Front office coup drama 2025 edition

[sactowndog]

This Wilcox person letting it slip to players that we’ve had deals in place and not getting them done is beyond gross. I can’t believe what I’m hearing

can you elaborate. In LA and not hearing everything.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Can't wait for him to get traded to HOU, lead them to the WCF and Kings fans start complaining about "hOw cOuLd wE tRaDe tHiS gUy" despite making him the scapegoat all year.

Or... it will work out for the Kings because we live in realty. We already had this guy. We know who we have. It's time to move on

 

[Joshyjosh31]

And if JJJ and Ware are in the deal I'll live with your Herro fantasy.

We’re not getting Ware

Funny how Herro is looked at here when he’s twice the talent of monk

 

[pdxKingsFan]

We’re not getting Ware

Funny how Herro is looked at here when he’s twice the talent of monk

They were trying to trade him for 2 years. Now he's amazing. If we're not getting Ware they ain't getting Fox.

 

[NewArena]

Can’t wait for Fox to suddenly become a media darling and get every foul call against us lol

 

[SLAB]

Can’t wait for Fox to suddenly become a media darling and get every foul call against us lol

That’s just not going to happen. He doesn’t have either an endearing or obnoxious personality to become a darling of anything.

 

[NewArena]

That’s just not going to happen. He doesn’t have either an endearing or obnoxious personality to become a darling of anything.

Trust me, the second people leave here, suddenly people see the good in them in ways we didn’t think were possible.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

They were trying to trade him for 2 years. Now he's amazing. If we're not getting Ware they ain't getting Fox.

Big deal they miss out on a part time all star lol

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Trust me, the second people leave here, suddenly people see the good in them in ways we didn’t think were possible.

One potential big difference is Fox on a different team possibly gets an All Star whistle.

Which I guess is in response to @Joshyjosh31 too, Fox in Miami almost certainly will get the sort of foul calls he never gets in Sacramento. If he gets 6-10 extra FTs a game he's a top 5 player in the league.

 

[Turgenev]

One potential big difference is Fox on a different team possibly gets an All Star whistle.

Which I guess is in response to @Joshyjosh31 too, Fox in Miami almost certainly will get the sort of foul calls he never gets in Sacramento. If he gets 6-10 extra FTs a game he's a top 5 player in the league.

Yeah and in the East, playing for a more sexy franchise, he is an All-Star every year rather than a one time injury replacement All Star.

 

[SLAB]

Yeah and in the East, playing for a more sexy franchise, he is an All-Star every year rather than a one time injury replacement All Star.

Eh, the Fox whistle is what it is. Maybe if he originally went to NY he’s getting the special treatment… but it’s going to take years to rebuild how he’s been called for nearly a decade.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Eh, the Fox whistle is what it is. Maybe if he originally went to NY he’s getting the special treatment… but it’s going to take years to rebuild how he’s been called for nearly a decade.

I doubt he could go to OKC and get Shai's whistle but Miami, NYK, LAL for sure. And I think in 2-3 years if San Antonio or Houston were competing for WCF home court he'd be getting it too.

I could be wrong.

 

[captain bill]

Woah. "Monte's bag is analytics and draft. Wes does everything else"

Sounds like a smart division of labor. GM’s aren’t supposed to be dictators

 

[Tetsujin]

In hindsight, seeing D-Lo go from super pro-Fox anti-Wes Wilcox warhammer to increasingly despondent as he realized that he got played by Klutch was the highlight of the day.

 

[captain bill]

In hindsight, seeing D-Lo go from super pro-Fox anti-Wes Wilcox warhammer to increasingly despondent as he realized that he got played by Klutch was the highlight of the day.

Is D-Lo worth following? Only Kings sources I really pay attention to are Amick, CD, and D&M

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Is D-Lo worth following? Only Kings sources I really pay attention to are Amick, CD, and D&M

Probably not except for entertainment value.

I have to admit I wish I had been there from beginning to end rather than reading play by play on this.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Probably not except for entertainment value.

I have to admit I wish I had been there from beginning to end rather than reading play by play on this.

He literally broke it before Shams as well as the Derozan signing

 

[pdxKingsFan]

He literally broke it before Shams as well as the Derozan signing

And aside from that he is full of hot air.

 

[Elektrik]

No haul is happening that dudes list is one team long right now can’t even put two teams against each other for a bidding war

That appears to have been the plan. Monte should have seen this coming. I hope he has a viable Plan B

 

[sackings]

Trust me, the second people leave here, suddenly people see the good in them in ways we didn’t think were possible.

Who left the Kings that we suddenly regret? Nobody. In the past decade, there’s not one player on the Kings that performed better once traded and/or release.

The only player that comes to mind within the last decade is IT with Boston. But where is he now? Unemployed. Cousins? Playing overseas. Buddy? He still suck.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Who left the Kings that we suddenly regret? Nobody. In the past decade, there’s not one player on the Kings that performed better once traded and/or release.

The only player that comes to mind within the last decade is IT with Boston. But where is he now? Unemployed. Cousins? Playing overseas. Buddy? He still suck.

Haliburton but nobody wanted to ship him so I guess he is exempt.

I do think we do tend to overvalue our players more than we hate them though.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Also goes without saying but Ham is a tool

It’s hilarious how he’s the “insider” but DLo is the one that breaks the news on that station.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Is D-Lo worth following? Only Kings sources I really pay attention to are Amick, CD, and D&M

He doesn’t break news often, but when he does, it’s big. The Monk signing in 2022, DeRozan signing this year and the Kings fielding Fox trade calls are things he broke first.

 

[dude12]

From what I’m hearing, John Collins was all but here in a deal. And according to CD on his show, even players were being told. Womp Womp

 

[Joshyjosh31]

From what I’m hearing, John Collins was all but here in a deal. And according to CD on his show, even players were being told. Womp Womp

Sure! The players don’t believe the fools in the front office they always “got a trade that happened but didn’t”

 

[Jdbraver137]

Sure! The players don’t believe the fools in the front office they always “got a trade that happened but didn’t”

Dude that’s every team.

 

[coolhandluke]

From what I’m hearing, John Collins was all but here in a deal. And according to CD on his show, even players were being told. Womp Womp

The players had no clue when Hali got traded but now they get scoops days before a deal goes down? At least make it sound believable.

 

[Tetsujin]

Feels like there are two different stories going on here:

1-Rich Paul wants Fox in San Antonio
2- the Sac media wants the Kings front office fired

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1884656043374080127

 

[Tetsujin]

I guess not having a presser after firing Mike Brown made a lot of people angry lol