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Fans React to Sacramento Kings Parting Ways With GM Monte McNair After Play-In Tournament Elimination

Garima Ranawat

Under McNair's leadership, the Kings made it to their first playoffs in 16 years during the 2022-23 season.

The Sacramento Kings have decided to part ways with their General Manager Monte McNair following their elimination from the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the development comes as a mutual agreement agreement. A league source added that both the sides decided to split mutually after the team’s race to the NBA Championship ended after a 120-106 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. 

The Kings got McNair on board before the beginning of the 2020-21 season, and he helped them make it to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years in 2023. They had finished third in the West with a regular-season record of 48-34. He was adjudged the NBA Executive of the Year after the franchise ended a decade-and-a-half long drought to reach the playoffs. 

They maintained a .488 win percentage under McNair, which was .362 from 2006-07 to before he took over the reins. Before joining the Kings, he was a part of the Houston Rockets, where he served as the basketball operations senior analyst, director of basketball operations, VP of basketball operations, and assistant GM. 

Also Read: Sacramento Kings’ Playoffs History: Appearances, Records, and the Long Road Back to Relevance

Kings’ Elimination and Decision To Part Ways With McNair Draw Reaction From Fans on Social Media

The news of the Kings and McNair parting ways came just moments after they were knocked out of the play-in tournament by the Dallas Mavericks. While the Kings received fans’ thrashing for not being able to make it to the playoffs for another season, the front office’s decision to let go of their GM drew mixed reactions. Let’s how fans reacted on X (formerly Twitter) – 

Since 2007, the Kings have been able to make it to the playoffs only once in 2023. However, in that edition, they couldn’t move past the First Round as they were handed a 4-3 loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Also Read: NBA Playoffs 2025 – Evaluating Every Team’s Percentage and Chances To Win the NBA Championship

Garima is a sports writer with around two years of experience in Indian sports and a newfound interest in the NBA. Inspired by the leadership of cricketing legend MS Dhoni, she wishes to bring in newer perspectives to the NBA fanatics with her writing.

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