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ESPN Ranks Eight Franchise Standouts on Most Influential Players List

On Wednesday, ESPN unveiled their next chapter in the much-maligned #NBARank series, this time ranking the league’s most influential players ever.

“We asked our panel to choose the players who have influenced the game most, both on and off the court: the real game-changers,” explains ESPN.

As a result, eight members of the Kings organization, including former and current players and ownership, earned spots on the list.

Here’s how members of the ESPN panel — TV, radio, ESPN.com, The Undefeated and ESPN the Magazine — voted on the Kings.

92. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

“Long before NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled in 2016, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf caused a stir in 1996 when he refused to stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner.