In a press release on Monday, Art The necklaces have announced several changes to their coaching and basketball staff for the 2026/27 season.
A veteran NBA assistant Brendan Suhr is the new assistant coach at Doug Christiestaff. The 75-year-old worked in Atlanta, Detroit, New Jersey (now Brooklyn), Toronto and New York from 1979 to 2008. He also spent extended time at the NCAA level and was a head coach in the CBA from 1995-97.
After one season as Sacramento’s head of player development, DJ Ham was promoted to assistant coach. Ham previously spent time with the Cleveland organization.
Joe Ajike essentially replacing Ham as the Kings’ new head of player development. Ajike began his NBA career with the Wizards in 2021 and spent four years with Washington before spending last season as the head of player development for the Rio Grand Valley Vipers, Houston’s G League affiliate.
Former NBA forward Jason Maxiell is now a player development assistant after spending last season as an assistant coach with NBAGL’s Stockton Kings. Maxiell spent 10 years in the NBA as a player, playing for Detroit, Orlando and Charlotte from 2005-2015.
Wyatt Lowhouse (assistant video coordinator) and Drake Lamont (assistant video coordinator), Kathy Evans (Director of Basketball Data Science), Imhotep “Tap” George (Associate Coach) and Brandon Lewis (Senior Basketball Software Engineer) are new additions to the Basketball Operations department, while Daniel Hickson (head of scouting), Julius Lewis (assistant director of team security), Nikolai Legridonis (Basketball Data Scientist/G League Personnel Coordinator) have been given new positions.
