It really makes you wonder what they even discuss behind the scenes and what film is actually being watched, if it ALL. It’s just very very bizarre. Are some of our guys just lifting weights and sitting around playing video games? And what is the coaching staff taking about? It’s just beyond frustrating at this point because the potential and talent is there, idc what anyone says. It’s just a shame that we’re reaching the point of apathy again, this early into the season.
Fire Walton
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the more I think about it the more I realize big name coaches will never come here. Big players won’t come here why would big coaches come here haha. We can only grab assistant coaches that want a chance or somebody from our own system like B Jax. Basically we gotta hit gold like we did with Adelman
It seems like a low risk move to me. Give him the rest of this season to show what he can do, at a interim head coach deal. Sell the idea of a low cost move to Ranadive. If it works and shows potential, then great. If not, they find someone else in the off season, when more options will likely be available
This also reminds me that this team has players that tend to relax when they're leading big and then ONLY to get going when the other team is making a come back. They don't seem to have that killer instinct. There is a reason so many of the Kings games are close through out the years. It's like they don't feel an urge to play well until there is a drought, just like tonight's game against Detroit, everybody is shooting well. Why is that? Because they been losing? Or is it because of the rumor of coach getting fire? But wait a minute, why does it have to be THAT to get you to play well? You know what I mean? So, this team definitely have some mental challenge that they need to overcome. It is not good enough to play well, this team get no respect around the league...there's no time to relax because even the teams with losing record think they have a mental edge because they think they can beat you.
Oh, and that's not to say Walton is to blame for not thinking a team full of PG's was ideal, but it is what it is, and it's what the GM did. This is just another reason why this is going to get ugly at some point. This is a holdover coach clearly not on board with the jacked up roster he has at his disposal. And it is jacked up mind you. Him using rebounding (which is clearly not the reason this team has disappointed in 3 years) as his focal point tells me the talk of him being on the line was not taken well by him at all lol.
This is the Fire Walton game for me.
Even if it's not for the organization, I imagine that will happen very fast if Walton continues to insist on full-sized lineups with Metu/Bagley at basically all times. If he had not changed course, I feel he would be safer.
The strength of this team is guard play and small ball. The rebounding issue is something they will have to live with.
Even if it's not for the organization, I imagine that will happen very fast if Walton continues to insist on full-sized lineups with Metu/Bagley at basically all times. If he had not changed course, I feel he would be safer.
The strength of this team is guard play and small ball. The rebounding issue is something they will have to live with.
Barnes/MetuBagley/Holmes is a paint-clogging nightmare (Metu less than Bagley since they can make him a viable stretch 4, but he still camps too close to the basket too often). Harkless through no merit of his own allows Barnes, Holmes, and Fox to be better utilized just by being there.
The things this team needs now is
A. A coach
B. A souped up, starter level Harkless, AKA another combo forward in the Barnes mold such as a Miles Bridges or OG Anunoby type.
C. Fox to regain form and the other two of the guard trio to keep developing.
The things this team needs now is
A. A coach
B. A souped up, starter level Harkless, AKA another combo forward in the Barnes mold such as a Miles Bridges or OG Anunoby type.
C. Fox to regain form and the other two of the guard trio to keep developing.
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