Breaking news...Adelman era over (merged)
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The Maloofs may have brought in Artest, but by firing a coach he liked, they are (at least) mortgaging his future with the Kings.
Bad move, IMO. You guys took the defending champ Spurs to six, easily could have been up 3-1 with a slightly different bounce, had the 2nd or 3rd best record in the league with Artest, and now you're looking for a coach. I just hope the Maloofs are smarter than the brain trust in Seattle which brought Bob Weiss out of mothballs. What a disaster that was.
As a Spurs fan, I take no joy in this decision. Please leave PJ Carlissimo alone, too.
Seriously, good luck - I hope you can find a good replacement for Adelman. It won't be easy.
Bad move, IMO. You guys took the defending champ Spurs to six, easily could have been up 3-1 with a slightly different bounce, had the 2nd or 3rd best record in the league with Artest, and now you're looking for a coach. I just hope the Maloofs are smarter than the brain trust in Seattle which brought Bob Weiss out of mothballs. What a disaster that was.
As a Spurs fan, I take no joy in this decision. Please leave PJ Carlissimo alone, too.
Seriously, good luck - I hope you can find a good replacement for Adelman. It won't be easy.
He didn't do this, bonzi wanted those minutes dude, you crazy if you think bonzi wanted to sacrfice minutes in his Contract money year. He needed those minutes, He just knew he was hurting the team because they were winning a Doing good with his butt on the bench, He knew he wasn't healthy and he needed time to rest that groin injury because he knew he would risk missing the Season. Adleman was being the players coach that he is and giving bonzi seniority and knowing as a players coach that bonzi needed the playing time for his contract year.
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I think you have to go one way or the other. The Maloofs have realized that defense wins you games. Artest and Bonzi punish you in the post, something we haven't had for a while. I think they also realize that Adelman & Co. aren't defensive minded coaches which will not mesh with this team. So with that being said, I also see Miller leaving.
Couple of things... I agree VF, Petrie needs to acquire a few more pieces to become a real defensive team. As far as which coach's I would look at, well, Stan Van Gundy is one, Terry Porter is another (my preference), and possibly Larry Brown in some miracle instance. Actually that brings up another point i want to make. Look at the Pistons after winning a title letting Brown go. While I am not sure how the majority of the fans reacted to that, I am sure some were wondering who would be better than him.
Dang it, I was going to put this in my last post but forgot.
Just because RA is gone doesn't mean Pete Carril will be as well. His ties are more in line with Petrie than RA I believe. Although, I could be wrong on that. Pete Carril in my opinion is the one, not RA, who really is to credit for the rookies developing.
Just because RA is gone doesn't mean Pete Carril will be as well. His ties are more in line with Petrie than RA I believe. Although, I could be wrong on that. Pete Carril in my opinion is the one, not RA, who really is to credit for the rookies developing.
Him or Bibby. Bibby is easier to trade since passing centers are hard to come by. However, if we can unload both for a phenomenal PG and a decent C/PF, I wouldn't mind. A package of Bibby/KT perhaps? Even SAR isn't out of the question. Man, Petrie will have a lot of tinkering to do. I do see Bonzi being given an offer. If Bonzi will take it is another thing.
Tr dunn was a all league Defender and ET was noted in his playing Days as a Good Defender his coaching staf had a good Balance with Dunn and turner and Rick and pete, The maloofs don't know anything about Hoops in my observation. In order to play Defense you need the personel, The kings led the league in Defensive field goal percenatge in 2002-2003. The Developemnet of Ron artest and bonzi was due to rick aldeman' free flowing coaching style, something ron couldn't do in Indiana and Bonzi didn't do in memphis.
Hmmm...I don't like the way this is panning out, but I can't say I didn't expect it. I'll withhold my reactions until I find out who's replacing him. For now, I'd like to thank Rick for 8 straight years of exciting, damn-near championship basketball. "Close, but no cigar" seems to be the story of his career, and I hope that will change for him one day should he continue coaching.
Let me be the first to say DO NOT hire Don Nelson!!!
My preferences:
1) Terry Porter
2) Elston Turner
3) Doc Rivers
4) SVG
5) Vlade Divac
Let me be the first to say DO NOT hire Don Nelson!!!
My preferences:
1) Terry Porter
2) Elston Turner
3) Doc Rivers
4) SVG
5) Vlade Divac
What I hope we don't see is an endless procession of prospective coaches passing through town with pages and pages of speculation in the sportsblogs about who is in and who is out. One of the best things about the Kings is that they keep their business to themselves and are the exact opposites of someone like Isaih Thomas in New York. Yuk! How can players in that type of environment be successful when speculation is looking over their shoulders 24/7? Whomever the coach becomes he must mesh with the existing players and their skills, not mold them into his system. As presently constituted we're about two players away from contention...a defensive minded, shot blocking, rebounding PF that can finish on the pick and roll with Bibby (as an alternative to using Ron or Bonzi on the low post) and a decent backup PG. Now, if Bonzi leaves then we'll need another high percentage shooting SG to split time with Kevin because, IMHO, he's not ready for full time starting duty yet.
