Luke Walton Out As Sacramento Kings Head Coach, Reports Say

SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) — Luke Walton is retired arsenic the Sacramento Kings caput coach.

The Sacramento Kings person fired Walton aft the team’s disappointing commencement to the season, ESPN archetypal reported connected Sunday.

The Sacramento Kings fired manager Luke Walton connected Sunday, sources told ESPN. Kings person mislaid 7 of 8 games and dropped to 6-11 connected play – leaving them 12th successful the Western Conference.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2021

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Walton’s firing comes a time aft a 123-105 location nonaccomplishment to the Utah Jazz that dropped the Kings to 6-11 connected the season.

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Sacramento presently sits astatine 12th spot successful the Western Conference. The squad has not reached the playoffs since Rick Adelman’s last twelvemonth arsenic caput manager during the 2005-06 campaign.

Walton was the 10th caput manager of the squad since then. Since taking implicit successful 2019, he had a 68-93 grounds successful two-plus seasons arsenic coach, failing to crook Sacramento backmost into a playoff team.

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As the Kings again look to the future, ESPN has reported that the team’s subordinate caput manager Alvin Gentry — who is simply a five-time NBA caput manager — is powerfully being considered for the interim position.

CBS13 Staff