Malone fired
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Or the fact that besides one trip to the WCF, his playoff record in Denver was 11-32.
Bosnian Diehard
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Would you guys like the idea of DC/BMac/Gay/Smith/Boogie with George Karl?
I've loved Vivek's heart for Sacramento, but I HATE his basketball decisions. I think he should just focus on our new arena and getting his daughter more gigs..
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Well, looking at who he had to coach in Denver, those 11 wins are quite the accomplishment
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KingMilz
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Yeah but the fact is he never had the personal to do anything in the playoffs and he was going up against the Lakers and Spurs at full force a lot of the time.
No one should have been on the ****ing Hot seat!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what's so unbelievably stupid. Malone's not perfect. PDA's not perfect. This team's not perfect. But hell, we played quality basketball against quality opponents in November and came out 9-5. Very easily could have been 11-3, 12-2 if we didn't choke games away due to us being a young team. But guess what? Long-term, those losses don't matter because teams need to learn how to win.
That's what's so unbelievably stupid. Malone's not perfect. PDA's not perfect. This team's not perfect. But hell, we played quality basketball against quality opponents in November and came out 9-5. Very easily could have been 11-3, 12-2 if we didn't choke games away due to us being a young team. But guess what? Long-term, those losses don't matter because teams need to learn how to win.
Well it still features weak outside shooting and poor defense plus whatever bench strength we'd lose in acquiring Smith so why not?
Chubbs
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"Playoff record?" What's that?
randymoss1881
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That team is loaded 3 deep at every position gall/Iggy were great in those years. Let's see him do that with the crap we have.
Bosnian Diehard
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That's 11 more Playoff wins than we have had for the last nine years.
How the heck is that on Karl? His rosters significantly over-acheived and he had a highly flawed #1 option who continues to be unable to play with a 2nd star.
The bigger issue would be how much would Karl have left in the tank? If he even wanted to come back to coaching?
They had better teams over that same period too. Listen, I don't hate Karl and I think he played the hands he was dealt. I just don't think you make this move from a young, highly liked coach just to be able to get someone like Karl. Unless that is, you are so obsessed with small ball that you have to pursue that avenue at all costs.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
The writing was definitely on the wall if you listen to Pete's interview with Carmichael Dave from Friday
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The thing that worries me is the possibility of this not being the case. I can bite my tongue and be more forgiving of the front office if it turns out they had an agreement with George Karl. If it turns out they fired Malone simply due to his offense not beign fast enough and with no solutions prepared, I cannot.
Iced Espresso
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Was hoping someone can confirm
Dec 15th we can trade players or for players signed in the off season correct?
If that's the case expect a trade tomorrow, and the Kings looking for a different philosophy.
Dec 15th we can trade players or for players signed in the off season correct?
If that's the case expect a trade tomorrow, and the Kings looking for a different philosophy.
Bosnian Diehard
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I definitely agree that Malone never should have been fired in the diest place. But I am just talking about future options.
Barf.
theclash4u5
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1 2 3 MIKE ROCKS!!!
HereWeBoogie
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KingMilz
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Was this why we were playing Derrick Williams more I know they wanted him to play the 4 with Rudy Gay at the 3 for a long time. He fits the small ball uptempo fastbreak dunks thing.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
If Mike D'antoni becomes the next head coach, I will not only quit watching sports, I will become an active anti-sports crusader.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
Not long ago, things were looking so happy around here
Chubbs
Starter
Well now we know why Casspi wasn't playing.
PDA/Vivek traded for Derrick Williams. Sources cited lack of player development. Derrick Williams comes to mind.
Yeah, we played Williams so we'd lose and we could blame it on Malone.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Except he's literally more Malone that Malone was. If Michael Malone was 100% Mike Malone, then Jeff Van Gundy is 200% Mike Malone. No one can ever accuse his teams of being "fast-paced and exciting"
