Malone fired
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Given the information floodgates that just poured on us about the motives and actions of multi-headed FO, you can't say with 100% certainty, that Malone wasn't told to find a lot of minutes for Sessions, Williams or Stauskas.
Cuz drifting to perimeter to play like Webber should be a counter, not the main play. Boogie had tremendous success punishing opponents with inside stuff, that works just as well in PO, it's simply stupid to go away from that for "style".
Skilled inside behemoth + mid-range shooter, who likes going to ISO - that's a good basis for uptempo motion offense [/sarcasm]
Cuz drifting to perimeter to play like Webber should be a counter, not the main play. Boogie had tremendous success punishing opponents with inside stuff, that works just as well in PO, it's simply stupid to go away from that for "style".
Skilled inside behemoth + mid-range shooter, who likes going to ISO - that's a good basis for uptempo motion offense [/sarcasm]
Pencil me in as surprised. The only logical conclusion I can come up for this move is that they have their sights set on George Karl and soon...because otherwise you were just better off letting Malone finish the year off. Sacramento continues to be a coaching carousel and we wonder why no body wants to come here...the organization changes coaches under 2 and a half years more than I can remember any other team in the league doing so. At some point you have to ride it out and have some continuity...the players obviously liked playing for Malone, Malone was flawed as a coach and we knew that. What has me scratching my head is that they knew Malone's defensive background from the get go with his stints in Cleveland, New Orleans and Golden State, yet...they proceeded to bring him along anyways and in the process expected him to turn offensive minded players into defenders. It doesn't help that the roster is absolutely putrid after the starting five. If we don't see George Karl here then the Kings fans need to do some serious protesting, Corbin won't be around for too long unless they decide to keep him as an assistant which I might add he is good at.
Ouch
Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA 24m
Pop on Malone dismissal: 'One has to hope you have ownership that's patient, non-meddling, understands what's going on and things take time'
Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA 24m
Pop on Malone dismissal: 'One has to hope you have ownership that's patient, non-meddling, understands what's going on and things take time'
No brainer.
Pop has to say what is politically correct. You don't put down someone who is down already.
Can you imagine any coach saying: "Good for him he got fired because he cannot make his team win games they are supposed to win".
Pop has to say what is politically correct. You don't put down someone who is down already.
Can you imagine any coach saying: "Good for him he got fired because he cannot make his team win games they are supposed to win".
Interesting read:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...ne-a-really--really-dumb-thing-182919121.html
"Pete D’Alessandro’s mentor from Denver, the much-lauded Masai Ujiri, is currently kicking tail in Toronto while working with a roster and coaching staff primarily hired by the much-maligned and since-fired Bryan Colangelo. There are no easy answers in this gig. It’s more than possible that Michael Malone may not be the sort of coach to push a team over the top. He was thought to be the defensive mastermind in Golden State while working under Mark Jackson, and yet the Warriors shot up from 14th to fourth and then first in defensive efficiency in the seasons following Malone’s leave from the Bay Area (the actual basketball players involved may have also had something to do with that). George Karl could be in the wings. Tyrone Corbin may have been hamstrung by a mismatched Utah Jazz roster. The Kings could win the 59 or so games it will take to secure the seventh spot in the Western playoff bracket. We don’t know. What we are aware of is the fact that the Kings fired a very good basketball coach over the weekend, and that the owner has made some curious moves since taking over this team. It’s just fine to judge them from afar, and it’s up to the Sacramento front office to prove us all wrong."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...ne-a-really--really-dumb-thing-182919121.html
"Pete D’Alessandro’s mentor from Denver, the much-lauded Masai Ujiri, is currently kicking tail in Toronto while working with a roster and coaching staff primarily hired by the much-maligned and since-fired Bryan Colangelo. There are no easy answers in this gig. It’s more than possible that Michael Malone may not be the sort of coach to push a team over the top. He was thought to be the defensive mastermind in Golden State while working under Mark Jackson, and yet the Warriors shot up from 14th to fourth and then first in defensive efficiency in the seasons following Malone’s leave from the Bay Area (the actual basketball players involved may have also had something to do with that). George Karl could be in the wings. Tyrone Corbin may have been hamstrung by a mismatched Utah Jazz roster. The Kings could win the 59 or so games it will take to secure the seventh spot in the Western playoff bracket. We don’t know. What we are aware of is the fact that the Kings fired a very good basketball coach over the weekend, and that the owner has made some curious moves since taking over this team. It’s just fine to judge them from afar, and it’s up to the Sacramento front office to prove us all wrong."
KOVR-13 just had very good thorough report on Malone firing. Most telling was describing how Ranadive is used to Silicon Valley atmosphere where moving very quickly to stay ahead of high tech competition is be all end all. That now relived on his daily duties managing TIBCO after the sale he has even more time to "meddle" and maybe not showing necessary patience, not being perceptive at the level of knowing how NBA actually works - with no easy short cuts!
Jason JonesVerified account @mr_jasonjones
Most coaches describe the Kings as a "physical" team, which suits Cousins and Gay best. How will this fast thing work out?
Most coaches describe the Kings as a "physical" team, which suits Cousins and Gay best. How will this fast thing work out?
ummm, Cousins just posted a video on Instagram of a rapper and the last line he sings is "They let a brother steer the ship but never told him that the ship was sinking"
another quote from the video "Maybe he had good intentions, but was stifled by the system and was sad to learn he couldn't bring any"
cryptic stuff
have a look:
http://instagram.com/p/wpkZepgHFn/?modal=true
another quote from the video "Maybe he had good intentions, but was stifled by the system and was sad to learn he couldn't bring any"
cryptic stuff
have a look:
http://instagram.com/p/wpkZepgHFn/?modal=true
not really
"They let a brother steer the ship but never told him that the ship was sinking". could be saying that they let Malone run the team but he never had a chance, they knew all along they wanted something different. team is sinking.
"Maybe he had good intentions, but was stifled by the system and was sad to learn he couldn't bring any" Malone had good intentions for this team, but was stifled by the front office who want to implement their gimmick ball vision of the future rather than what Malone was doing
"They let a brother steer the ship but never told him that the ship was sinking". could be saying that they let Malone run the team but he never had a chance, they knew all along they wanted something different. team is sinking.
"Maybe he had good intentions, but was stifled by the system and was sad to learn he couldn't bring any" Malone had good intentions for this team, but was stifled by the front office who want to implement their gimmick ball vision of the future rather than what Malone was doing