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Vlade Divac Takes Over As Sacramento Kings General Manager; Peja Stojakovic Joins Front Office

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Kings announced former player and current team executive Vlade Divac will be their new general manager.

Divac will be filling a role left vacant when former general manager Pete D'Allesandro left the team for the Denver Nuggets. 

Also joining the front office will be former player Peja Stojakovic who will be the director of player personnel and development.

One of the challenges for the team a year before it opens the Golden 1 Center will be reducing turmoil following a tumultuous 2014-15 season.

The team was off to its best start in years when star player DeMarcus Cousins came down with viral meningitis. While he was sidelined, the team struggled and head coach Mike Malone was fired. Assistant coach Tyrone Corbin was brought in to lead the team in the interim, but was relieved of his position after going 7-21, despite having told Corbin his job was safe in late December.

Karl was brought in to relieve Corbin and the team limped to an 11-19 record under Karl to finish 29-53.

After the season, team adviser Chris Mullin left for a coaching job with St. John's University.

General manager Pete D'Alessandro left the team on June 10 for a front office job with the Denver Nuggets. Five days later, Malone was hired as the Nuggets' head coach.

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