SacTownKid
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Can and will are two different things. Ray is playing solid defense, just you can't see it because nobody else wants to play any.
Game 32: Sacramento Kings @ Boston Celtics - 12/31/14 - 10 am pst 1 pm est
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Can and will are two different things. Ray is playing solid defense, just you can't see it because nobody else wants to play any.
He's 24 years old, immature and just lost the one relationship he has apparently trusted in his career. Is this really that hard to understand?
He's done everything he could...right up until today. He finally snapped. I defy you or anyone else to be able to do the same.
It's so easy to point to DMC's ONE lapse and forget about how much he's tried to carry this team.
Be very careful, all of you so quick to want to blame DMC right now. We lose him, we lose this team ... at least as far as being anything we'd want to watch for the next decade or so.
Well, no, there is another way to put it. Unless, of course, you'd already made up your mind that Cousins hasn't matured, and will never mature, and you've just been waiting for 'the other shoe' to drop, this whole time.
Jason Jones @mr_jasonjones 5m5 minutes ago
All the talk of pace, jazz, trumpets etc, doesn't matter when a decision kills the morale of a team.
All the talk of pace, jazz, trumpets etc, doesn't matter when a decision kills the morale of a team.
Marcos Breton @MarcosBreton 54s54 seconds ago
If you're going to fire the coach, what's your plan? Bring your top player on board. Communicate with fans. Hasn't happened. #NBAKings
If you're going to fire the coach, what's your plan? Bring your top player on board. Communicate with fans. Hasn't happened. #NBAKings
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
That Cousins / Smart thing is going to get blown way out of proportion.
brickl2011 @brickl2011 19s20 seconds ago
@Vivek @Pdoro @SacramentoKings WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? You do NOT take away a team's leader midseason. Where's your people sense?
@Vivek @Pdoro @SacramentoKings WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? You do NOT take away a team's leader midseason. Where's your people sense?
I can't watch this garbage. AND I'm agreeing with Jones and Breton. A month ago I would have never believe either statement regarding the Kings.
That's the thing. Cuz HAS matured, but apparently that was all tied with Malone. There's no denying the vastly improved mentality over the past year and a half.
But when you're a franchise guy (and he is) and the team is going through an incredibly rough patch (which they are), we need him to step up and be the leader. Not going the other direction.
That's all im saying
Donovan Jeska @MagnEgo 2m2 minutes ago
Anyone criticizing Boogie's (admittedly excessive) reaction - look at the way Kings fans have been acting & tell me he's the immature one.
Anyone criticizing Boogie's (admittedly excessive) reaction - look at the way Kings fans have been acting & tell me he's the immature one.
SacTownKid
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rainmaker
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There's no excuse for Cuz there, has to keep his composure.
However, leadership starts at the top, first with the owner, then the FO/GM, followed by the coach who acts as a general leading his troops, then down to the players who lead the team. When there's a serious breakdown at the top, it funnels down to the players.
Leaders have a vision they build towards and when that vision is no longer there, you're basically attempting to lead through a thick fog with no plan to follow, destination unknown. That's a recipe for disaster.
However, leadership starts at the top, first with the owner, then the FO/GM, followed by the coach who acts as a general leading his troops, then down to the players who lead the team. When there's a serious breakdown at the top, it funnels down to the players.
Leaders have a vision they build towards and when that vision is no longer there, you're basically attempting to lead through a thick fog with no plan to follow, destination unknown. That's a recipe for disaster.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
Jason Jones speaks the most truth about the situation than anyone in our media
1: He is around the players alot
2: He isn't the kind of guy to kiss the FO's butt
1: He is around the players alot
2: He isn't the kind of guy to kiss the FO's butt
chief bromden
Starter
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the team suspends Cousins to really send him tumbling into his comfortable world of distrust.
Seriously...it's so damn easy to just say that these 2 guys just need to turn the page and lead. Well, apparently it's not that easy or else they would. These are the same 2 guys who were leading this team in the off-season, leading them in the early season before the firing and now that their coach was fired for being what? Successful? You don't think these guys take this personally? An apparent lack of communication on everything from the front office?!?!
So easy to sit and armchair manage and tell these guys to just flip the switch and lead...turn the page. SMDH.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
FWIW: This guy worked in PR for the Kings and was fired after Vivek & company took over. soo i think this says alot about the guys in charge.............
Devin Blankenship @Devin_Blankship 2m2 minutes ago
When you continually screw over decent people for no reason, it usually comes back to haunt you ... #notnamingnames #karma
Devin Blankenship @Devin_Blankship 2m2 minutes ago
When you continually screw over decent people for no reason, it usually comes back to haunt you ... #notnamingnames #karma
Throwing a guy to the floor is kind of a big deal. I wouldn't be surprised if the league office suspends him for tomorrow's game, actually.
KingsFanGER
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You are right. DMC has done alot for this team and was doing all he could after his illness. But today he was really bad. You can blame the refs for not calling multiple fouls, but if DMC calls out his teammates, he has to do a better job guarding his man. Sully did look like a star out there.
I'm seeing a lot of this on Twitter:
@Vivek @Pdoro @SacramentoKings Absolutely will not renew season tickets next year.
@Vivek @Pdoro @SacramentoKings Absolutely will not renew season tickets next year.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
That adds to the claim Napear made yesterday, which is that the anger and disbelief in what's going on is shared by many within the organization as well.
That's an enormous red flag. It's pee poor leadership when less than two years after taking over, many in your organization are unhappy with upper management.
And it'd actually be justified. Smart went for the hard-box out, which is quite understandable when you're trying to box out 6'11 270 pounds and you're 6'3 220 pounds.
So...to preserve our draft pick this year? Is that what he means?
Hope that draft pick is real valuable, because this team is going to see the biggest percentage drop in season ticketholders from one season to the next in NBA history at this rate.
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