Kansas City Kings 1980-81 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Kansas City Kings in the 1980-81 NBA Regular Season and the 1981 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Kansas City Kings used 14 players in the 1980-81 Regular Season and 11 in the 1981 Playoffs.

Sam Lacey is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1981, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 40-42 (.488), 5th in Western Conference
Playoffs: 7-8 (.467), Lost West Conf Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
44	Sam Lacey Center 6-10 born Mar. 28, 1948 drafted 5th in 1970 (by the Royals)	82 games 6.9 pts 7.1 reb 4.9 ast	15 games 10.0 pts 8.0 reb 5.3 ast
51	Reggie King Forward 6-6 born Feb. 14, 1957 drafted 18th in 1979 (by the Kings)	81 games 14.9 pts 9.7 reb 1.5 ast	15 games 21.3 pts 9.9 reb 1.7 ast
15	Scott Wedman Forward / Guard 6-7 born Jul. 29, 1952 drafted 6th in 1974 (by the Kings)	81 games 19.0 pts 5.3 reb 2.8 ast	15 games 20.5 pts 5.8 reb 3.9 ast
13	Leon Douglas Center / Forward 6-10 born Aug. 26, 1954 drafted 4th in 1976 (by the Pistons)	79 games 6.0 pts 4.9 reb 0.9 ast	15 games 3.0 pts 4.3 reb 0.7 ast
20	Ernie Grunfeld Guard / Forward 6-6 born Apr. 24, 1955 drafted 11th in 1977 (by the Bucks)	79 games 7.5 pts 2.6 reb 2.6 ast	15 games 16.8 pts 4.2 reb 5.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
50	Joe Meriweather Center / Forward 6-10 born Oct. 26, 1953 drafted 11th in 1975 (by the Rockets)	74 games 7.6 pts 5.3 reb 1.0 ast	10 games 5.6 pts 3.1 reb 0.5 ast
10	Otis Birdsong Guard 6-3 born Dec. 9, 1955 drafted 2nd in 1977 (by the Kings)	71 games 24.6 pts 3.6 reb 3.3 ast	8 games 15.5 pts 2.6 reb 3.4 ast
1	Phil Ford Guard 6-2 born Feb. 9, 1956 drafted 2nd in 1978 (by the Kings)	66 games 17.5 pts 1.9 reb 8.8 ast	5 games 7.8 pts 1.6 reb 5.8 ast
11 / 12	Lloyd Walton Guard 6-0 born Nov. 23, 1953 drafted 40th in 1976 (by the Bucks)	61 games 3.4 pts 0.8 reb 3.4 ast	8 games 1.4 pts 0.9 reb 2.4 ast
43	Hawkeye Whitney Guard / Forward 6-5 born Jun. 22, 1957 drafted 16th in 1980 (by the Kings)	47 games 7.4 pts 2.3 reb 1.4 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
24	John Lambert Center / Forward 6-10 born Jan. 14, 1953 drafted 15th in 1975 (by the Cavaliers)	43 games 3.4 pts 2.1 reb 0.6 ast	15 games 3.3 pts 2.5 reb 0.6 ast
4	Frankie Sanders Forward / Guard 6-6 born Jan. 23, 1957 drafted 20th in 1978 (by the Spurs)	23 games 3.8 pts 0.9 reb 0.7 ast	9 games 2.6 pts 0.6 reb 0.2 ast
22	Gus Gerard Forward / Guard 6-8 born Jul. 27, 1953 drafted 50th in 1975 (by the Trail Blazers)	16 games 3.6 pts 1.8 reb 0.4 ast
12	Jo Jo White Guard 6-3 born Nov. 16, 1946 drafted 9th in 1969 (by the Celtics)	13 games 6.4 pts 1.6 reb 2.8 ast