The Kings Have Reportedly Offered Peja Stojakovic A Front Office Position

Vlade Divac, Peja Stojakovic
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Good news, Sacramento Kings fans. Your favorite teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s appear to be on the verge of a reunion. The less good news, unfortunately, is that it appears there will be more voices added to an already dysfunctional front office led by vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac.

According to a report by ESPN’s Marc Stein, former Kings All-Star Peja Stojakovic is contemplating joining Sacramento in a front office player personnel role.

The Sacramento Kings have offered a full-time ‎position in their front office to former All-Star sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic, according to league sources.

Sources said new Kings vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac has asked his former NBA and international teammate Stojakovic to leave Europe and move back to the United States to assist him in a player personnel role.”

Stojakovic enjoyed his greatest success as a player while with the Kings. He, along with Chris Webber, Jason Williams, and Divac, revived the Kings franchise in the late 90s. For most of the first half of the 2000s the team coached by Rick Adelman was one of the best in the NBA, too, and posed the biggest threat to the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles Lakers title teams.

According to Stein, no decision has been made on whether or not Stojakovic will rejoin the franchise for which he become a household name.

Stojakovic’s No. 16 jersey was retired by the Kings in December. He attended summer league in Las Vegas with the Kings in a consulting role to Divac earlier this month, but sources say a firm decision on whether the 38-year-old joins them on a permanent basis might not come before September.‎

And it looks Stojakovic is just the beginning of the front office makeover by Divac. According to USA Today’s Sam Amick He is also talking to another teammate about joining the staff.

While the idea of reuniting Divac, Stojakovic, and Jackson will make Sacramento fans reminisce about the great Kings dynasty of the past, a bigger problem still remains in the organization: dysfunction. The team still have a star player and coach, Boogie Cousins and George Karl, who don’t get along. Plus, it has an owner in Vivek Ranadive who cannot help but get rid of coaches and GMs while also chasing coaches to replace his current ones.

The problems run deep with this team, and yet its organizational mess is so fun to watch. Let’s see who else Divac will call from those teams. Maybe C-Webb? White Chocolate perhaps?

(Via ESPN, via Sam Amick)

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