When Vlade Divac stepped down from the Kings front office, the message from the Kings front office was that the team would be making no further personnel changes until a new general manager was in place. That meant that head coach Luke Walton’s job wasn’t in jeopardy, at least for the time being.
Now, Sacramento has a new general manager, as the team announced the hire of Monte McNair last week. However, Walton still appears to be safe, per reporting from Sam Amick of The Athletic. On an episode of the HoopsHype podcast with Michael Scotto, Amick indicated that the Kings are still committed to Walton despite the front-office changes:
“I think [Walton]’s definitely fine for the foreseeable future.