Malone discussion (merged)

[KingMilz]

I hope you realized those 3 are an awesome 3 and can match-up pound for pound with any other big three in this league.

We won against Portland/Clippers/Spurs/Suns and Bulls because roster-wise we can match them pound for pound. The only reason we would lose against those teams is because they are more experienced and they are well-coached.

So we can never win with those 3 cause of being well coached? Is that what your saying? Only because "pound for pound" we match up well with them?

I'm not really following what your trying to say

 

[kingsboi]

People here need to stop blaming Malone for this...considering what he has to work with, he has done a fairly decent job. We have players that belong on the end of the bench playing as our bench players. This is probably the worst shooting team in the league so they can pack the paint and dare Sacramento to beat them outside. While Malone doesn't have the best offensive system, that's not what he is...I'm sure Vivek and Pete knew what his number one philosophy was and unfortunately have not provided him with players that have the same mindset.

 

[dude12]

True, but in a lot of those wins and losses one can clearly see the consistently terrible coaching with regards to match-ups, substitution patterns, and instituting the needed in-game adjustments. And like you said we could have been easily 11-3, but again we weren't, and I put the blame on Malone's poor coaching as evident on those games we lose.

Just review the posts of kingsfans who watched those games and clearly it was poor coaching that brought us here.

Again, the roster is not this bad. Maybe Sessions/Stauskas were consistently bad, but it was Malone's fault that he continued to insists using them in crucial times of the game. We should have won against a lot of bottom dweller teams with or without Cousins. We deserve to win at least 5 of those winnable games that slipped in our hands.

What kind of an NBA coach would give the ball in the hands of an under-performing rookie (Stauskas) on a crucial moment to win a game?

I cannot remember any NBA coach who had done that kind of embarrassing blunder, not even the dumb Keith Smart or Westphall.

That alone should tell you our coach is so dumb.

I reject all your points in this post.... Cousins loves Malone. Cousins is not dumb. He supports Malone.....that trumps everything.

 

[Section 101]

You're wrong. He was at the last game.

I wasn't at the Pistons game, but I didnt see him on the bench the previous games.
Update:

Just saw this.

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 6m6 minutes ago
Assistant Coach Ty Corbin had recent tore Achillies tendon, he will have stitches removed soon. Hasn't been able to be on bench w/ crutches

 

[Chicken Chaser]

I remember the days when word was that Coach Malone could be Coach of the Year this year. Then Cousins had viral meningitis. Sigh.

 

[dvirc218]

My heart goes out to you Michael Malone. I'm sorry you got fired by a crapty, unbasketball, unrealistic decision!

 

[Chubbs]

I wasn't at the Pistons game, but I didnt see him on the bench the previous games.
Update:

Just saw this.

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 6m6 minutes ago
Assistant Coach Ty Corbin had recent tore Achillies tendon, he will have stitches removed soon. Hasn't been able to be on bench w/ crutches

He was BEHIND the bench, thus what I said about there being a guy in wait behind the bench.

Who is now coach btw.

You may be right. Ty Corbin is just sitting on the bench one row behind him waiting.

Maybe it's the right move. What's going on sure isn't working. It really depends how great a roster Vivek and PDA think they gave malone. I think we know they think they've done a good job. And Malone is the outsider in that love fest. Personally, I don't blame the coach entirely, but I'd bet you Vivek and PDA do.

You really may be right. Malone may not last till the all star break. Those quotes are from a defeated man who sees the writing on the wall.

Him and harbaugh can hang out. Harbaugh may be fired at halftime today.

I've gotta admit, my best instincts do blame Malone to a certain extent. Trolls (problem now solved) have me defending the 100% Malone's fault position on the basis that nothing is ever 100%. But, it's at least 50-75%. And that might be just too much for Vivek and his crony to take much longer.

I agree the talent is equally a problem. There's a large drop off between rudy and the next guy. There's a few that can fill that role on any given night. But most nights, it's going to be a struggle. But there's enough talent there to beat the Pistons, lakers, and magic. It's just sloppy ugly disorganized basketball. That IS on the coach to a certain extent.

The "judging on wins and losses" line? I believe that was directed at Malone.

Yep, he's in trouble and knows it. Those quotes were illuminating.

Ahem.

Cap'n called it.

 

[Heuge]

Apparently, I don't know what a good coach is.

 

[CruzDude]

WOW! Interesting timing with Cuz out. Have been wondering for past cole of weeks, with and without Cuz, whats going on with team and coach with mysterious rotations, odd player usage, wierd substitutions, and such. Will need awhile to absorb real impact.

 

[SacramentoKings]

Well now we see that the organization was thinking the same thing OP was about Malone.