The 1998-99 NBA season wound up shortened due to the lockout, and it came at a bad time for the Sacramento Kings, who were busy throughout the offseason.
President of basketball operations Geoff Petrie was in the middle of putting the finishing touches on his team and made a bunch of key moves to set the team up for the best run in franchise history.
In May, Petrie traded Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe to the Washington Bullets for All-Star Chris Webber, which will go down as the best trade in franchise history.