{"id":711724,"date":"2026-04-16T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711724\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:06:58","slug":"jimmy-alapag-bids-farewell-to-sacramento-kings-after-nearly-six-year-nba-coaching-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711724\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Alapag bids farewell to Sacramento Kings after nearly six-year NBA coaching stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo from Jimmy Alapag \/ IG<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PBA and Gilas Pilipinas legend Jimmy Alapag has ended his nearly six-year stint with the Sacramento Kings organization, marking the close of his NBA coaching journey that began in the G League.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alapag confirmed his departure through social media, expressing gratitude to the Kings for the opportunity to fulfill his long-held dream of coaching in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He joined the organization in 2019 as part of the Stockton Kings, Sacramento\u2019s G League affiliate, before earning a promotion in 2023 as a player development coach under head coach Mike Brown.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During his tenure, Alapag worked closely with NBA players and contributed to player development programs, further building his coaching r\u00e9sum\u00e9 after a decorated playing career in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before moving to the NBA system, Alapag was one of the Philippine Basketball Association\u2019s most accomplished guards, winning six championships and earning two Finals Most Valuable Player awards.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Kings wrapped up the 2025\u20132026 NBA season with a 22\u201360 record, finishing near the bottom of the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alapag has not yet announced his next career move following his departure from Sacramento.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo from Jimmy Alapag \/ IG PBA and Gilas Pilipinas legend Jimmy Alapag has ended his nearly six-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,4056,6,986,477,4055],"class_list":{"0":"post-711724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-kings","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sacramento","12":"tag-sacramento-kings","13":"tag-sacramentokings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116414306342383531","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711724","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=711724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}