AP source: Kings hire Mike Brown as new coach

FILE - Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown gestures during an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco, Nov. 4, 2019. The Sacramento Kings have agreed to hire Brown as their new head coach. A person familiar with the decision confirmed on Sunday, May 8, 2022, that Brown will take over the franchise with the longest playoff drought in NBA history. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the hiring.

Kings owner Vivek Ranadive took over the franchise in 2013 after being a minority owner with the Warriors and immediately hired Michael Malone off Golden State's staff as his first head coach.Ranadive then hired former Warriors assistant Luke Walton has head coach in 2019 and promoted former Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry to interim coach after Walton was fired last November.

After a year off, Brown replaced Phil Jackson with the Lakers and didn't have nearly the success he had in Cleveland. The Lakers went 41-25 in his first season and he was fired after starting the next season 1-4.

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