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Are the fine folks over at SeatGeek trying to tell us something???
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Are the fine folks over at SeatGeek trying to tell us something???
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Reports are that Mike Brown would like to have a contract extension "at market rate." According to what I have read, his contract pays $20 million total for four years, or $5 per year. That means his annual salary comes to less than any of his players except for Colby Jones ($4.14 million) and Keon Ellis ($2.8 million). The next lowest salary is Trey Lyles at $16 million per year.
I had no idea coaches in the NBA made so little. Gregg Popovich makes exactly as much as Trey Lyles. Wow!
https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nb...rumors-mike-brown-contract-extension/1727789/
I had no idea coaches in the NBA made so little. Gregg Popovich makes exactly as much as Trey Lyles. Wow!
https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nb...rumors-mike-brown-contract-extension/1727789/
According to this article, the average NBA coach is paid about $3.5 mil per year, so $5 mil is still above the average:
https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/nba/what-is-an-nba-coach-salary-how-much-do-nba-coaches-make-sgc/
Mike Brown may be blinded by some of the new contracts like to Monte Williams in his request. Considering no team was giving him a shot at head coaching for many years and as far as what he has accomplished thus far, I think the $5 mil per year seems pretty fair. I couldn't find a full coaches salary list, but I would guess he is probably right in the middle of pay for coaches, which also seems fair.
https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/nba/what-is-an-nba-coach-salary-how-much-do-nba-coaches-make-sgc/
Mike Brown may be blinded by some of the new contracts like to Monte Williams in his request. Considering no team was giving him a shot at head coaching for many years and as far as what he has accomplished thus far, I think the $5 mil per year seems pretty fair. I couldn't find a full coaches salary list, but I would guess he is probably right in the middle of pay for coaches, which also seems fair.
Parsed through this season’s data, and I will admit that the people who kept harping about our scheduling difficulty have a very valid point. I wasn’t aware how big of a discrepancy there was in actual games against playoff teams until I dove into the numbers. So for all those that I dismissed about strength of schedule, mea culpa.
Here’s what I found out.
- We played 33 games against non playoff teams. That’s 2 less than the next lowest! We specifically only played 3 games against the bottom feeders: Portland, SA, Memphis, Utah
- We played 5 games each against Phoenix and NO, I believe due to IST (NO in the bracket play and then Phoenix as a fill in after IST was done)
- The teams in the playoffs averaged 40 games against non playoff teams. Remove us from the numbers to make it apples to apples, and call it 36-37 games
All of that said, our record against non PO teams was not good enough. Teams in the playoffs averaged 30 wins against teams not in the playoffs vs our 23 wins. They essentially had to play slightly better than .400 ball against playoff teams to make the playoffs. We were 23-26 against playoff teams which put a premium on taking care of business against everyone else
Here’s what I found out.
- We played 33 games against non playoff teams. That’s 2 less than the next lowest! We specifically only played 3 games against the bottom feeders: Portland, SA, Memphis, Utah
- We played 5 games each against Phoenix and NO, I believe due to IST (NO in the bracket play and then Phoenix as a fill in after IST was done)
- The teams in the playoffs averaged 40 games against non playoff teams. Remove us from the numbers to make it apples to apples, and call it 36-37 games
All of that said, our record against non PO teams was not good enough. Teams in the playoffs averaged 30 wins against teams not in the playoffs vs our 23 wins. They essentially had to play slightly better than .400 ball against playoff teams to make the playoffs. We were 23-26 against playoff teams which put a premium on taking care of business against everyone else
Beyond this, there's other random stuff like amount of back to backs, and then severity of back to backs - like obviously a home and home b2b is less than traveling twice b2b, a b2b where game 2 is at home is generally better than other travel options because presumably players get to sleep at home. And we had one or two b2b nights where we travelled 2000 miles into the Central Time Zone, played at 7 or whatever and then traveled the next game into the Eastern Time Zone and played at 7 local, thus not even getting 24 hours between game, travel, and next tip.
Also I'm not exactly sure where Sacramento ranks in miles travelled, but being in Portland I know that teams out west often do many more miles than teams in the east. And the PacNW is hit even harder. But guessing after Portland Sacramento may be second most travelled. No data on that, just a guess.
At the end of the season we also had more than a few 3 in 5 nights. At the beginning of the season we had a week or two with only 2 games so we're getting "rest" when we don't need it and more rest than is actually helpful.
Also I'm not exactly sure where Sacramento ranks in miles travelled, but being in Portland I know that teams out west often do many more miles than teams in the east. And the PacNW is hit even harder. But guessing after Portland Sacramento may be second most travelled. No data on that, just a guess.
At the end of the season we also had more than a few 3 in 5 nights. At the beginning of the season we had a week or two with only 2 games so we're getting "rest" when we don't need it and more rest than is actually helpful.
I agree, this was critical in late March and April. Between March 25 and April 14, the Kings played 12 games. That comes out to an average of 1.75 days between games. Several other teams played 11 in the last three weeks of the season, or 1.9 days between games, including the Lakers, Suns, and Nuggets.
Retirement not an option for McGee after ‘fine' season with Kings - Yahoo Sports
Well, like the old saying goes, you ain't gotta go home, but...
Well, like the old saying goes, you ain't gotta go home, but...
Two "Kings legends" Petrusev fouling Jabari Parker, at the end of the match, led to Barcelona beating Olympiakos (former Sasha's team) because of that foul call, in the 3rd match of the playoff series. Barca leading 2-1.
Petrusev told the media "There was contact, I believe it was a foul, but you can't give a foul like that so late in the game".
Petrusev told the media "There was contact, I believe it was a foul, but you can't give a foul like that so late in the game".
The Euroleague "L2M" announced it was a foul also. Olympiakos is like Lakers in Greece (not in Euroleague) so I really don't care. Panathinaikos also that complains about stuff happening at the end of his match. But ok it's completely off topic. Just wanted to point out that two former Kings players were involved in that last moment.
