The Maloofs clean house
At the moment, the Sacramento Kings, who finished at the bottom of the NBA standings with a 17-65 record, have no coaching staff.
Sacramento Kings’ President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie announced today that the team has decided not to pick up the option on Kenny Natt’s contract for next season, thus relieving him of his coaching duties. In a related move, assistant coaches Rex Kalamian, Jason Hamm, Randy Brown and Bubba Burrage were also relieved of their existing coaching responsibilities.
It appears that a single member of the coaching staff, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, escaped the purge.
Natt, you may remember, replaced Reggie Theus, who was fired after the Kings lost 18 of their first 24 games this season.
Not on the list of candidates: former Kings assistant Scott Brooks, who is now coaching the Oklahoma City Thunder.
McGehee »
24 April 2009 · 7:54 pm
Maybe I should encourage my brother to apply. He couldn’t do any worse for them.