the Kings, they used their City Edition uniforms to honor the Cincinnati Royals. Remember, despite only being in Sacramento since 1985, the franchise has existed since 1948 (when they were the Rochester Royals).

The team was in Cincinnati from 1957 until they moved to Kansas City-Omaha in 1972. During that time, the team had some of its best seasons in franchise history. In 1963-64, the then Royals went 55-25 (they played 80 games in the regular season during that time). That is tied for the 3rd most wins in a season where the team played at least 80 games (tied with the 2000-01 and 2003-04 seasons).

The four most important members of the team were Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Bob Cousy, and Tiny Archibald. Robertson was the team's lead floor general from 1960 to 1970. Lucas was a starting forward from 1963 until he was traded to the San Fransisco Warriors midway through the 1969-70 season.

After Robinson left for the Milwaukee Bucks, Archibald took over the torch as the team's star guard. He remained with the team through the Kansas City/Omaha move until going to the New York Nets in 1976.

Cousy retired from the Boston Celtics in 1963. Six years later, he took the job as the Royals' head coach. During his first season (1969-70), Cousy decided to come out of retirement for seven games before officially hanging it up for good. Cousy remained the coach of the team through the end of their Cincinnati days all the way until 1974.