Golden State wins title, so why can't the Kings?
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Hot taek.
Is this just an emotapost, or an actual question? Because if it's an actual question, the answer lies at the top. Ownership needs patience and a vision. So far, the vision has been "fail fast". "More jazz, less march."
Despite this, ownership had somehow bungled its way into two playoff-capable coaches, but couldn't get out of their own way. One of them seems to be doing well in Denver with a FO of familiar names.
So, maybe a lesson has been learned. Things appear to be a little more stable heading into this off-season. Will Vivek leave things be to let them marinate?
Is this just an emotapost, or an actual question? Because if it's an actual question, the answer lies at the top. Ownership needs patience and a vision. So far, the vision has been "fail fast". "More jazz, less march."
Despite this, ownership had somehow bungled its way into two playoff-capable coaches, but couldn't get out of their own way. One of them seems to be doing well in Denver with a FO of familiar names.
So, maybe a lesson has been learned. Things appear to be a little more stable heading into this off-season. Will Vivek leave things be to let them marinate?
The small town, no money excuse doesn’t fly and never has.
First off, SAC hasn’t been a “small town” in a long long time. It ain’t NY or LA or CHI but it is a top 20 media market and droves of SoCal and Bay Area folk have been defecting here for some time now.
Next, the org has built a top level team before. This millennium in fact, so we know it’s more than possible.
The problem has been ownership meddling in basketball operations and/or not hiring the right people the past 16 years which has resulted in consistent and persistent draft misses until very recently.
They remedy those problems and the winning ways can and will return.
First off, SAC hasn’t been a “small town” in a long long time. It ain’t NY or LA or CHI but it is a top 20 media market and droves of SoCal and Bay Area folk have been defecting here for some time now.
Next, the org has built a top level team before. This millennium in fact, so we know it’s more than possible.
The problem has been ownership meddling in basketball operations and/or not hiring the right people the past 16 years which has resulted in consistent and persistent draft misses until very recently.
They remedy those problems and the winning ways can and will return.
I think it's a bit of both. Free agents don't knock down the door to come here, even on an overpay most the time. Usually they'll take a pay cut to go or stay in a big market.
It's why the draft is so important to this franchise. There's really no other realistic ways to acquire a top player because they sure as hell aren't going to randomly sign here.
It's why the draft is so important to this franchise. There's really no other realistic ways to acquire a top player because they sure as hell aren't going to randomly sign here.
To be honest I wouldn't want to play here either if my only experience with Sacramento was flying into SMF or McClellan and going straight into Downtown, which right now looks like a set piece from the Fallout franchise. We need to figure out a way to start having teams fly into Reno, then drive through South Lake Tahoe, then through El Dorado Hills and Folsom, then into Sacramento. We may even want to rebrand to the Lake Tahoe Kings.
The Golden years, 8 year run put to rest the talk of how the market isn't big enough. It really all starts with the draft.
The Kings could've drafted Curry but took Tyreke Evans instead.
They could've drafted Klay but took the Jimmer instead or at least traded for him on draft day.
I could go on and on about how they've blown the draft. Thomas Robinson over Dame and so on. But it really starts there. Start hitting on draft picks and hold on to them. When one professes his love for the city then all the more reason to not trade him.
The Kings could've drafted Curry but took Tyreke Evans instead.
They could've drafted Klay but took the Jimmer instead or at least traded for him on draft day.
I could go on and on about how they've blown the draft. Thomas Robinson over Dame and so on. But it really starts there. Start hitting on draft picks and hold on to them. When one professes his love for the city then all the more reason to not trade him.
