The Sacramento Kings have reached a deal with Roland Beech, the Mavericks' vice president of basketball operations.
Beech began as a consultant with the Mavericks in the 2005-06 season and rose up the chain, heading a fledgling analytics department in Dallas that helped revolutionize the usage of analytics throughout the NBA. He sat behind the bench during the Mavericks' 2010-11 championship run.
Sacramento had fired analytics guru Dean Oliver recently and settled on Beech as the replacement -- contrary to reports that they were planning to completely get rid of the department. We'll keep you updated if the Mavericks announce a replacement for Beech, who also founded 82games.