Dear Mr. Ranadive cc: Mr. D’Alessandro

CruzDude

CruzDude

Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
Dear Mr. Ranadive

I have some questions:

When your lone All-Star and best player becomes unhappy and mad at the team, and more, don't you want to communicate with him, define the problem and solutions, and clear the air?

When your best player calls out the entire team should you look into the problem then address the media with a "Plan" and solution?

When the players themselves say they seem lost out there at times, a comment not heard prior to December 15, should not the FO get with the Coach to identify and correct the problem?

When the wheels begin falling off the Kings wagon, should not the FO get active to help that wagon gets some new wheels, have a Plan and set a course to the playoffs?

Why do we fans not have a clue what is going on or what is being done to fixed this big problem in your team? Why do the players also say they don't know what is going on? Where is the fault here? So far all the fingers I hear and see point to you and Mr. D'Al. What are you doing to correct this?

Is your January request for Season Ticket commitments based on some major plan and solution, that no one else seems to know about, to upgrade the team in preparation for the new arena to open in October 2016?

Is the lack of information to fans and Season Ticket Holders some new Silicon Valley technique to bring about virtual encouragement that will magically stimulate all of us to rush out and put down a deposit on this team?

I suggest you gather your fading flock, us fans and Season Ticket Holders, about you and offer some hope for the future and a plan to get there. As a retired CEO of 22 years, thats what I did to triple sales in just over a year.

Signed,

CruzDude
A Kings Fan since 1989 and 7 year Season Ticket Holder (before moving out of the area).
 
What do we expect them to say?

1. Pete "Hey I just did what the owner wanted"
2. Vivek "Ok my gm screwed up"
3. We both screwed up
4. We are trying to tank and get the pick?
5. After Rudy resigned we could tank and throw in the towel?
6. We suck?
 
speaking of a class organization...how about the Magic gathering all the players and even having a press conference about their coach being fired. Must be nice to be classy and show respect to the players and coaches, albeit they've been fired but point is made.
 
This FO has the worst communication skills ever! The players don't know anything, the fans don't know anything, the media doesn't know anything .....probably because the FO doesn't know anything! Jesus H Christ can somebody get a clue and do something......anything!
 
Iced Espresso said:
What do we expect them to say?

1. Pete "Hey I just did what the owner wanted"
2. Vivek "Ok my gm screwed up"
3. We both screwed up
4. We are trying to tank and get the pick?
5. After Rudy resigned we could tank and throw in the towel?
6. We suck?
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We have a plan....We have a new coach...
 
I just dont understand why Pete is even a GM! In all seriousness....what seperates him from any well informed fan on this board such as Brick or VF21?

From his wiki:
Early years
D’Alessandro attended Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York. He enrolled at St. John’s University in 1986. While there, D’Alessandro began his work in basketball as a video coordinator under St. John's Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Lou Carnesecca. [2] He later graduated from Nova Southeastern University School of Law in May 1994 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1995.

Ok so he was a video coordinator....then became a lawyer

Early career
After his graduation from law school, D'Alessandro worked on the successful re-election campaign for Republican Congressman Rick Lazio in 1996.[3]

From 1997 to 2004, D’Alessandro next worked for Professional Management Associates, a Washington, DC-based sports agency, where he represented NBA and international basketball players.

Basketball executive[edit]
He was hired by Golden State Warriors basketball chief and Hall of Famer Chris Mullin in 2004 to join the Golden State Warriors as the director of basketball operations. Golden State promoted D’Alessandro to assistant general manager in 2006.[4] D’Alessandro became known for his strong analytical skills and expertise in the NBA salary cap.

In 2010, D’Alessandro was recruited away by the newly hired GM of the Denver Nuggets, Masai Ujiri, to work for him as his advisor. In 2012, he was promoted to Vice President of Basketball Operations.[5] He helped the Nuggets to a franchise record 57 regular season wins that year. After Ujiri left for the Toronto Raptors, D’Alessandro was initially seen as the front runner for the general manager position of the Nuggets.[6] On June 17, 2013, however, he was hired as the new general manager of the Sacramento Kings by new majority owner Vivek Ranadive.[1]

D'Alessandro pledged to aggressively pursue deals as the Kings GM and followed through on that with three major trades in the first five months of his tenure, including a 7-player trade with his former boss Ujiri in Toronto.[7]


Im not saying Pete is a dumb guy, but how well does he really understand the game of basketabll? I watched that Kings "WAR ROOM" video on youtube and he had a bunch of kids as his assistants helping him come to the conclusion to draft stauskas...

idk, i am just not feeling good at all about our front office....
 
c-webb1s#1 said:
I just dont understand why Pete is even a GM! In all seriousness....what seperates him from any well informed fan on this board such as Brick or VF21?

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He was hired by Golden State Warriors basketball chief and Hall of Famer Chris Mullin in 2004 to join the Golden State Warriors as the director of basketball operations. Golden State promoted D’Alessandro to assistant general manager in 2006.[4] D’Alessandro became known for his strong analytical skills and expertise in the NBA salary cap.

