The New York Knicks hired DeSagana Diop to coach its G League Westchester team on Thursday.

Diop replaces Derrick Alston in the role.

Diop was most recently an assistant for the Rockets. He also was an assistant for the Jazz from 2016-20.

Diop's former agent is current Knicks president Leon Rose. 

The Knicks currently have a vacancy on the coaching staff after assistant Kenny Payne left for Louisville. 

The Sacramento Kings have hired Anjali Ranadive as assistant general manager of the Stockton Kings in the G League.

Anjali Ranadive is the daughter of Vivek Ranadive.

Ranadive, 29, will serve under Stockton’s GM Paul Johnson. She will assist all aspects of basketball operations, including G League player evaluations, player development and team strategy, among others.

In 2013, Ranadive graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology.