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LWP777
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I will take this all with a grain of salt. Antoine Wright is a failure in the NBA and pretty much a failure as a person as well. Bitter much?
Another former King calling out Westy for lack of preperation
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keflanag
Bench
If you recall, there was an incident a couple seasons ago where a copy of a Kings scouting report about the Utah Jazz was found in the trash and released in the Salt Lake Tribune. There are reports that this has stopped the Kings staff from printing out a scouting report for each player. Instead they are told the information in a team meeting or shootaround to prevent this type of slip-up again.
Circa_1985_Fan
All-Star
I seem to remember another former King who did some bad mouthing on his way out the door/after the fact...hmmm...what WAS his name...
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
First Udoka now Wright calling out Westphal. Apparently they never got solid paper scouting reports but they were told verbally in practice so I don't care much about that. But he really didn't have to call out Reke/Cuz like that. We know what they are at this point, Reke is a bit lazy and Cuz has emotions to control.
Gary
All-Star
Seems to be a top story on Yahoo now lol
Antoine Wright doesn’t have an NBA gig because of his mom;
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...esn-8217-t-have-an-NBA-gig-bec?urn=nba-wp5133
Count former NBA washout Antoine Wright(notes) among those who are getting it all wrong. And while plays on words are just about the worst thing ever, they pale in comparison to losing a job on an NBA team, in this case the Sacramento Kings, because you just yelled at one of your coaches because the coach (a former starter on a two-time NBA championship team) didn't want to pose for pictures with your mother.
Does that last reference seem a little specific? Well, that's because this is exactly what happened last season in Sacramento to Antoine Wright, former 2005 first-round pick and current hopeful of the Chinese Basketball Association's Jiangsu Nangang Dragons.
SI.com's Sam Amick has the fascinating story down pat:
"I had an issue with one of the coaches and my mother," said Wright, who was with the then-Mavericks assistant Elie and Kings coach Paul Westphal in Dallas from 2008-09 as a key reserve. "Mario Elie. I'll say his name because I had a history with him. We had just lost a game. It was over the holiday, Thanksgiving holiday, and my mother was in town and in the [team] family room [at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento]. She came up to Mario Elie, and said, 'I'm Antoine Wright's mom. Can I have a picture with you?' My mom is a fan of the game, a big fan of Mario Elie, and he said, 'No, I'm with my family.'
"We're a team now, so I came into practice [the next day] and told everybody, I said, 'When we go into film, I'm just going to put Mario on blast.' So I walk in last, and I come in through the front and Mario is in the back, and I said, 'Man, you know what? That's foul what you did to my mom. All she wanted was a picture. Everybody in this room would have took a picture with your mom if she asked, or anybody else's mom in this room. That's probably why we don't have any team chemistry.'
"The next day [Kings officials] came in and were like, 'Uh, this is not really working for you. It's not working for us. No hard feelings. We wish you the best.' I said, 'Thanks for the opportunity, and I'm gone.' "
Please do read the rest of the feature, because it goes far deeper than this.
Wright's issues go beyond this, obviously. He was an athletic wing who was barely and ineffectively trying to develop his iffy jumper and ball-handling skills, pretty much the NBA's most ubiquitous also-ran position. He wasn't that good to start, nor finish, and yet he still wants to pin his demise on Mario Elie not wanting to take a picture with his mother. Not realizing that this was Sacramento's perfect excuse for letting him go.
And now that he's burned that bridge, on the Mario Elie Memorial Highway, don't expect to see Antoine back in the NBA anytime soon. Pity, because he really could have sopped up a roster spot without making any significant contribution.
Antoine Wright doesn’t have an NBA gig because of his mom;
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...esn-8217-t-have-an-NBA-gig-bec?urn=nba-wp5133
Count former NBA washout Antoine Wright(notes) among those who are getting it all wrong. And while plays on words are just about the worst thing ever, they pale in comparison to losing a job on an NBA team, in this case the Sacramento Kings, because you just yelled at one of your coaches because the coach (a former starter on a two-time NBA championship team) didn't want to pose for pictures with your mother.
