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Kings appointing Alvin Gentry as interim head coach

Alvin Gentry will replace Luke Walton as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings on an interim basis, according to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Walton’s former assistant Doug Christie was also reportedly in the mix for the job.

Sources: Alvin Gentry will become the Kings’ interim coach. Gentry is already under contract through 2022-2023, gets a raise to take interim job and agreement on some benchmarks of success rest of this season with team to try and keep job longer.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2021

Gentry was brought on as Walton’s assistant in Oct.