With a lame duck interim coach I think things won’t get better this year. If the coach worries about how to convince a starter (say Monk) to be a bench player, or can’t get on the face of an uninterested all-star (i.e. Zach) then we are destined to lose more games like this.
I would have been perfectly happy with direct Fox/LaVine trade. Makes it a dream trade to get 3 first rounders and most importantly not seeing miserable Huerter with the Kings uniform again.