The Sacramento Kings have been one of the most tumultuous franchises in the history of the NBA. They have been moving coaches and front office executives all over the place and they have not had a sense of security for their star DeMarcus Cousins and it has made him uneasy at times about his future with Sacramento.
While many of us were watching 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend and enjoying the dunks, stars and celebrities the Sacramento Kings were using the weekend to scout for their next coach and general manager.
Vlade Divac is the president of basketball operations and he was also playing double duty as general manager but it appears that position has overwhelmed him. George Karl is an established coach but his age and health have come to force the franchise to question his future with the team.
Following from Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical on Yahoo! Sports.
Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac were using All-Star weekend in Toronto to canvass league officials on possible candidates to hire as general manager, league sources told The Vertical.
Privately, the Kings have been telling people they plan to run a GM and a coaching search once the regular season ends. Sacramento has committed to keeping coach George Karl for the rest of the regular season, but has shown no inclination to bring him back next season, sources said.
As of now, the Kings will struggle to convince attractive NBA coaches to take the job. The organizational structure would have to change dramatically to even get into a conversation with any of the successful coaches on the market, including Tom Thibodeau, Jeff Van Gundy and Scott Brooks.
