Former Philippine Basketball Association star and Gilas Pilipinas mainstay Jimmy Alapag was appointed as the player development coach for the NBA team Sacramento Kings.
Alapag confirmed this in an Instagram post on Saturday, calling it a dream come true.
“Proud to announce I’ll be joining Kings [head] coach Mike Brown and his staff as a player development coach for the upcoming NBA season,” he wrote.
He thanked the entire Kings organization for the promotion.
Alapag was an assistant coach for the team’s G-League affiliate, the Stockton Kings.