Kings Expected to Make Major Changes to Coaching Staff

This comes as no surprise, as all of the assistant coaches were chosen by Brown and not Christie. it's also no surprise that Leandro Barbosa will remain with the Kings and help build out the new staff under Christie. The two appeared to have a close connection and work together as assistant coaches the last three seasons.

Triano was not only the lead assistant but the most experienced coach on the Kings bench, as well as the offensive coordinator of the group. His departure means that the Kings offense could get a major overhaul next year with someone else running the helm of the offense.

Jawad Williams was the director of player development, leaving another important position vacant for the time being. It's a role that former King Bobby Jackson has specialized in in the past, but more on that soon.

Adding onto the mid-season departure of Luke Loucks, the Kings coaching staff is getting a major overhaul this offseason, which should be the case under a new head coach and isn't uncommon.

Christie was dealt an extremely tough hand last season when he took over, not only because of roster turnover, but also a depleted coaching staff. It was clear during the season that Christie was taking on a lot of the responsibilities himself. Not only was he a first time head coach, but also one who had to do more than most with limited resources.

Time will tell who he brings in to help him during the season, but ideally he'll find someone with experience to help replace Triano and the other assistants.

Both Christie and Barbosa are relatively new to coaching, when it comes to NBA standards. A name that has been thrown around is Dave Joerger, who seems like he would be a good fit to bring experience and leadership to the coaching staff, but it's unknown if he would want to return to the organization that let him go.

Either way, this marks another series of changes to the Kings as they head into an offseason overhaul from top-down.