As a fan I was infuriated by the firing of Malone, the hiring of Corbin, the firing of Corbin, the hiring of Karl and then the rumors of firing Karl. I can only imagine how much more upset I'd be if I actually owned a share of the team and was on the hook for the costs (or at the very least the lack of profits) those decisions did (or might in the case of potentially firing Karl) generated.
The minority owners had every reason to be angry. NOTHING positive was coming out about the Kings last year. Front office dysfunction. A GM who clearly didn't even understand the roster he put together. A meddling owner. An unhappy all-star center. A historically awful bench. Behind the scenes power struggles and blame games. Yet another disappointing top 10 pick. Yet another sub 30 win season.
I'd be livid about Vivek's management of the team up until the end of last season. He'd spent much more money and had no more success than the last years of the Maloofs when they were actively trying to move the team and cut costs at the expense of actually winning games. Personally I wished that Burkle and Mastrov had bought the team. I didn't see how anyone could be this disastrous as an owner unless they were trying to torpedo the team. I was getting to the point where I was almost waiting for them to trade Cousins before I checked out as a Kings fan for a while.
But just like me I'm guessing the minority owners are feeling much better about things now. Because while Vivek has certainly done some positive things on the business side of the Kings (the new arena looks to be fantastic, much better marketing efforts etc) the reality is that in my mind he's made exactly two good basketball moves. Resigning Cousins and hiring Vlade.
So I would agree that Lowe's piece is outdated junk IF (and only if) Vivek continues to let Vlade handle the basketball side of things moving forward.
