{"id":587253,"date":"2026-02-07T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/587253\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:22:15","slug":"doug-christie-gets-reassurance-on-future-with-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/587253\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Christie gets reassurance on future with Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job security goes a long way for <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> head coach Doug Christie, who took over for Mike Brown on an interim basis last season before accepting the job officially ahead of the 2025-26 campaign.\u00a0Amid a busy week in which the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings\/kngs-rumors-next-player-traded-keon-ellis-dennis-schroder-head-to-cavs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kings acquired De\u2019Andre Hunter from the Cleveland Cavs<\/a> in exchange for Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder, it\u2019s challenging to assume a coach\u2019s job is safe; everything feels in flux.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a three-team trade with the Cavs and the Chicago Bulls, the Kings also sent Dario Saric to the Bulls. However, when a reporter asked Kings GM Scott Perry whether fans can expect coach Christie back next season, his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JandersonSacBee\/status\/2019857803725414721?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">response left no doubt<\/a>, per The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Jason Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect him to be my coach until I tell you anything different,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s reassurance that the Kings\u2019 head coach, Doug Christie, would keep his job was far from a guarantee, as things can surely change between now and the end of the offseason. More than a few head coaches lose their jobs by the end of every NBA regular season. And while the Kings are on a 10-game losing streak, falling to 12-40 for the worst record in the association, Christie\u2019s job could be on the line, depending on how things unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Is Kings\u2019 DeMar DeRozan a potential buyout candidate?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3694449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kings-DeMar-DeRozan.jpg\" alt=\"Kings guard\/forward DeMar DeRozan (10) shoots against the Memphis Grizzlies during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Given the direction his team is headed toward, fans wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings\/kings-rumors-demar-derozan-buyout-candidate-hes-not-traded-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whether the Kings and DeMar DeRozan will reach a buyout<\/a> before the end of the regular season. With $25.7 million on the books for next season, the chances of seeing DeRozan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anthonyVslater\/status\/2019086292147986907?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bought out of his contract<\/a> are slim, according to ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kings have no plan to buy out DeMar DeRozan if he\u2019s still on the team after the trade deadline, per sources,\u201d reported Slater on X, formerly Twitter. \u201cDeRozan is owed $25.7 million next season, but only $10 million is guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kings will look to snap their 10-game winning streak when they host the Clippers on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Job security goes a long way for Sacramento Kings head coach Doug Christie, who took over for Mike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,3215,4056,6,986,477,4055],"class_list":{"0":"post-587253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-doug-christie","10":"tag-kings","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sacramento","13":"tag-sacramento-kings","14":"tag-sacramentokings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116026499572038427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}