Official! Joerger in as Kings head coach
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Blastoff
G-League
I figure it went down like this. (Assumptions: Joerger wanted to leave Memphis, and Memphis wanted him gone too... and Vlade knew it)
1. (Mem) "Vlade, we want some picks as compensation for giving you our awesome coach."
2. (Vlade) "I have no picks for you, I can trade you carton of cigarette, nothing more."
2b. (Vlade) "I hear you no like him anyways. No matter, we'll just hire Del Negro."
3. (Mem) "Uncle! We'll fire him tomorrow."
4. (Vlade) "I'll still send you cigarette for your troubles"
(In the background)
5. (Vlade) "Peja! Disco music louder please!"
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KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Don't worry, neither does she.
Kingsgurl
Starter
She meant PhatWhat is so fat about DeMarcus?? I don't know what Aileen is talking about.
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KingMilz
Guest
Dave has a face of a 15 year old and a body of well the age he's at now.....What is so fat about DeMarcus?? I don't know what Aileen is talking about.
KingsFanGER
Starter
What is so fat about DeMarcus?? I don't know what Aileen is talking about.
Maybe she believes, that professional athletes should have a body fat percantage of below 10%. I'm not a professional trainer or nutrition expert, but I know how difficult it is to maintain a very low body fat percentage and how stressful it is for the body and the mind. Basketball is a sport where the body needs to get through a 82 game long grind. It's not a sport with scheduled short events (track running) or with weigh ins (powerlifting), where you train to peak at a certain date. And unlike in football (scoccer) a little bit of extra weight to throw around can actually be beneficial in basketball especially for big man that want to carve out space in the paint.
This whole “debate“ about Cousins lack of shape is somewhat shallow and biased from my point of view.
He was able to play in an uptempo system while dealing with a lingering foot injury , but a sports writer still questions his work ethic, comitment and shape all the time, while sitting behind her desk.
From a non local, european point of view it's stunning how a professional writer just can't get out of their personal agenda and feud with the biggest sports star of your town.
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KingMilz
Guest
Fedor Emelinenko says no to this
KingsFanGER
Starter
Uhh guys in ugly uniforms hitting a small ball with a bat. Is this even a sport to begin with....
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Let me guess, because yesterday I almost wrote a mockup of what she was going to say, but again, time:
-- new sheriff in town, organization returning to sanity where the coach is allowed to coach, and the players say thankyou sir, may I have another
-- clear now Vlade setting up strong structure that does not need Cousins
-- all in or out
-- coach going to demand accountability, will not tolerate anymore laziness
-- can play at a pace slow enough for his out of shape center, but smart enough not to
-- coach and GM praise Kings of old, wil be no place for malcontent ball stopper
-- firing shots throughout a telling news conference
-- when Cousins petulantly rebels against this coach, which he will, he will be gone
John Galt
Starter
Worse/stupider than you could guess.
She actually accused Vlade of abruptly caving to an arm-twisting by Vivek, and abandoning his deliberate search under Vivek's pressure to hire the most 'player friendly' candidate out there. Swear to God can't make this up.
Oh yeah, she mentioned that DeMarcus is fat too... of course.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Having now glanced through it, it was actually tame by her standards. She got in the normal trite lines about out of shape, malcontent etc., but seemed almost pensive and concerned that Vlade passed up the opportunity to hire a hardass who would whip that Boogie into shape and make him like it. or maybe having lost Karl she was just unwilling to completely alienate Joerger on Day 1.
ockingsfan
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Telemachus
Starter
You are actually giving her too much credit. Her entire article would make even the national media scratch their heads.
ockingsfan
Starter
It's almost like her Editor tells her, "Okay, I know that the Kings did something GOOD today, BUT we need to sell newspapers and GOOD does not sell newspapers. Do your magic Aileen!!!"
Aileen: "I am two steps ahead of you, chief! You are going to love my next article!"
Editor: "Great Job, Aileen!"
Dime Dropper
All-Star
She is a waste of space, a hack. It must eat away at her that everybody dismisses her before they even read the drivel that she writes. Honestly I wish there was an ignore function for the mere mention of her.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
She's not even that good.
At least a filter of some kind that changes her name to something more befitting.
The "DeMarcus is fat" obsession is one of the weirdest things I've seen a journalist attach on to. She's welcome to her mostly wrong opinion, but I have no idea how she can continuously call him fat and out of shape the past 2 seasons if she's watched more than 15 minutes of Kings games
The Cousins will get fat angle was around him during his draft year, but had mostly died until Aileen brought it back. Probably comes a bit from Karl. Chuck brought it up too and got roasted for it.
There's a difference between being out of shape and being a naturally bigger guy. He will never be Anthony Davis lean or Dwight Howard lean. Doesn't mean he's out of shape. He doesn't take summers off, in other words.
There's a difference between being out of shape and being a naturally bigger guy. He will never be Anthony Davis lean or Dwight Howard lean. Doesn't mean he's out of shape. He doesn't take summers off, in other words.
IfAt1st
Starter
DJ was on the Jim Rome show: http://www.nba.com/kings/blog/dave-joerger-appears-jim-rome-show
Says last few days have been a whirlwind of excitement, through the gamut of emotions, etc.
It all happened very fast.
Says he is a minor league guy, and he saw the passion in those communities and sees the same in Sacramento.
Rome is a friend of Musselman? Muss came up through the minors and smaller towns also?
Reiterated this was all Vlade's hire, strong front office now, etc.
Demarcus coming in from LA for the conference wasn't set up - he came in all on his own.
blah blah blah - a pretty boring interview actually.
A lot of the same stuff he said on The Drive this morning.
Says last few days have been a whirlwind of excitement, through the gamut of emotions, etc.
It all happened very fast.
Says he is a minor league guy, and he saw the passion in those communities and sees the same in Sacramento.
Rome is a friend of Musselman? Muss came up through the minors and smaller towns also?
Reiterated this was all Vlade's hire, strong front office now, etc.
Demarcus coming in from LA for the conference wasn't set up - he came in all on his own.
blah blah blah - a pretty boring interview actually.
A lot of the same stuff he said on The Drive this morning.
KingsFanGER
Starter
She mentioned Cousins should lose 20 to 30 pounds during this offseason. For am athlete, that doesn't have much bodyfat to begin with this is a comical high number. Cousins losing that much weight would simply mean he would come into the season weak as ****.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
You take that back!
J. Jonah Jameson aside from his anti-Spidey bias is a great journalist/former mayor of New York.
Aileen without her Boogie bias is still a hack journalist who once openly admitted to not actually taking notes and making up quotes.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
She is absurd. I presume she is picking 20-30 pounds as that would be a good weight for the average 6'10" guy. The problem is that Boogie is not average in his body structure. I have seen him jump in the air in happiness and he looks frightening in size and agility. GOOD!!!!
k_dubb90
Bench
The broken English is on point lol
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
30 lbs is crazy. But 10 lbs wouldn't hurt if Boogie wants to continue to use a lot of his dribble drive moves. He's had foot problems this season already and that is a killer for big men (ie Yao and recently Marc Gasol). 10lbs leaner will give him more stamina to finish games and puts a lot less stress on his feet and joints.
She's been banging that drum since before he was drafted. She's the one that asked about his body fat percentage when he was in town for his pre-draft workout. Didn't she ask him to lift up his shirt too?
Well, to be fair, it's not like Boogie has rippling muscles like Peja.
