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Alvin Gentry, David Griffin had altercation after Kings beat Pelicans

Off-court drama has surrounded the Sacramento Kings this week, which has distracted from their three-game slide. But this time it wasn’t the players that were the source of the drama; it was their assistant coach Alvin Gentry.

According to Jack Fischer of Bleacher Report, Gentry had a verbal altercation with David Griffin, the executive vice president of basketball operations for the New Orleans Pelicans and Gentry’s old boss.

Following their 112-109 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Oct. 29, Griffin reportedly approached Gentry at the Smoothie King Center but Gentry ignored his advance because he thought it was “inauthentic.