The Sacramento Kings’ coaching search is plowing on. And on. And on.
And, well, you get the point.
Sacramento has been linked to what feels like dozens of potential candidates of varying experience and skill. And they don’t appear any closer to ending their search. To the contrary, two more options are instead gaining steam, in Jeff Hornacek and assistant coach Corliss Williamson, per The Sacramento Bee‘s Jason Jones:
The Kings have added two more names to their list of candidates to replace George Karl as coach.
Kings assistant coach Corliss Williamson and former Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek will interview for the vacancy this week, according to sources.
Now is usually the time where we pinpoint the ideal, most sensible candidate. But the Kings aren’t most teams, and it’s not yet clear what or whom they’re looking for.
Hornacek spent the better part of three seasons coaching the Phoenix Suns before being canned 49 games into last season, as the team watched their flawed rebuilding model go up in smoke. Williamson has been an assistant with the Kings since 2013, per Jones. That he is a holdover from Mike Malone’s staff could make him uniquely qualified to make nice with DeMarcus Cousins both on and off the court.
All of that said, it’s tough to tell which interviewees are serious candidates and which are just rumor-mill fillers. And that, of course, is fitting. We are talking about the Kings, after all—masters of inadvertent confusion.
