HndsmCelt
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Y’all know I’m fully capable of massive voice to text mistakes all on my own.
[Game] 41/82: Kings vs. Knicks 14 JAN 2026, 7pm PT/10pm ET
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Joshyjosh31
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Top four odds are over thats fantasy land talk at this point Brooklyn might win 8 games after they trade MPJ, we’re not catching Washington or Indiana, and somehow NO can’t win games with the talent they have. Cooked odds on the back of vets that won’t be here in two years
Rob-The-Great
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Thank you!!
This tanking crap is getting so irritating. Oh no we won? Crazy talk. As if high pick automatically means a HoF pick.
We have a 4th overall pick on our team right now!
Can we just enjoy a win. Ive said it a million times, its way too early to root for losses. Talk to me with 10 games left in season
I would too if my previous employer treated me that way.
sactowndog
Hall of Famer
We were second. After the three game win streak to nowhere we are 4th out of the best odds. Our next game is against Washington which we will probably win and put us with more wins than Brooklyn.
Rob-The-Great
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Has your previous employer given you millions of dollars garanteed prior to letting you go?
I think you would live with getting fired and still getting paid millions by that same employer. Who btw gave you a chance when you where dead In the water.
Novody wanted Mike before he got to the kings. Now hes coach of the Knicks.
He should he kissing the Kings ass
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
Noticed that myself
Krunker
Northernmost Kings Fan
Precious did give him a hug but MB sure got out quick
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Kyle did say that the Knicks arrived in Sac on Sunday so maybe they caught up then? Still a bit surprising
ShastaKingsFan
Hall of Famer
DeRozan played 41 mins and Westbrook played 39. Watch Indiana strategically manage a top 3 pick and make another deep run next season, while developing a top young talent
Yeah, but imagine being deeply passionate about a project—so much so that your contract gets renewed, clearly signaling they want you to continue. Then, out of nowhere, you’re fired.
I don’t know if your previous employer ever gave you projects you genuinely cared about.
As cynical as I have gotten as an old man, even I'd say money isn’t always the answer to everything.
Rob-The-Great
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He held out until he got paid. He didnt take some kind of pet project. Mike isnt that generous.
I get your angle but regardless the kings resurrected Mike's career.
The Knicks will end it.
Mike walking away without saying anything to former players and coaches says a lot about character. Suck it up and shake hands man. You got a cheer coming back here. Thats all the respect you need.
I didnt want Mike fired. But I also dont feel sorry for him
"One book, one pen, one child and one beam, can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai
I might have misquoted her somewhere I can't figure out...
I mostly agree with everything you’ve said.
That said, what I dislike most is how this situation was handled. It reminds me of when our silent GM chose not to step in and clear the air, instead letting our star player take the fall on his own. Or when the Boogie man was informed of his future during All-Star Weekend.
You can analyze the situation and label winners and losers, but no one deserves that level of disrespect, employee or not.
Caccia
Starter
I think Coach Christie waved to the Knicks' bench with about a minute remaining, after Mike Brown put in the deep subs.
ShastaKingsFan
Hall of Famer
He looked down there at the buzzer and Brown had turned away and didn't look back. Jordi Fernandez doesn't acknowledge Christie either
MizzouKing
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I dunno, a few months ago Chicago got some poor sucker to take on Zach Levine...anything's possible!
MizzouKing
Starter
Whoa, what's the scoop on that? Was Christie resented by the Brown people for being an inherited staffer?
MizzouKing
Starter
Whoa, what's the scoop on that? Was Christie resented by the Brown people for being an inherited staffer?
Kayte during the broadcast was saying the Nicks defensive strategy wasn't as much "to get the ball out of the hands of DDR as to"... but caught herself from what she was starting to say: "...as to get the ball INTO the hands of Zach Levine." She recovered with "...as to create chaos for the Kings."
MizzouKing
Starter
He's been very classy about the Kings, thanking Vivek for the opportunity and his raising the fans. Mike has continued to be a consummate professional.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Yeah, because Doug Christie or any of the Kings players were his former employer, right?
The dude is just being petty. Fox ain’t here anymore and Sabonis wasn’t even playing, whichever was the one that didn’t like him.
Far as I can tell, Brown got what he deserved. Especially so if not following the direction of his employer.
Before the mid-season cup Mike was very complimentary of the Kings while Fox was saying "Grass is greener". Brown actually did acknowledge everything you said. Said Vivek gave him a shot when nobody else wanted to. He was thankful.
now just in general thoughts:
I went to a Portland game last year after Doug was coach and wanted to get my old 2001 hat signed, they blew a lead and lost and he ran off the court (I had courtside seats). I talked to someone who said had they won he'd have done it. So... Maybe Brown just upset to lose his homecoming in a blow out and GTFO of town. That's allowed.
NewArena
Hall of Famer
I will never understand it. Divencenzo was at his very best with them and an absolute sniper over there