There have been great players - John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins - whose greatness was never challenged, even though they never won an NBA title. But Chris Webber says he has to get a ring. He'll be incomplete without one.

"It doesn't make you less of a player, but it's something that definitely I would be empty without after my playing career," Webber said before the scoring 15 points in the Kings' 94-77 loss to the Nets last night at the Meadowlands. "I can't say I wouldn't. I can't say it wouldn't affect me. I would be empty without it.

" . . . I don't think it makes me," Webber added. "Barkley's a great player, Dominique's a great player, so it doesn't make you. But it's something I want and something that I think would signify me in my mind as a pretty good player."