The news appeared shortly after the Kings season ended with a 120-106 house defeat against Dallas Mavericks in the game tournament.
The McNair era represents the most successful section that the Kings have had since its infamous drought of 16 -year -old playoffs began in 2006, although that does not say much. As soon as McNair took over, he put his seal on the team writing Tyrese Haliburton and then exchanged for Sabonis domages on the 2022 exchange deadline. That movement prepared the Kings to reach the postseason in 2023, the first time they did since 2006.
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But things began to fray from there. The Kings did not worsen much immediately, since they fell from 48 victories in 2023 to 46 in 2024. However, because the west conference was so narrow and so competitive, that decrease was the difference between a seed No. 3 in 2023 and a seed No. 9 in 2024. The Kings were eliminated in the game tour Mike Brown before they finally extended it.
However, Brown ended up being only 31 games. Brown was fired after a start of 13-18, and despite the acquisition of DeMar Derozan by McNair during the summer, things did not improve with Doug Christie as an interim coach. A few months later, De’aaron Fox forced an exchange to San Antonio and the team walked to finish the ninth regular season at the West Conference with a 40-42 record before Wednesday elimination in the game tournament for Dallas.
Amick’s reports in the past suggested that other voices had begun to gain influence in Sacramento when McNair era ended. One of Those voices It is Vlade Divac, its former general manager who was widely considered among the NBA The worst executive, and another is Jeremy Lamb, a former player who went out with Anjali Rabadivé, daughter of the owner of the Vive Ranadivé team. It is not clear for now if the Kings will seek outside the organization for a new basketball executive or promote internally, but who leads them in the future, will not be McNair, the Executive of the year 2023.
