One AND ONLY Cousins trade rumors thread
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I would say there is no urgency to do anything TODAY... Kings need to look into the situation carefully and then make a decision later. If it was really Karl meddling behind everyone's back, then you fire him. If this was just Cousin's agents , then you just tell them to f* off and tell Demarcus he's not getting trade.
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I think it is pretty clear that the Kings org has Cousins back all the way in this battle. I'm sure they'll try to move forward and attempt a reconciliation.... Which probably wont go well at all, but you have to try. Despite being a manipulative old turd, Karl is a good coach. He also is being paid 10 million.
Next season should be interesting to say the least.
I picture Cousins and Karl sitting in the middle of an abandoned warehouse beneath a naked light bulb, their airing of grievances mediated by a kindly, middle aged, marriage counselor as Vlade chain smokes in the shadowy background.
"Work it out, boys! Next season we make playoffs!"
I think it is pretty clear that the Kings org has Cousins back all the way in this battle. I'm sure they'll try to move forward and attempt a reconciliation.... Which probably wont go well at all, but you have to try. Despite being a manipulative old turd, Karl is a good coach. He also is being paid 10 million.
Next season should be interesting to say the least.
I picture Cousins and Karl sitting in the middle of an abandoned warehouse beneath a naked light bulb, their airing of grievances mediated by a kindly, middle aged, marriage counselor as Vlade chain smokes in the shadowy background.
"Work it out, boys! Next season we make playoffs!"
We have all summer to interview and hire a coach, hiring a coach after hiring Vlade. We'd finally be going about this in the correct manner, with everyone on board with one another. We'd also make it clear if you're not on board with Cuz, we'll fire your ass. I clear signal to the rest of the league we have both backbone and a willingness to stick to a plan.
There's not a single good reason to keep Karl until we have the next coach lined up.
There's not a single good reason to keep Karl until we have the next coach lined up.
Perhaps we could trade to get Malone back, seems absolutely ridiculous, but so is this whole situation. I've never seen anything like this in any professional sport before, this past year isn't just dysfunction, we are way past that, it seems like a movie or something. However if it can be this ridiculous in a bad way I feel it also can in a good way, there really is no way for the Kings to look worse than they do right now. Fire Karl and bring Malone back, maybe we will have to swap picks with Denver, worth it. We are just about par for the course then.
Vivek and the ownership is allowing the value of their franchise to burn down to the ground. Two years ago, they were the incoming heros that saved our city. All of that good will and trust with the fans are gone. Now, nobody will want to come here. It's never been a hot spot, but this is among the worst conditions in the NBA in a very long time. We aren't signing anybody for less than 140% of market. Players forced in by trade will leave as soon as they can. Drafting is going to be tough when nobody meets with us after workouts so we can help assess them as people.
If we pick Karl over DMC, it's going to get worse because the Kings print mouthpiece tweeted that the Kings are going to call Fegen's bluff. Over the next 18 months, he'll make the Dwightmare look like mole hill.
Vivek believes in "fail fast" and he's failing very fast. If he doesn't want to wash out quickly, they have to pull this out down to the roots one way or the other.
If we pick Karl over DMC, it's going to get worse because the Kings print mouthpiece tweeted that the Kings are going to call Fegen's bluff. Over the next 18 months, he'll make the Dwightmare look like mole hill.
Vivek believes in "fail fast" and he's failing very fast. If he doesn't want to wash out quickly, they have to pull this out down to the roots one way or the other.
One way this might work out - Karl has every incentive to back Boogie now. If Boogie gets traded, Karl gets the blame and might be fired. If he is fired, I expect there to be litigation about the owed money (conduct clauses are lots of fun to argue over). He is also radioactive to every franchise in the league. We hired him because he had the reputation of being one of the few guys who could get teams to overperform, and the Kings needs that from their coach. That won't be the case anymore. He is now the guy who drives away stars.
If he can get in line and build the team around Cousins, he might survive. He needs to do that sooner rather than later, though. I don't care if its public or behind closed doors, but there can't be a hint of trouble between he and Cousins going forward or there will be hell to pay.
If he can get in line and build the team around Cousins, he might survive. He needs to do that sooner rather than later, though. I don't care if its public or behind closed doors, but there can't be a hint of trouble between he and Cousins going forward or there will be hell to pay.
If Karl gets fired I want Vivek to come out in a press conference and say that he has made tons of mistakes since buying the team and that he promises to let Vlade build his team. He is the one guy in this story that looks like a clown in a local and national level. This will never work if you have a meddling owner who operates his franchise on a day by day result basis. Get your damn core and STICK WITH IT!!!
He has run this team like a tech company, proactive because tech trends are always changing. This is basketball you clown, it's not rocket science.
He has run this team like a tech company, proactive because tech trends are always changing. This is basketball you clown, it's not rocket science.
This is the least of our worries. Before summer league, we need to decide which sword our owner wants to fall to radically shift the course of our franchise and either rebuild or make another hire. At this point, naming Nik player / coach would have no impact on meaningless summer league and somehow not even hurt or rep around the league.
But there is a simple answer. Vivek has to coach summer league, and he can try our 4 on 5.
But there is a simple answer. Vivek has to coach summer league, and he can try our 4 on 5.
No. Vivek had to make a move at the all star break. But he ended up making the wrong one in hiring Karl. Which I was in agreement with at the time. He should have fired PDA and said we will have a new GM and coach in the summer. Fans would have accepted it. No way would we have accepted the status quo. And Grant did say on his show he should have fired PDA instead of Malone in December.
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