Sacramento Kings finalizing deal to hire Scott Perry as general manager
The Sacramento Kings are moving quickly to assemble a new front office following the departure of their top two basketball executives.
A league source told The Sacramento Bee the Kings are finalizing a deal to hire longtime NBA executive Scott Perry as the team’s new general manager.
Perry, 61, will replace Monte McNair, who is leaving the organization after the two sides mutually agreed to part ways following a season-ending play-in tournament loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at Golden 1 Center. McNair’s departure came weeks after assistant general manager Wes Wilcox left to become general manager of the University of Utah men’s basketball program.
Perry developed a relationship with Kings owner Vivek Ranadive when he was hired as vice president of basketball operations in April 2017, but he left three months later to become general manager of the New York Knicks. Perry previously held front office jobs with the Detroit Pistons, Seattle SuperSonics, Orlando Magic.
The fate of interim Kings coach Doug Christie will be one of Perry’s first decisions as general manager in Sacramento. The Kings went 27-24 in 51 games under Christie after former coach Mike Brown was fired Dec. 27.
Perry will inherit a roster that features Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk, Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis. The Kings went 40-42 to finish ninth in the Western Conference this season, a disappointing outcome for a team that went to the playoffs as the No. 3 seed in 2022-23.
The fate of interim Kings coach Doug Christie will be one of Perry’s first decisions as general manager in Sacramento. The Kings went 27-24 in 51 games under Christie after former coach Mike Brown was fired Dec. 27.
Christie, who played for the Kings from 2000-05, made it clear that he wants to keep the job after Sacramento’s season ended with a 120-106 loss to the Mavericks on Wednesday.
“This is where I want to be,” Christie said. “I think you guys know that. I need to finish what I started and that’s the only reason I ever even stepped onto the sideline from where I was at initially.”
This story was originally published April 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM.
