On April 12, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season has come to an end yesterday. After the end of the season, the media broke the news that Vogel was no longer the lakers coach, and the Lakers quickly confirmed and officially announced the news. Less than 24 hours after the end of the season, another manager was sacked.
According to Shams, the Kings have informed team interim coach Gentry to leave class and they will be looking for a new head coach. A prominent ESPN reporter later added to the matter, saying that the new managers the Kings will consider include: Atkinson, Clifford, Mark Jackson, Mike Brown, Charles Lee and Darwin Ham. Separately, the Kings are in talks with Gentry for a team management role, with a decision expected within this week.
The News was then announced by the Kings, with Kings general manager Monty McNair writing in a statement: "All of the Kings are grateful to Gentry for his leadership, he received our invitation mid-season and took up his post immediately, and we are grateful for his leadership on and off the court!" ”
In the past 2021-22 season, the Kings did not have a very good performance, and finally finished with only 33 wins and 49 losses, ranking 12th in the West, and missed the playoffs and playoffs. Early in the season, the Kings fired coach Wharton and Gentry took up the post as interim manager. In the middle of the season, the Kings made a big deal with the Pacers, but the deal didn't help the Kings get better. As a result, at the end of the season, Gentry became the target of public criticism, and his coaching record was 24 wins and 40 losses.
It is worth mentioning that since the Kings last made the playoffs (2006), the Kings have changed 11 coaches in the past 16 seasons, but none of them have made the playoffs.
The last time they made the playoffs was in the 2005-2006 season, when the team's manager was Adelman. After missing the playoffs again this season, the Kings set a record for the longest 16 consecutive years of non-playoffs in NBA history, which ranks second among the four major sports leagues in North America.