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Today, the Sacramento Kings announced that the children of Hall of Fame player Bob Davies have given their blessing for Kings All-Star center Domantas Sabonis to wear his father’s retired No. 11 jersey. This change will take effect for the 2024-2025 NBA season.
“My brothers and I are very proud of our father and everything he accomplished throughout his legendary NBA career,” said Bob Davies’ daughter, Camy Davies Keck. “He was a great influence on our family, as well as many young aspiring athletes. He definitely he was a man of true character. Given the Sabonis family’s special connection to the number 11, we thought it was appropriate to share our father’s number with Domantas and wish him much success. We are grateful to the Kings organization and the fans for their continued support of him.”
“The number 11 holds a special place in my life and that of my family, as I wore it throughout my career in honor of my father,” said Domantas Sabonis. “I am incredibly grateful to the Davies family for sharing the number 11 with me and I look forward to building on the legacy of all those who wore it before me.”
“Bob Davies is a franchise legend and we deeply appreciate his family for their association,” said Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair. “This is an exciting next chapter for Domas and his family, and we look forward to seeing the number 11 on the pitch next season.”
Davies, known as the “Harrisburg Houdini,” played all 10 of his NBA seasons with the Rochester Royals (1945-46; 1954-55). His two free throws in the final 40 seconds of regulation broke a 75-75 tie in the seventh and decisive game of the 1951 NBA Finals against New York, helping give the franchise its first and only NBA Championship. the NBA. The four-time All-Star averaged 16.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in his best statistical season in 1951-52. Davies, a 6-1 shooting guard, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Seven-year veteran and three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis has averaged 19.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game while shooting 59.9% from the floor during his tenure with Sacramento. In 82 games during the 2023-24 season, D. Sabonis averaged 19.4 points, 13.7 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game on 59.4% shooting from the field.
He became the second player in NBA history to compile averages of 19.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1967-68. D. Sabonis also finished the season as the league leader in
rebounds per game, total rebounds (1,120), double-double (77) and triple-double (26). He also ranked sixth in assists per game, fourth in total assists (673) and ninth in field goal percentage.
D. Sabonis recorded his 26th triple-double of the season against the Dallas Mavericks on March 29, tied for the seventh-most triple-doubles in a single season in NBA history. He is one of five players in NBA history to have 25 or more triple-doubles in a single season and tied with Oscar Robertson (1960-61, 1963-64) for the second most triple-doubles in the NBA. franchise history. On January 29, D. Sabonis had a career-high 26 rebounds, along with 20 points and five assists on 10-of-11 shooting (90.9 field goals), joining Chamberlain as the only players in the history of the league to score at least 20 points, 25 rebounds and five assists with 90.0% shooting in a game.
Arvydas Sabonis, two-time European Player of the Year, was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1986. A. Sabonis arrived in Portland for the 1995-96 season and averaged 14.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game . In seven seasons in the NBA, A. Sabonis averaged 12.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. His prolific passing and playmaking ability changed the game for centers around the world. A. Sabonis was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Sabonis No. 11 jersey is available for purchase at Label K, the Kings Team store at Golden 1 Center and online at www.kingsteamstore.com.
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