[Game] Kings v. Magic - 3/11/16 - 7 PT, 10 ET

[kingsboi]

Will the Kings ever not suck?

Seriously. ....

Ever?

In our lifetime? I wouldn't bank on it to be honest. Some franchises can be irrelevant for so long that it's not even funny anymore.

 

[Bricklayer]

I thought we were gonna look for a new GM, or should I use the proper term, a "helper" for vlade?

in all liklihood, a cap specialist/gerbil.

Capt. Fact. should get his resume in.

 

[206Fan]

I want Fournier on this team next year. He's a stud imo. You make your starting ball handler and he's going to do special things with the ball.

 

[Merdiesel]

I love this team but I'm done for a while. I'll be checking out till next season. Skipping lottery night because I know we'll be handing over the 1st pick to Philly. I can just feel it. Here's hoping we get a coach in here with a ****ing pulse. Night guys.

 

[Livinthedream]

I can't stand the raiders but I have to point to what they did. They blew the entire thing up. Fired everyone, except the owner. Actually, Al died so the owner changed to. Along with all that, the team admitted that what they had been doing the past decade wasn't working. It was a change of philosophy.

Take a look at the raiders now. It's taken 4 years but they are up and coming.

I was just thinking about this earlier. From the beginning I was hoping we would build a team when new ownership came in. We wasted 3 years trying to buy an 8th seed. This whole playoffs at all costs was bound to blow up in our face. Going all in to win a title is one thing. All in for an 8th seed is mismanagement.

I hope that a new coach makes a difference. But my gut tells me that the problems run very deep and we may have to start over from scratch.

 

[Boogie_Fever]

I love this team but I'm done for a while. I'll be checking out till next season. Skipping lottery night because I know we'll be handing over the 1st pick to Philly. I can just feel it. Here's hoping we get a coach in here with a ****ing pulse. Night guys.

I'm ok with that if they had 2nd pick or even the 3rd pick. That means we get a shot at Simmons, Ingram, Dunn or Brown. I'm fine with that.

 

[Entity]

Well that first rounder that has loomed over our heads for 3 years is now going to be a second rounder next year. So that's a positive right?

 

[hrdboild]

I was just thinking about this earlier. From the beginning I was hoping we would build a team when new ownership came in. We wasted 3 years trying to buy an 8th seed. This whole playoffs at all costs was bound to blow up in our face. Going all in to win a title is one thing. All in for an 8th seed is mismanagement.

This is basically what most new owners do though isn't it? They want immediate results regardless of long-term viability and that almost always means a low playoff seed at best.

And Vivek deciding that year 2 of a top to bottom rebuild around DeMarcus was an appropriate time to start demanding wins is classic new owner hubris. You could see the gears turning -- "okay I did the patient thing for a year but this is supposed to be fun, let's get on with it". The coach he personally hired was suddenly unworthy of the job and had to be replaced with a Hall of Famer who pushes the pace. The rookie he handpicked wasn't developing quickly enough so he was dumped for cap space. We traded more draft picks to free up enough cash to sign enough veteran talent to propel us into a low playoff seed. Only that move backfired, the coach clashed with everybody sending our franchise player into a tailspin and we're not even going to get an 8 seed out of it.

Golden State and OKC are rare success stories built on patience and great talent evaluation but look at New Orleans, Milwaukee, and Washington spinning their wheels and getting nowhere. Ballmer's Clippers made a stab at contention this year with Paul Pierce, Lance Stephenson, and Josh Smith and that blew up in their faces before the All-Star break. No one takes them seriously as a contender right now. Sadly the quick overreach and collapse is the common path for new owners and we've just got to put up with it until they learn the ropes or get bored enough to move on.