[1] The Kings received the sixteenth overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected Turkish basketball star Hedo Türkoğlu.
[2][3][4][5][6] During the off-season, the team acquired shooting guard Doug Christie from the Toronto Raptors,[7][8][9][10] and signed free agent Bobby Jackson.
[13] The Kings would make it into the NBA's elite status by challenging the Pacific Division all season, falling just one game short with a solid 55–27 record.
[35][36][37][38] However, they were swept by the defending and eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semi-finals in four straight games.
Jackson would be a reliable bench player during his tenure in Sacramento, and he would win the Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2002–03 season.