On Saturday, Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair fired Luke Walton, as first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN on Sunday.
Walton began his tenure in Sacramento in 2019 after brief stints with both the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers. His record as a head coach in Sacramento was a mediocre 68-90, which is a win percentage of 43%. Excluding his time as the interim head coach in Golden State in 2015-16, which the league chose not to count towards his record as a head coach, Walton has a win percentage 42.