Coach Gentry gets COVID
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coolhandluke
Starter
This sucks. Hope Gentry has a speedy recovery.
It's likely that members of the team and support staff could also be exposed. Kings need to take adequate precautions.
It's likely that members of the team and support staff could also be exposed. Kings need to take adequate precautions.
Letsgokings13
Starter
Every 60 seconds, a minute passes.
ockingsfan
Starter
Time for DC to shine. Let's go on a 10 game win streak with DC as coach. It's a good audition for DC to be our next head coach!
chief bromden
Starter
Bunch of teams getting a lot of positives right now. Wouldn't be surprised if more Kings staff/players end up testing positive soon. Time to bubble it up!
vladtheimpaler
G-League
WALTON TO SERVE AS ACTING COACH TONIGHT
i think i have the right link:
http://captainfoamy.blogspot.com/2005/12/
Still under contract and being paid by the Sacramento Kings, former head coach Luke Walton has been pressed into service to coach tonight's game against the Washington Wizards, in the wake of Interim Head Coach Alvin Gentry's positive Covid test.
Kings owner Vivek Ranadive explained, "We are almost dead broke and there's no way I'm going to pay a THIRD person to coach this sorry-ass team, but we know from experience that Luke will have the guys ready to compete."
Asked to comment, Walton explained that, "I'm going to have to look at the tape first, but my first inclination is to not change a single thing - after all, this team is very close to being a playoff, or at least a play-in team, thanks to my stellar work over the past couple of years. What's not to like?"
i think i have the right link:
http://captainfoamy.blogspot.com/2005/12/
Still under contract and being paid by the Sacramento Kings, former head coach Luke Walton has been pressed into service to coach tonight's game against the Washington Wizards, in the wake of Interim Head Coach Alvin Gentry's positive Covid test.
Kings owner Vivek Ranadive explained, "We are almost dead broke and there's no way I'm going to pay a THIRD person to coach this sorry-ass team, but we know from experience that Luke will have the guys ready to compete."
Asked to comment, Walton explained that, "I'm going to have to look at the tape first, but my first inclination is to not change a single thing - after all, this team is very close to being a playoff, or at least a play-in team, thanks to my stellar work over the past couple of years. What's not to like?"
Not me.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
He might be asymptomatic, in which case hands down it's better to have covid than coach this team!
Lots of close contacts and it had to come from somewhere. Hoping for the beat
EIM86
Starter
I’m worried DC does an excellent job for literally one game and Vivek makes an impulse decision that ends up ruining the fans view of DC.
gunks
Hall of Famer
He’s already turned most of us against Golden Era fan favorite Vlade, why stop there?!?
SLAB
Hall of Famer
At least he’ll never be Vlade. So he’s golden in my eyes.
[Hot take]
Christie was cast aside. Divac quit. And quit for the gd lakers, on top of that. Christie >>>> Divac, forever.
[/Hot take]
kingsfan101
Starter
Post of the season!
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
forgive him Slab. It will help heal all those tortured demons inside of you
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
He probably wouldn't have tipped the ball directly to the other team with time expiring either.
coolhandluke
Starter
Vlade is known for his passing. Passing to Horry. Passing over Luka.
Vlade was foolishly entrusted with a job that he wasn't qualified for and we're still recovering from his shenanigans.
kingsfan101
Starter
Brutal!
Loved him as a player. Want to remember the good times, in particular, the beautiful passes to Peja. As he once said (from memory, might not be exact), "when I pass, the ball has eyes!"
coolhandluke
Starter
[Hot take]
Divac first signed with the Kings because it was closer to his home in LA. He will always be a Laker first because they brought him over to the league.
Divac wasn't brought back. Petrie chose to spend the money instead to sign Greg Ostertag.
Christie was traded because he suffered from injuries (plantar fasciitis & bone spurs later on) and was no longer the same player he was before.
That being said, I fully agree that Christie >>>> Divac always.
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Doug Christie is the guy who, after already being injured, himself, in a playoff game, saw Stojakovic being brought back to the locker room, and realized his team needed him, and went back out, hurt.
Divac is the guy (and I wish my Internet-fu was strong enough that I could track down the article where I read this, nearly 17 years ago [I think it might have been in the LA Times, but I can't find it]) who said that he left Sacramento because Petrie didn't trade Webber fast enough, and that if it would have happened sooner, he would have stayed, for less money. **** him, forever.