In 2010, D’Alessandro was recruited away by the newly hired GM of the Denver Nuggets, Masai Ujiri, to work for him as his advisor. In 2012, he was promoted to Vice President of Basketball Operations.[5] He helped the Nuggets to a franchise record 57 regular season wins that year. After Ujiri left for the Toronto Raptors, D’Alessandro was initially seen as the front runner for the general manager position of the Nuggets.[6]
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Didn't you answer your own question? He spent 9 years in high-level positions in NBA front offices. Director of Basketball Operations, Assistant General Manager, Advisor to the GM, Vice President of Basketball Operations.

No offense to Brick or VF, but I'd take a wild stab and say that nine years in high-level positions in NBA front offices goes a long way to separate you from a well-informed fan.
 
Capt. Factorial said:
Didn't you answer your own question? He spent 9 years in high-level positions in NBA front offices. Director of Basketball Operations, Assistant General Manager, Advisor to the GM, Vice President of Basketball Operations.

No offense to Brick or VF, but I'd take a wild stab and say that nine years in high-level positions in NBA front offices goes a long way to separate you from a well-informed fan.
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And approximately five years of that was under Mullin, whose tenure as GM of the Golden State Warriors was anything but successful and is part of this fiasco. I would agree that the nine years would separate him from the casual fan on paper but I'm sure you've met your share of individuals with paper hanging on the wall that were incompetent. How many doctors have you gone to that were as shallow as a kiddie pool or couldn't deviate from what the book said. He's not passing the smell test, indications are that he was part of a power play that has blown up. Him and Mullin need to be held accountable.

What was the little thing he said, something 'about not renewing over a coach?' You appear to be a "evidence" based person, the evidence is on the court and in the stands. He made his bed.
 
whozit said:
And approximately five years of that was under Mullin, whose tenure as GM of the Golden State Warriors was anything but successful and is part of this fiasco. I would agree that the nine years would separate him from the casual fan on paper but I'm sure you've met your share of individuals with paper hanging on the wall that were incompetent. How many doctors have you gone to that were as shallow as a kiddie pool or couldn't deviate from what the book said. He's not passing the smell test, indications are that he was part of a power play that has blown up. Him and Mullin need to be held accountable.

What was the little thing he said, something 'about not renewing over a coach?' You appear to be a "evidence" based person, the evidence is on the court and in the stands. He made his bed.
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Do we actually know PDA is the one making bonehead moves or is Ranadive making the calls and PDA is just there?
 
Dreadnought said:
Do we actually know PDA is the one making bonehead moves or is Ranadive making the calls and PDA is just there?
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Nope, I don't. It also may not be either of those. Your leaving Mullin out of the equation. We don't even know for sure how much influence Vivek is giving. It sure seems like either he's getting, giving or both bad advice.
 
whozit said:
Nope, I don't. It also may not be either of those. Your leaving Mullin out of the equation. We don't even know for sure how much influence Vivek is giving. It sure seems like either he's getting, giving or both bad advice.
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Per this article from when PDA was hired, Mullin told Ranadive to hire PDA.
Could very well be Mullin is still ultimately calling the shots here.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9392357/sacramento-kings-bring-pete-dalessandro-denver-nuggets-gm

Which would explain the holdup with hiring Karl. It's Mullin holding it up. Cause we've heard PDA wants Karl.

Could very well be Mullin leaking that Cousin's agents are the holdup to hide the truth that this whole mess lands at Mully's feet.
 
Chubbs said:
Per this article from when PDA was hired, Mullin told Ranadive to hire PDA.
Could very well be Mullin is still ultimately calling the shots here.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9392357/sacramento-kings-bring-pete-dalessandro-denver-nuggets-gm

Which would explain the holdup with hiring Karl. It's Mullin holding it up. Cause we've heard PDA wants Karl.

Could very well be Mullin leaking that Cousin's agents are the holdup to hide the truth that this whole mess lands at Mully's feet.
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It wouldn't surprise me in the least. Mullin has been on the sidelines in terms of taking heat. I have a feeling that as soon as Malone was gone, a power struggle for who would be GM began. Let the owner and GM be roasted and when the heat got too hot for the owner, only one would be left standing.

Yet even in that scenario, PDA can't be excused for his complicity in the Malone firing.
 
Dreadnought said:
Do we actually know PDA is the one making bonehead moves or is Ranadive making the calls and PDA is just there?
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And that is the one question we may never really get the answer to. Those lower on the ladder tend to fall on swords for those at the very top.
 
Chubbs said:
Per this article from when PDA was hired, Mullin told Ranadive to hire PDA.
Could very well be Mullin is still ultimately calling the shots here.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9392357/sacramento-kings-bring-pete-dalessandro-denver-nuggets-gm

Which would explain the holdup with hiring Karl. It's Mullin holding it up. Cause we've heard PDA wants Karl.

Could very well be Mullin leaking that Cousin's agents are the holdup to hide the truth that this whole mess lands at Mully's feet.
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That doesn't stand up to the light of day. If Mullin was the one leaking the stuff, somebody would have hinted at it already. I could easily be wrong, but I think Mullin's complicity in all this has been vastly over-rated.
 
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