Kings hire new assistant coach

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1427426714234220552

 

[EIM86]

We going all in on defense

Longardi, 46, has spent the last three seasons as a defensive coach on the Cleveland Cavaliers' staff. He was initially hired by former Cavs' head coach Tyronn Lue in 2016 when the team claimed their first championship in franchise history.

Before joining the Cavaliers, Longabardi held assistant coaching roles with the Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, and most notably the Boston Celtics, in which he and Lue served under head coach Doc Rivers and Tom Thibodeau from 2007 to 2013.

Longabardi was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Xaverian High School, a private Catholic school. He then went on to play basketball at Newberry College where he earned the nickname "Mr. Defense."

 

[kingsboi]

adding Christie and now Longardi there is no excuse to not play any defense for this team and if certain players don't want any part of it, then they should see the bench until otherwise

 

[Tetsujin]

If a Van Gundy/Thibodeau disciple, Doug Christie, and Davion Mitchell can't help this team improve at defense, maybe we really are cursed.

 

[EIM86]

If a Van Gundy/Thibodeau disciple, Doug Christie, and Davion Mitchell can't help this team improve at defense, maybe we really are cursed.

yeah I’ll cancel my season tickets if we don’t improve at least a noticeable amount. I’m asking for like 5 rankings above from last year would be good enough lol

 

[Woot!]

yeah I’ll cancel my season tickets if we don’t improve at least a noticeable amount. I’m asking for like 5 rankings above from last year would be good enough lol

Gonna improve more than that, EIM.

 

[EIM86]

Gonna improve more than that, EIM.

im ok with that!

 

[gilly420]

Nothing wrong with adding another defensive coach. Fox is someone that really needs to step up his defense, and I think he will. He should be elite

 

[LenPa]

Offense wins games, defense wins championships. Or at last, defense should help us to make the playoffs - would be fine enough.