With the Seattle Mariners’ victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night, the Sacramento Kings officially own the record for the longest playoff drought in major professional sports.
Seattle hadn’t made the playoffs since 2001, but given that fewer teams make the playoffs in the MLB, the drought is less embarrassing than Sacramento’s. The Kings haven’t made the playoffs since the 2005-2006, season when they made it as the No. 8 seed and lost to the San Antonio Spurs in six games.
Back then, the Kings were led by Mike Bibby, Brad Miller, Bonzi Wells and the player formerly known as Ron Artest.