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Kings hiring Rex Kalamian as assistant coach, per report

The Kings added another solid assistant to Luke Walton's staff.
By | 10 Comments | Nov 5, 2020

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The Sacramento Kings are hiring Rex Kalamian as an assistant coach according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Kalamian has extensive coaching experience in the NBA, even including a prior stop with the Sacramento Kings during the Reggie Theus era.

Kalamian was Scott Brooks’ lead assistant during their time with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he had been a candidate to fill the Thunder’s head coaching vacancy this summer.

This isn’t a splashy name among casual fans, but Kalamian is a coach with a lengthy and respectable NBA resume (his previous Kings tenure notwithstanding), and this move should help fill the void left by Bob Beyer. It’s nice to see the Kings add a solid hire to support Walton.

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Wonderchild
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November 5, 2020 4:39 pm

On one hand it’s hard for me to be excited about this as long as Luke is in the head chair, but I feel like McNair is actually giving Walton the best chance he can to show he’s at least a decent coach. He’s got a top notch offensive and defensive coordinator now, along with adding Monte’s analytics approach. There’s really no excuses left for him after this.

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November 5, 2020 4:47 pm
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Can’t agree more, except I can’t stop thinking the fact that Walton did bring in his own assistant coaches when he got hired in the first place right?

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November 5, 2020 5:01 pm
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The question is, what role is Walton actually going to play?

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November 5, 2020 5:15 pm

Lose Alton’s role is to live up his name by playing us into a top 3 pick selection in the 2021 draft!

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November 5, 2020 4:51 pm

Anyone know his specialty? Please say it’s defense.

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November 5, 2020 4:53 pm
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His specialty? He was a former assistant coach with the Kings?

(Under Reggie Theus)

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November 5, 2020 5:15 pm
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He knows how to work the VCR!

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November 7, 2020 12:05 pm
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Betamax or VHS?

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November 5, 2020 5:10 pm

He’s going to love having summers off.

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November 6, 2020 8:04 am

Nice hire. Our coaching staff is shaping up to be pretty damn solid, minus the head coach…

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