Official PDA live radio thread
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In addition you can tweet @amiller kings co-owner, @lesliempr Viveks PR lady, even the @SacramentoKings directly. A hashtag along the lines of #FirePDA or #FirePete should be considered.
Damn I hate being right.
You will; recall I have been casting aspersions about this move being made to feature Derrick Williams and friends for a while now. And you could interpret half of our moves in that light.
My only lingering uncertainty is how/why guys like Reggie Evans and Ryan Hollins ended up on the roster. But Reggie could have just been a throw in when the real target was the erstwhile "Jet". And wonder if PDA just reluctantly giving Malone bottom of the barrel fillers for Malone's style and saving the splashy attempts for his own.
You will; recall I have been casting aspersions about this move being made to feature Derrick Williams and friends for a while now. And you could interpret half of our moves in that light.
My only lingering uncertainty is how/why guys like Reggie Evans and Ryan Hollins ended up on the roster. But Reggie could have just been a throw in when the real target was the erstwhile "Jet". And wonder if PDA just reluctantly giving Malone bottom of the barrel fillers for Malone's style and saving the splashy attempts for his own.
True. But honestly it isn't even just Gay and Cousins. Jason Thompson is a post defender and rebounder. I know D'Alessandro has been trying to trade him (and I'm guessing that was a point of contention between he and Malone) but he's the starting PF and not suited for transition unless he's playing center really. Landry is not only not a transition guy, he's not a passer. He's on the squad for two more seasons after this one (and PDA signed him) and not suited for that kind of game.
Even McLemore and Collison aren't ideal for run-and-gun. DC can absolutely push the pace and attack the basket but he's a poor 3pt shooter considering our GM said he wants more treys attempted and it's part of creating spacing on breaks to drift to the 3point line. And with Ben, he's finally showing himself to be a potentially very good 3 and D guy who CAN elevate and score on fast breaks. But I don't want him attacking in the open court with the ball in his hands - he's too shaky with his handle and decision making. Stauskas has both of those things but right now can't finish at all and still doesn't have confidence in his shot. Reggie Evans? Not a fast break machine. Ray McCallum? Nope. Omri Casspi definitely attacks the basket and goes end to end and DWill probably is best in transition but are you really looking to build an offense that features two backup SFs only signed through this year?
After the broadcast someone asked about Malone establishing an identity and the Kings now back to looking like last year and the year before and the year before. And Pete's answer was essentially, "I love that Mike established that identity. And we'll get back to it, but we want to add much improved offense on top of that". Wow. My guess is we get neither. And at this point I don't expect us to improve on last year's 28 wins despite the hot start.
Even McLemore and Collison aren't ideal for run-and-gun. DC can absolutely push the pace and attack the basket but he's a poor 3pt shooter considering our GM said he wants more treys attempted and it's part of creating spacing on breaks to drift to the 3point line. And with Ben, he's finally showing himself to be a potentially very good 3 and D guy who CAN elevate and score on fast breaks. But I don't want him attacking in the open court with the ball in his hands - he's too shaky with his handle and decision making. Stauskas has both of those things but right now can't finish at all and still doesn't have confidence in his shot. Reggie Evans? Not a fast break machine. Ray McCallum? Nope. Omri Casspi definitely attacks the basket and goes end to end and DWill probably is best in transition but are you really looking to build an offense that features two backup SFs only signed through this year?
After the broadcast someone asked about Malone establishing an identity and the Kings now back to looking like last year and the year before and the year before. And Pete's answer was essentially, "I love that Mike established that identity. And we'll get back to it, but we want to add much improved offense on top of that". Wow. My guess is we get neither. And at this point I don't expect us to improve on last year's 28 wins despite the hot start.
Well said. Petey is a rookie GM, knows very little (obviously) about hardcore NBA on the floor basketball execution, strategy, patience, to win at that level. Even admitted this monumental PR disaster he's created. Most consistent narrative in entire stinking interview was always on the defensive, I have 17 yrs in the biz, I'm not an idiot, and all the other CYA. Little slimy weasel is a numbers wiz pointy head and so-called steps ahead chess master. Apparently, he gets some basketball acumen from shooting hoops with his little daughter on their driveway. Incompetent Petey has to go!
And you'll recall that I told you that it didn't matter how snarky or pointed the question was that D'Alessandro would spin it. I expected that. What I didn't expect was for him to not even ANSWER the questions. If you can stomach it, listen to the stream again. His answers were totally off topic from what was actually asked. When asked about Malone's firing and the team playing worse he acted as if people were attacking Corbin when no one did. It was bizarre. At least spin the answer to the question that was asked.
I was already very pessimistic about this season and the future of the Kings under PDA's management. Somehow I feel much worse now.
I was already very pessimistic about this season and the future of the Kings under PDA's management. Somehow I feel much worse now.
Hopefully lesson learned by Vivek, NEVER hire a head coach before you hire a GM. My Felling is that PDA was never a fan of Malone and was always planning to fire Malone since day #1 on the job and he know he could not fire him in his first season or the offseason, but he needed some type of downturn to get rid of Malone and he thought he found it, but he underestimated the Kings fans and media reaction.
The thing is, the more bothersome thing, is not PDA being incompetent. I tagged him with the word Gerbil right out of the box because this guy was an utter nobody, a number cruncher living in Denver's basement as a #3 or #4 guy in their front office before Vivek dug him up. Anything dumb or inexperienced he does is almost expected. But here's the problem: GMs can't fire coaches without their owner's approval. We can say oh don't hire a coach before your GM, but then again..why not? All Vivek had to do was be smart enough to tell PDA, no, sorry, he's our coach, and none of this happens. It takes two separate weak or ignorant parties to allow something dumb like this to happen. Might even be why the national response has been so aghast. You get conflicts all the time in the NBA, but normally there is some adult around who understands what you do and do not do. We didn't have one.
