The Sacramento Kings have hired Ken Catanella as assistant general manager, according to Marc Stein. Catanella worked two seasons as Director of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons and is known to be a salary cap specialist.
ESPN sources say that the Sacramento Kings have chosen Detroit Pistons executive Ken Catanella as their new assistant general manager.
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) April 28, 2016
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Prior to his time with the League Office, Catanella managed the analytics efforts of the New Jersey Nets (2006-08) and managed the creation and implementation of the Nets’ statistical scouting systems according to his profile on the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics website.
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We have some national people who chimed in:
Great hire by Sacto. Ken’s a smart dude. https://t.co/N7etaPwX4k
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) April 28, 2016
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Happy for my good friend and former colleague Ken Catanella.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) April 28, 2016
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I guess this move will make Vlade Divac’s biggest critics happy since they act as if they know more than he does. Mike Bratz will now be re-assigned as Director of Scouting, which is the right move. The pieces are slowly but surely moving in the right direction for the Kings.
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