De’Aaron Fox
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Whoa. I agreed with so much of this post until it got to Mike Brown. Fans and players love him for pretty much the opposite of what you'd described. Are we discussing the same Mike Brown, here?? He's super positive and encouraging, he just doesn't coddle. You need a balance, and, though he isn't perfect (no coach or player is) he's everything i wanted Adelman to be more of, at times.
Taking nothing away from Hali, but he was ignored by the media for a season and a half here and then instantly proclaimed a star before he even had plane tickets to Indy. Fox forcing his way onto the stage and MVP conversation while playing IN SACRAMENTO with the twin clouds of Luka and Hali hung over his head for no valid reason is next level stuff. Can you imagine what he'd be doing if he actually got calls when he drove to the hoop and got hacked like he does in Sac, which I assume he'd be getting in any other city?
My discussion here is not at all about Coach Brown's personality, media relationships, or the public view that he generates. Rather, it is about the teaching techniques and the educational soundness of his coaching style as related to players' performance and improvement. As another poster pointed out, it sounds like Bobby Knight (RIP) but it is far, far more gentle and subtle of course.
Recall that he has been dismissed from three previous head coaching assignments even after earning COY in one of those jobs. I am not privy to the details of those terminations but there is a reason he is not a long-tenured head coach in the league. Sometimes a style, such as his, can get stale and rub even insensitive players the wrong way. I am seeing it starting to fester here as it may have done elsewhere. It will likely be two to three years in the future but the end is perceptible. Others may not see it or may choose not to see it but my training and experience in education makes it stand out to me. Eventually, you all will see it also.
Recall that he has been dismissed from three previous head coaching assignments even after earning COY in one of those jobs. I am not privy to the details of those terminations but there is a reason he is not a long-tenured head coach in the league. Sometimes a style, such as his, can get stale and rub even insensitive players the wrong way. I am seeing it starting to fester here as it may have done elsewhere. It will likely be two to three years in the future but the end is perceptible. Others may not see it or may choose not to see it but my training and experience in education makes it stand out to me. Eventually, you all will see it also.
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This was why I initially didn't want to hire him. I would say that digging deeper into it and understanding the reasons (something I only did when it came down to him or Mark Jackson) - all of which were centered around LeBron and Kobe - who later in their careers heaped praise on Brown for teaching things they didn't want to learn that helped define them, was enough to turn me around.
edit: also its clear that Brown learned from his past, especially when working under a "player's coach" like Kerr - and you see stuff like the DPOG and the way he goes out of his way to celebrate player's achievements and takes personal ownership and accountability in post games, he is not a ridiculous hard-ass even if he does demand a lot from his guys.
edit: also its clear that Brown learned from his past, especially when working under a "player's coach" like Kerr - and you see stuff like the DPOG and the way he goes out of his way to celebrate player's achievements and takes personal ownership and accountability in post games, he is not a ridiculous hard-ass even if he does demand a lot from his guys.
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Fox is cementing himself as one of those elites you hate to see on the opposing teams. He is just unguardable and his long-range is becoming more deadly than his midrange. Monk is another one. Although he's not a volume scorer, he knows how and when to deliver the blow with an absolute authority, must be very devastating.
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Two questions: 1) The past six games, Fox is only shooting 39.2% from the field. He averages 21 points per game, but that's on 20 attempts, certainly not efficient by his standards. Has he been dealing with an illness for the past two weeks? 2) Why do Fox and Sabonis rarely execute the pick-and-roll? It has been a standard NBA play for decades. We have to wait for Malik Monk to come in to see it on the Kings. Monk has been working on it the past four seasons with Nic Richards, Anthony Davis, Chimezie Metu, Domantas Sabonis, and JaVale McGee. But Fox has all the tools.
