“Williams and Webber was just a fun duo - a natural for SLAM,” said then SLAM Editor-in-Chief Russ Bengtson. SLAM was part of Harris Publications, which owned XXL, and both publications had a polished and aggressive spirit. The publication, launched in 1994, and originally dubbed “The IN YOUR FACE Basketball Magazine” meshed basketball and hip-hop culture and became the hoops world’s answer to VIBE, and The Source, in the mid-’90s and 2000s. 19, 2001, issue, but Sports Illustrated was actually beaten by a full year: The then less-heralded duo of Webber and Williams graced the March 2000 cover of SLAM. It carried the Kings through their dark years.”įor many, the Kings’ first true dose of national attention was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Feb. “The Kings were so good back then and so entertaining. He’s been with the Kings since 1988, when they opened their previous arena, and recalls when the SLAM Magazine cover was published. It certainly did not hurt the efforts of getting a new building.” said Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear. “ kept the Kings alive and, in this town, very relevant. Webber would soon become the face of the franchise, and along with Williams and veteran center Vlade Divac, usher in an era of prosperity the likes of which the franchise had never seen. 7 overall pick in the June 1998 NBA draft. They arrived to the team nearly a month apart - Chris Webber through trade in May 1998 and Jason Williams as the No. However, the luxurious new building may be the anthesis of the hard work by another pair of saviors in Sacramento, nearly two decades ago. It’s been described as “the highest-tech stadium” in sports, and is seen by many as the result of prudent work by new team owner Vivek Ranadive and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA player. After nearly 30 months and over $530 million - including $255 million in public funding - the Sacramento Kings are finally set to play a regular-season game in the sparkly new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, California.
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