The Kings have had a disappointing season, currently holding a 22-59 record, tied for the fourth-worst mark in the league. Despite some speculation about his job status, Sacramento plans to keep head coach Doug Christie through the offseason, team sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic.
As Amick writes, Christie took over as interim coach of the Kings in December 2024, when the team fired Mike Brown. Christie, a former NBA guard, was promoted to the full-time position last summer, signing a three-year deal which features two guaranteed seasons.
The Kings feel like they didn’t have a great way to evaluate Christie’s performance in his first full season as head coach, according to Amick, since the roster had issues entering 2025/26 and several key players sustained significant injuries throughout the season.
Anthony Slater of ESPN confirms the news (via Twitter), adding that the team liked how some of its young players developed under Christie this season.
The Kings are expected to resume trade talks involving veterans like Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, Malik Monk and DeMar DeRozan this summer, Amick reports. Sacramento had “extensive talks” with the Raptors about Sabonis ahead of the February deadline, but the Kings were unwilling to take on the salary of Jakob Poeltl at the time, per Amick.
The Kings haven’t decided what they’re going to do with DeRozan entering the offseason, team sources tell Amick. Only $10MM of the veteran wing’s $25.74MM salary for next season is guaranteed.
So they still going to tank…Christie has not even had flashes of NBA level hc. He is a loyal yes man though Vivek would like that.
I mean I dont think they will be doing any winning any time soon and its nice to have some continuity
Should never have fired Brown but that ship has passed.
Unserious franchise continuing to do unserious things.
Christie > Kerr
To be fair I don’t think they could get a legitimate coach in there anyway for next season.
Christie is going to Brian Keefe this for as long as he’s under contract.
No one else wants to move to Sacramento for that job.
They are likely to be the worst team in the West next season either way. Kings or Grizzlies, but probably Kings.