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Decided on a whim to get some cheap tickets on StubHub and go see Kurtz debut (say what you will about Fisher and the A’s situation, but being able to do this in Sacramento is pretty cool). Fun to see him get that first hit—Rocker was serving up fastballs to the previous batters but mixed things...

Tough world out there for GMs. I’m biased, but would love to see Perry try to bring Fields in as an assistant.

The difficult thing about evaluating GMs as fans is that we have incomplete information. We don’t know about the offers that were not accepted, the alternative moves that were contemplated but rejected, much less the pressure and constraints from players, agents, or ownership. GMs should be...

I thought bringing those vets in was a sensible response to learning the lesson of 2009-14 or so, when you just let the rookies run the asylum. Now, was part of the problem that they made bad picks from 2011 on? Absolutely. But I’m convinced Evans and Cousins at least would have developed better...

Wonder what it would take to recruit Sachin Gupta to come back to basketball and the west coast. I imagine Chelsea pays well. He was the local media (and maybe even Kings Fans dot com) favorite when Monte was hired.

I guess I can excuse, or at least understand, the (lack of) search process if you are bringing back someone you liked and never wanted to lose in the first place.

Weirdly, a Perry/Monte FO would be a good balance with the relationship builder/manager/negotiator and an analytical talent evaluator. That ship has clearly sailed, though.

Perry left the Knicks in2023, the Bridges trade was a year later

I’m just glad they didn’t let this drag on and get to draft season unprepared. I remember being impressed by Perry at the time. If I recall, he played a big part in developing connections with agents, which helped actually get guys to come do pre draft workouts in Sacramento. Fox actually...

Where’s this from, radio reports?

That makes sense, tough, doesn’t it? Doug wasn’t a Brown guy, while I’m assuming most of the rest were.

A competent franchise would do it as soon as possible. Which means the Kings will let it drag out so that any new FO is not up and running by draft time.

Wasn’t the pick top 10 protected? If I recall at the time of the trade, it appeared unlikely to convey. I imagine the Bulls would have made a more concerted effort to tank if they had not regained control of it.

went with Midtown Biergarten. Haven’t had one at Urban Roots, but if it’s anything like Pangea’s, it would be right up there, too.

tempting to say he’s a real one for that, but there are all sorts of practical reasons to keep your phone number that you had when you got your first head coaching gig and made many new contacts in that position…