Alapag joins Stockton Kings

Jimmy Alapag

The Mighty Mouse has landed a new gig.

Jimmy Alapag is set to join the Stockton Kings for the upcoming NBA G League season. Fresh from helping the Sacramento Kings win the 2021 NBA Summer League title in Las Vegas as an assistant coach, he reunites with Kings Summer League head coach Bobby Jackson to do the same duties.

After an iconic playing career that lasted fourteen seasons for both club and country, Alapag moved into coaching, serving as the head coach of Alab Pilipinas in the ASEAN Basketball League. He helped Alab claim the ABL title in 2018, and helped shepherd the side to a then second-best 10-6 record before the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement and eventual cancellation of the season.

The other Kings hirings are as follows:

Serving as Associate Head Coach is Will Scott, who was the Head Video Coordinator and Player Development Coach in Sacramento the last couple of seasons. Scott was part of Luke Walton's staff with the Los Angeles Lakers as the Head Video Coordinator during Walton's head coaching tenure with the Lakers from 2016-19. Before that, he served in various capacities with the Lakers and their G League counterparts South Bay Lakers since the 2011-12 season.

Alongside Alapag as an Assistant Coach is Akachi Okugo, who spent last season with the Sacramento Kings as its Player Development Manager. Okugo is about to spend his fifth season with the franchise after an outstanding playing career at California State University - San Marcos, where he is second all-time in three-pointers made and was an Honorable Mention All-Conference as a senior.

Sydney Haydel has been tapped as Stockton's Director of Basketball Operations, whilst also serving as Player Development Coordinator for Sacramento. She is coming off a five-year stint with the NBA league office in the Basketball Strategy and Analytics department, playing a key role in the completion of the pandemic-affected 2019-20 season at the NBA campus inside Walt Disney World in Florida. She will assist current Kings Vice President of Player Development and Stockton Kings General Manager Paul Johnson. A University of Hawaii alumna, Sydney has had grassroots coaching experience teaching the sport with the Jr. NBA program in India and China, while also playing a part in the Leading Youth Sports and Development (LYSD) while in West Africa.

Kaiti Jones will serve as Stockton's Performance Coach and Sport Scientist. Jones is coming off a five-year stint at the University of Louisville, spending four of those with the women's basketball program as its strength and conditioning coach. With the Cardinals, Jones led the development, implementation, and analysis of sport-specific preparation, training, assessment, testing, screening and monitoring for its student-athletes. Kaiti will report to Katie Babcock, who is starting her fourth season as the Kings' Head Athletic Trainer.