Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown has agreed to a three-year, $30 million extension that can preserve him with the workforce by means of the 2026-27 season, based on Adrian Wojnarowski. This comes simply days after stories of a rift between the 2 events over the phrases of a possible deal.
Earlier this month, Kings beat author James Ham reported that Brown’s “failure to repeat the success of the earlier 12 months hasn’t sat nicely with possession.” Wojnarowski, in the meantime, famous that there was a “gulf” between the 2 sides when it comes to compensation for the 2023 NBA Coach of the 12 months. Most lately, Shams Charania added that Brown wished $10 million per 12 months, whereas the Kings have been providing $7 million, with potential bonsues that might push it as much as $9 million.
In the long run, Brown obtained his cash and the Kings obtained to maintain one of many league’s prime coaches.
Brown was employed in Might 2022 and instantly set to work on making the Kings related once more. In his first season, he led the workforce to a 48-34 report, the No. 3 seed within the Western Convention and their first playoff look since 2006, which ended the longest playoff drought in NBA historical past and the longest lively playoff drought in main North American skilled sports activities. As soon as there, the Kings misplaced a heartbreaking first-round sequence to the Golden State Warriors in seven video games.
Although the important thing figures remained the identical this season, the Kings have been unable to get again to the playoffs. They nonetheless went 46-36, however that was solely adequate for ninth place and a visit to the Play-In Event this time round. After beating the Warriors within the first spherical of that occasion, they fell to the New Orleans Pelicans within the sport that determined the No. 8 seed. That defeat got here with out key guards Malik Monk and Kevin Huerter, each of whom have been injured late within the common season. Had they been wholesome, maybe the Kings would have gotten again to the postseason and Brown’s extension would have been a easy course of.
With Brown locked up for the foreseeable future, the Kings will now flip their consideration to the subsequent large merchandise on their offseason agenda: Monk’s free company. Monk excelled in Sacramento during the last two seasons, and completed because the runner-up for Sixth Man of the 12 months. He will get an enormous elevate this summer season, however the Kings can solely supply him a four-year, $77.9 million contract because of collective bargaining guidelines, whereas one other workforce with extra cap area might give him over $100 million over 4 years.
He has expressed a want to stick with the Kings, however the cash might come calling. If he departs, that may be a serious loss for Brown and Co., as Monk’s bench scoring has been a significant factor of their return to relevance and could be very tough to exchange.
