Apr 11, 2025; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings forward DeMar DeRozan (10) talks with forward Domantas Sabonis (left) and guard Zach LaVine (8) through the fourth quarter of an NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
The Sacramento Kings and general manager Monte McNair mutually agreed to part ways after the team’s NBA play-in loss to the Dallas Mavericks, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
ESPN reported that the Kings are already finalizing a deal to fill the emptiness with Scott Perry, who was GM of the Latest York Knicks from 2017-23. Perry was Sacramento’s vice chairman of basketball operations in 2017.
McNair just accomplished his fifth season within the role. He was named the NBA’s Executive of the Yr after Sacramento ended a league-record 16-year playoff drought in 2022-23.
Ninth-seeded Sacramento’s season ended Wednesday night with a 120-106 home loss to Tenth-seeded Dallas. The Kings finished 40-42 within the regular season.
McNair reportedly lost decision-making power within the organization, which fired head coach Mike Brown after 31 games this season and made waves with a series of great roster moves. Sacramento signed DeMar DeRozan as a free agent in July and on the deadline traded De’Aaron Fox to the Spurs and purchased Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls.
The Kings compiled a .488 winning percentage in five seasons under McNair, in comparison with a .362 clip through the five previous campaigns.
McNair worked within the Houston Rockets’ front office for 13 years before being hired because the Kings’ GM and president of basketball operations in September 2020.
Perry, 61, began his NBA front office profession with the Detroit Pistons in 2000. He was the assistant GM for the then-Seattle SuperSonics in 2007-08, the vice chairman of basketball operations from 2008-12 for the Pistons and an assistant GM and VP for the Orlando Magic from 2012-17. –Field Level Media
