Sacramento Kings And Gm Monte Mcnair Agree To Part Ways, Ap Source Says

The Sacramento Kings and general manager Monte McNair have agreed to part ways, two years after McNair helped end the longest playoff drought in NBA history.

A person familiar with the decision said the sides mutually agreed on a breakup shortly after the Kings' season ended Wednesday night with a 120-106 loss to Dallas in the Play-In Tournament. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't announced the move.

The Athletic first reported that McNair was out as general manager.

McNair was hired by Sacramento before the start of the 2020-21 season and helped put together the team that ended a 16-season playoff drought in 2023 when it went 48-34 to finish third in the Western Conference. McNair won NBA Executive of the Year in 2022-23.

The Kings lost a first-round series to the Golden State Warriors in seven games that season and weren't able to make it back to the playoffs the past two seasons, losing in the Play-In Tournament each season.