Does that last reference seem a little specific? Well, that's because this is exactly what happened last season in Sacramento to Antoine Wright, former 2005 first-round pick and current hopeful of the Chinese Basketball Association's Jiangsu Nangang Dragons.
SI.com's Sam Amick has the fascinating story down pat:
"I had an issue with one of the coaches and my mother," said Wright, who was with the then-Mavericks assistant Elie and Kings coach Paul Westphal in Dallas from 2008-09 as a key reserve. "Mario Elie. I'll say his name because I had a history with him. We had just lost a game. It was over the holiday, Thanksgiving holiday, and my mother was in town and in the [team] family room [at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento]. She came up to Mario Elie, and said, 'I'm Antoine Wright's mom. Can I have a picture with you?' My mom is a fan of the game, a big fan of Mario Elie, and he said, 'No, I'm with my family.'
"We're a team now, so I came into practice [the next day] and told everybody, I said, 'When we go into film, I'm just going to put Mario on blast.' So I walk in last, and I come in through the front and Mario is in the back, and I said, 'Man, you know what? That's foul what you did to my mom. All she wanted was a picture. Everybody in this room would have took a picture with your mom if she asked, or anybody else's mom in this room. That's probably why we don't have any team chemistry.'
"The next day [Kings officials] came in and were like, 'Uh, this is not really working for you. It's not working for us. No hard feelings. We wish you the best.' I said, 'Thanks for the opportunity, and I'm gone.' "
Please do read the rest of the feature, because it goes far deeper than this.
Wright's issues go beyond this, obviously. He was an athletic wing who was barely and ineffectively trying to develop his iffy jumper and ball-handling skills, pretty much the NBA's most ubiquitous also-ran position. He wasn't that good to start, nor finish, and yet he still wants to pin his demise on Mario Elie not wanting to take a picture with his mother. Not realizing that this was Sacramento's perfect excuse for letting him go.
And now that he's burned that bridge, on the Mario Elie Memorial Highway, don't expect to see Antoine back in the NBA anytime soon. Pity, because he really could have sopped up a roster spot without making any significant contribution.
gunks
Hall of Famer
I'll take this with a grain of salt...But I still think Westphal is a terrible coach for this team, regardless of the late season play.
Why? Because he SUCKS at developing the youth. He switches things up so much the vets couldnt really get consistant, much less the youngsters.
Reke, Omri, and JT all regressed last season. Greene stayed the same. Cousins got better as the year went on, but his consistancy was awful with all the jumpers Westphal let him jack.
Reke and Cousins both showed a lot of bad habits last season. Cousins, who was primarily a post scorer in college, became a jumpshooter (Coachie effect?). Reke's decision making was as bad as ever when he came back from injury. And The Kings coaching staff showed little effort in nipping these problems in the bud.
Wonder if we're going to see more backslippage next season?
Why? Because he SUCKS at developing the youth. He switches things up so much the vets couldnt really get consistant, much less the youngsters.
Reke, Omri, and JT all regressed last season. Greene stayed the same. Cousins got better as the year went on, but his consistancy was awful with all the jumpers Westphal let him jack.
Reke and Cousins both showed a lot of bad habits last season. Cousins, who was primarily a post scorer in college, became a jumpshooter (Coachie effect?). Reke's decision making was as bad as ever when he came back from injury. And The Kings coaching staff showed little effort in nipping these problems in the bud.
Wonder if we're going to see more backslippage next season?
I'll agree that Westphal isn't the best long-term solution, but doesn't late season play, by definition, show growth among a young team?
Reke's decision making was much improved with the arrival of Thorton, and the rotations were a lot tighter. (Again, you're also ignoring Tyreke's injury.)
Reke's decision making was much improved with the arrival of Thorton, and the rotations were a lot tighter. (Again, you're also ignoring Tyreke's injury.)
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