Royal grandmaster Scott Perry says that he met Christie’s arc, hopes to make a coaching decision for a “week or so”

The Director General of the New Sacramento Kings Scott Perry spoke about Dag Christie about his main coaching position, but plans to talk with other candidates.

“I first met Christie’s arc when he was a player in Toronto, so I admire him as a player, his career,” Perry told reporters during an entrance press conference on Wednesday. “I watched him this year from afar. From the point of view of his ability to attend the site, I think that he established a connection with the players. We had several conversations until this moment. He was one of the first people with whom I met yesterday when I got into the city. I was here a little longer than 24 hours. But this said that the phone continuously aroused interest in this work. So I’m going even more. Permissions over the next week or as to have a decision or announcement to inform everyone. ”

Christie served as temporary coach Sacramento after Mike Brown was dismissed in December. The kings finished the regular season 40-42 and went 27-24 under their new coach, who He played Sacramento from 2000 to 2005 and joined the coaching staff of the team in 2021.The field after last week there was a losing loss against Dallas Maveriks, Christie told reporters that he could not make sure that the organization would remove his temporary mark, but he would like to return.

“Here I want to be,” said Christie. “I think you guys know. I need – I need To finish what I started, and this is the only reason why I when I came to the side line from the place where I was originally. ”

Perry said that he was looking for a coach, “who will be committed to have a tough, focused team that shares basketball, a team that is disciplined, professional, responsible.” He did not offer updates about how the rest of the front would look like, but he said that he would hold “almost a couple of weeks” of a meeting with “each person in the basketball department” to determine “who really fits us forward”.

Kings conducted the play -off once since the departure of Rick Adeelman’s coach in 2006. It was in 2023 near Brown, and they fired him in less than two years later. Christie is the 13th coach of the team since the time of Adelman. Perry, who spent three months in the organization in 2017, is only the last leader who promised to build something stable in Sacramento that he did repeatedly on Wednesday.

Perry told reporters that he and the owner of the team of Vivek Ranadive “have a common vision” and retained relations from the moment of his brief stay in the front -eight years ago. The kings fired the general manager Monte McNire almost immediately after the loss against Dallas, and the next morning, Perry’s reception broke. When asked when exactly this gathered together, Perry said: “As soon as the organization of the“ kings ”decided to move forward and make changes with this position, everything can quickly get together, because both sides know each other.”

Sacramento ended the regular season with protection, which took 22nd place in the league. Its four of the most highly paid players-zak Lavin, Domantas Sabonis, Demar Derosan and Malik Monak-all are attacked primarily, and in their accessibility, Sabonis and Derosan expressed uncertainty at the end of the season of where the team is going. Perry did not say whether the front will be more likely to make changes to the list or completely revise it.

“I will be opportunistic and reasonable in this,” Perry said on Wednesday. “I study all the players, just like they recognize me, and I am going to spend a lot of time with a few of them this summer to make sure that we are equally aligned with respect to where we are going, because I will be persistent in our determination to get to the place where we should get.”

Perry said that Ranadiva did not give him a mandate to ensure that the play -off in the next season, only to create an environment that would lead to sustainable success. He added, however, that he was “connected to victory”, implying that the full gap is unlikely.

“We will see what unfolds over the next next months,” said Perry, “but I will do everything possible to improve what is now and see where it will lead us.”

Perry said he was talking with each player on the present. There is an “obvious necessity” for the “true playing”, he said, adding that “we need to add more length and athletism to this group to improve some talents that are here.” He also repeatedly emphasized the need for responsibility.

“I want to buy a mirror for each player, because first we are going to look at ourselves,” said Perry. “And it starts with me every day. And therefore, first of all, there will be a responsibility: “I do everything as an individual to make this team successful? “And then, whoever is here to train, it will be their work – and I am going to be behind the scenes, helping – to make sure that they can maximize what they can do on the court.”

This mirror will reflect the story with one of these players. In 2023, Perry said that Lavin “did not affect victory” as much as his contract suggests. Answering a question about this on Wednesday, he said: “Everything I say, I am not worried about it, pursuing me.” Perry said that he has been known for Lavin since he was looking for him like a avenue, and recently spent a “good conversation” with him.

“My work is now (this) to help put pieces around him and others to improve his ability to start victory,” Perry said. “And this is what you get with the comment that I did, because it was a reflection that he did not win so much. Nothing with me personally. ”