Warriors clearly got the best of Luke Walton, who is out of the playoffs again

SAN ANTONIO, TX - MARCH 31: Luke Walton head coach of the Sacramento Kings talks to his team during the game against the San Antonio Spurs in the second half at AT&T Center on March 31, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) — SAN ANTONIO, TX – MARCH 31: Luke Walton head coach of the Sacramento Kings talks to his team during the game against the San Antonio Spurs in the second half at AT&T Center on March 31, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)

It is now clear the Warriors got the best coaching work out of Luke Walton as he is out of the playoffs once again.

The Sacramento Kings hired Luke Walton with the hope he could turn the team around. Instead, the Kings are out of the playoffs once again as the streak that began in 2007 lives on.

Walton’s Kings could not even qualify for the play-in tournament, so it is hard to have too many positive takeaways from this season other than player development. But Kings fans have heard that story before.

What has become clear is that the Golden State Warriors got the best version of Coach Walton thus far.

Kings: Luke Walton out of the playoffs again

Walton was once the next darling coach ready to become a star. The Los Angeles Lakers gave him three seasons and he failed to reach the postseason in all three.

He was quickly hired by the Kings and is still seeking his first playoff berth as a head coach.

Luke Walton still living off, his record as warriors interim coach….

— Trade Jimmy G (@MrHeavyMetaI) May 14, 2021

Luke Walton is basically the Seinfeld episode where George Costanza is circling the Yankees parking lot with the World Series trophy hitched to the back of his car.

— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) May 14, 2021

To be fair, Walton had a tough task ahead of him this season with the Kings. He did help develop some young future pieces in De’Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton, who represent the future in Sacramento. However, another season out of the playoffs represents a problem.

The Kings in 2019 were the closest they had ever been to making the playoffs in a very long time and they decided to fire Dave Joerger for Luke Walton, think about how next level bad your front office and ownership has to be to do something like that..

— eric (@dodgericlippers) May 14, 2021

I’m sorry, Kyle Draper, but no. I’m not giving Luke Walton any love for a halftime speech to beat the Thunder. They’re the Thunder. It shouldn’t require a speech.

— Greg (@gwiss) May 14, 2021

The wild thing in Sacramento is that Dave Joerger had the Kings close to the playoffs after three seasons. A system was in place and he got the team to a ninth-place finish in 2019. Then the front office decided to go with Walton and the team got worse.

Walton is still only 41 years old and has a full career ahead of him. He just may need to spend some more time as an assistant before another team gives him full control and expects him to repeat the success he had as an interim coach in Golden State.

If he doesn’t have generational talents on the floor, he may be in trouble.

This article was originally published by Fansided.com. Read the original article here.