Kings interim head coach Alvin Gentry has cleared the NBA’s health and safety protocols and expects to resume coaching Sacramento for the team’s game tomorrow against the Grizzlies, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Woj notes that Gentry has missed the past five Sacramento contests since first testing positive for COVID-19 10 days ago.
The Kings have gone 2-3 under the tutelage of assistant coach Doug Christie, who took over for Gentry while he quarantined.
The team’s record under Gentry overall this season is 7-9, which includes the five games with Christie coaching in Gentry’s stead. At 13-20 for the season (Gentry replaced previous head coach Luke Walton in November), the Kings are the No. 12 seed in the Western Conference, just one game behind the tenth-seeded Spurs as the race to make the league’s play-in bracket heats up.
Hopefully the rest of the team isn’t far behind.