The Sacramento Kings will introduce former Golden State assistant Mike Malone as their head coach on Monday. The news conference to announce Malones hiring will come three days after new owner Vivek Ranadive officially took control of the franchise from the Maloof family, a team official said on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. Malone replaces Keith Smart, who was fired Friday shortly after the sale of the team was completed. Ranadive has been a minority owner the past three seasons of the Warriors, where Malone worked the past two seasons as an assistant under coach Mark Jackson. Malone, the son of former NBA coach Brendan Malone, has been an assistant in the league for more than a decade and engineered defensive turnarounds at almost every stop -- which includes the Warriors, New Orleans, Cleveland and the New York Knicks. He also was an assistant at Manhattan College, Providence and Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. Malone had interviewed for NBA coaching vacancies the past few seasons but never landed a top gig -- until now. Golden State made the playoffs for only the second time since 1994 this season. The Warriors finished 47-35, beat Denver in the first round of the playoffs and were eliminated by eventual Western Conference champion San Antonio in six games. Malone inherits a talented young roster in Sacramento headlined by volatile centre DeMarcus Cousins that has yet to blend -- or play defence. The Kings went 28-54 last season, gaining more attention for the franchises possible move to Seattle -- which NBA owners rejected -- than anything positive on the court. Ranadive still needs to hire a general manager. The contract for president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie ends June 30. Courtland Sutton Youth Jersey . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. 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EUGENE, Ore. -- Dana Altman called Oregons 93-54 win over Western Oregon on Wednesday a development game.Oregon built an early 18-5 lead and kept the margin in double digits the rest of the way to defeat an in-state Division II opponent.We needed to get out and just move the ball and run some stuff, the Ducks coach said. I thought our activity on defense was pretty good. We needed a development game. We have got to get better and we have to make a step and talk more defensively.The 23rd-ranked Ducks (6-2) may get another development game when Savannah State arrives at Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday. The Tigers are 2-6 with their only wins over Middle Georgia State and Fort Valley State.We have to come in with the same mindset as we did against Western Oregon, Oregon guard Tyler Dorsey said. We have to work on the deficiencies we have and move the ball on the offensive end. We have to get our turnover-to-assist ratio closer to what we had last year and work on the offensive end.The Ducks have won four straight games and do not have to leave the state again until January because their next seven games are in Oregon. After Savannah State, the Ducks have eight days off for finals week.Six-foot-10 senior center Chris Boucher leads the Ducks with 13.8 points to go with 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots per game. Junior forward Joordan Bell is averaging career highs of 10.dddddddddddd points and 8.6 rebounds to go with 2.8 blocks per contest.Junior Dillon Brooks is getting back into shape after sitting out four months and missing three games following offseason foot surgery. The all-Pac-12 forward scored 21 points in 19 minutes on 8-for-13 shooting from the field against Western Oregon after going 1-for-9 in his previous game versus Boise State.It is going to come, we all know that, Altman said. Wed like to get him 20 minutes against Savannah and maybe start moving up in our week off and see how he handled the practice sessions. He has four games to get ready for the start of conference so I hope we can keep moving those minutes up. He feels great and is progressing as we had hoped.Savannah States top two scorers, Dexter McClanahan and Casey Wells, both come off the bench while averaging 14.1 and 13.3 points per game, respectively. Troyce Manassa is scoring 12.4 points per game while Austin Dasent averages 11.3 points with a team-leading 3.9 assists per game.The Tigers have lost three straight games to St. Francis College in Brooklyn, Grambling, and San Diego State.Oregon defeated Savannah State 77-59 last season in Eugene. ' ' '