George Karl Introductory Press Conference live stream at 2
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Kingfanpaul
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Nice. Can't wait to listen to this and see what else Karl has to say.
Thanks for posting the link.
Thanks for posting the link.
parker
Bench
And he really didn't answer it, although you've got to give him a little credit because he said he indicated that it didn't play out the way he thought it would and he highlighted that he is inexperienced.
What didn't make sense in his answer is that he and his staff thought that Karl would be the best candidate for the position in the offseason, so why didn't they hire him immediately. He's getting a follow-up now on this.
PDA: "I put Ty in an impossible situation" and "you have to acknowledge what you did was wrong." "At the time I didn't recognize that."
Seems like a reasonable, thoughtful answer considering the follow-up.
SCKingsfan
Bench
did PDA just apologize? wow. A watershed moment...
whozit
Starter
Sure sounded like it. Humble pie can work wonders, hopefully it does. I liked his answer. Time will tell on the sincerity.
Never let it be stated that D'Alessandro doesn't have the gift of understatement.
Iced Espresso
Starter
Thanks man, had no idea it was happening today.
Wow. Said he's sticking to the ast coaches already here.
Somewhere in the beginning of the presser, he gave out a lot of names that he liked
Iced Espresso
Starter
If you were at the 96 playoff game, there is nothing that properly describes it. All those bad years, everything was let go. Is my best basketball memory, just the fans before the game even started.
There is a significantly greater than zero percent chance that most of the guys he'd want on his staff are currently otherwise engaged.
parker
Bench
I think those were names of people from his coaching tree. He said in this stage of his career he values coaching coaches.
He said that he wouldn't think about assembling a staff until the offseason, but for now would keep most of the current staff intact.
AaronPDX
Bench
Wait until the offseason when who he wants is available. Personally, I'd really like to see Gary Payton brought on in some capacity.
Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready for some games again!
fansinceday1
Starter
1st time I've been excited about kings basketball since they started out 9-5.
It's gonna be a long haul to respectability but as of today, MAYBE we're finally headed in the right direction?
It's gonna be a long haul to respectability but as of today, MAYBE we're finally headed in the right direction?
bajaden
Hall of Famer
Karl was impressive. I like his answer to the last question when a reporter asked if he was going to have a sit down discussion with Cousins when he got back. He laughed and said, I'm going to have a lot of sit down discussions with Cousins. I''ll probably have 20 discussions with him in the next 20 days. He may not like a lot of them though. He said earlier in the presser that Gary Payton hated him when he was coaching him, but that now their best friends. I got the impression when talking about his staff, that basically he was going to see what he could glean from the current staff and see if he could mold them into the type of staff he wants. I don't think it was any kind of guarantee that any of them would survive past this season.
He said his main goal this season was to get the team reconnected and get them out of the basketball hell they've been going through. He implied that the most important basketball court is the practice court and that he couldn't wait to get the team on it and start working. He also let it be known, that he's going to be very demanding the rest of this year, and the first 7 or so practices will border on making the players hate him. He said he has his own ideas about how the team should play, and they'll find out that he's very stubborn about them. He sort of implied that he's open to ideas, but that there are certain things that aren't negotiable. I paraphrase of course.
He praised Cousins ability as a basketball player, and said that too many people are caught up in the idea that Cousins is a big 270 pound center. He said he looks at Cousins a a basketball player who might be the best passer on the team. He said that people want Cousins to be a Quote/Unquote, rim protector. But said that when Cousins is on the court, the team is a pretty good defensive team, and that when he's not on the court, the team is a pretty bad defensive team. He suspects that Cousins has something to do with that. He also talked about his last bout with cancer, and also about all the attention he got on Twitter and other social media outlets. All in all, he's a pretty impressive guy, who is also entertaining. I'm looking forward to our next game now. Something I wouldn't have said a couple of weeks ago.
He said his main goal this season was to get the team reconnected and get them out of the basketball hell they've been going through. He implied that the most important basketball court is the practice court and that he couldn't wait to get the team on it and start working. He also let it be known, that he's going to be very demanding the rest of this year, and the first 7 or so practices will border on making the players hate him. He said he has his own ideas about how the team should play, and they'll find out that he's very stubborn about them. He sort of implied that he's open to ideas, but that there are certain things that aren't negotiable. I paraphrase of course.
He praised Cousins ability as a basketball player, and said that too many people are caught up in the idea that Cousins is a big 270 pound center. He said he looks at Cousins a a basketball player who might be the best passer on the team. He said that people want Cousins to be a Quote/Unquote, rim protector. But said that when Cousins is on the court, the team is a pretty good defensive team, and that when he's not on the court, the team is a pretty bad defensive team. He suspects that Cousins has something to do with that. He also talked about his last bout with cancer, and also about all the attention he got on Twitter and other social media outlets. All in all, he's a pretty impressive guy, who is also entertaining. I'm looking forward to our next game now. Something I wouldn't have said a couple of weeks ago.
The Hammer
All-Star
I do too. It's really weird. He just comes off as incredibly patronizing and insincere. It's very strange.
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