 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka weNBA 200001 yaive mwaka wechi52 weMadzimambo muNational Basketball Association, uye mwaka wechi16 muSacramento. Munguva yemwaka wepakati, Madzimambo akawana muchengeti wekupfura Doug Christie kubva kuToronto Raptors, uye akasaina mumiriri akasununguka Bobby Jackson. Mushure memwaka miviri yakatwasuka yemutambo, Madzimambo akanakidzwa nemumwe mwaka wakabudirira nekuhwina 14 yemitambo yavo yekutanga 18, munzira yavo yekuenda 27 10 kutanga kubva muna Ndira 20. MaMambo aizoita kuti zvive muNBA elite chinzvimbo nekupokana nePacific Division mwaka wese, ichidonha mutambo mumwe chete wakaderera neyakaomarara 55 27 rekodhi. Chikwata ichi chakatorawo mitambo mishanu yakateedzana, inova ndiyo yakarebesa kukunda mumwaka. Chris Webber akaita mwaka wake wakanakisa aine avhareji ye27.1 mapoinzi, 11.1 rebounds, 4.2 anobatsira uye 1.7 mabhuroko pamutambo, uku achinzi kuAll-NBA First Team. Webber naVlade Divac vose vakasarudzwa nokuda kwe2001 NBA All-Star Game. Peja Stojaković akaratidza kuvandudza kupinda mumutsara weavhareji ye20.4 poindi pamutambo, yaive yechipiri pachikwata mukukora, nepo Christie akatumidzwa kuNBA All-Defensive Second Team, uye yekutanga round dhizaini Hedo Türkoğlu akaita NBA All-Rookie Second Team. 