Everyone needs to sit through and listen to the entire 90 minutes (minus the first few).
They go over so many aspects of the last 2 years, it's vital info.
Here's the most important parts I heard:
* It's been ugly and unfortunate for the many people who lost their jobs.
* (Trading Tyreke for Grevious Vasquez) was the beginning of the crusade against Isaiah Thomas by PDA, because IT was kicking Grevious ass up and down the court every day in practice.
* Luc Bhah a Moute was known in NBA circles as not wanting to play, just wanted to cash a paycheck and wear expensive suits?!
* PDA had no answer last summer when asked "Are you going to pick up some 3pt shooters this summer, since you need them so badly, having given up your best 4?" He didn't seem to understand the need.
* Word from Reno : "Royce White's not a good basketball player." He's not a real NBA player - he's a fictional player.
Malone was like "I want to win games." They were like "No, we're going to keep waiving players and not give you anybody you can win with."
* With a PDA FO, you get this - They're so wired into the major media channels, that the narrative that's being pushed is whatever they want the public to perceive.
* Shareef - Have you ever heard about what happened to him, any press release, etc? He was unceremoniously shown the door, like so many others (Malone, Corbin).
We see what goes on with this FO - they say things like "We love him. Love his family, he's a great guy, etc." yet they actually hate him.
* Then we get to IT being shown the door. This is a guy who shows up at city council meetings, who was one of the few honest people in the room - one of the good guys.
IT was a Mike Malone guy - He was his floor general. They got rid of IT partially because of their fighting with Malone.
Ham went to every single player in the lockerroom and asked them if IT was a bad guy, and everyone said to a man "He's a quiet guy off the court - everyone liked him, never caused waves."
* The leaks etc was all just the FO's Exit Strategy - PR moves to start spoiling the barrel, to allow the fanbase to distance themselves from a player that may be moved soon.
(My note - this is why we all need to be very aware when the FO starts throwing damaging words out there about a player we think the Kings should keep - don't buy the lies so easily!)
* When you can sit with fans and tell bald-faced lies - wow! That's pretty rare in the league - you don't see that very often to this level.
* Kurt Rambis was brought in and interviewed to be the lead assistant, and Mike Malone did not know! They only buckled because it was part of Malone's contract that he chooses his staff. He says it's Ty Corbin, they say well, he has to coach Summer League.
Ty Corbin wasn't under contract even after the 3rd day of Summer League!? They literally sat there in response to that question and said, "Yeah, we need to get around to inking that contract with Ty." Unbelievable!
They didn't sign Omri until later in the season just to pro-rate the days his below-minimum contract would accrue?!
* So everyone knows - Malone was not insubordinate.
PDA and Malone had no working relationship. PDA had already made his approach clear by taking away all of his players, choosing his coaches for him, etc.
* Who actually pulled the trigger on Malone's firing?
PDA felt his job was on the line, and with Vivek being a demanding boss, PDA and Mullin went after Malone to protect themselves.
* Nobody went to Vivek and said "Look, Malone has the respect of everyone in the lockerroom, and if you get rid of him, they will be crushed. It will not work." Nobody in the FO understood that. Nobody got it.
* Why didn't they immediately hire Karl?
Because Vivek was convinced that Corbin could succeed as a coach. He also didn't want to pay since he thought Ty could coach the team to wins. Pete vs Vivek vs Mullin ("I'm not sticking around if Karl's the coach").
* Big name minority owners are looking to sell their shares in the team because of what was going on!
* PDA actually apologized about bringing DMC's name (and throwing it into the mud) into the whole coaching decision fiasco in an aside during Karl's signing (which Vivek and Mullin didn't even show up for).
* Someone was trying to negotiate with Karl about salary by using Demarcus f-ing Cousins' name and reputation, your franchise player?! Really?!
(Earlier on in the podcast, I had written "They stopped talking about what they were going to say about Demarcus' reaction and question about hiring Karl! The media KNOWS the exact situation with Karl and Demarcus, but are afraid to say it." but maybe this is where they discussed some of it - I still think there's a lot more they know here they aren't telling)
* You don't know how many players in the league have talked with them about the dysfunction in the Kings. How they treat their personnel. Noone knows who's making the decisions with the Kings.
* They imply that Stauskas was not Vivek's pick - it was PDA's. You hear it was Vivek's because media people are going to soon have their leak source dried up, and won't like it so they'll make up things about the owner.
* 3 weeks from the end of the season, we all knew PDA was being ready to be given his walking papers. Then we hear he will be retained as a contracts guy, providing help, etc.
Now, he will be leaving to join his crony at St. John's?
* Amick Aaron Bruski actually implored media people to stop carrying PDA's water with destructive leaks and sloppy narratives, just because you like your leaks and info. It's not worth it. It's time to turn the page and let him go.
* 90 to 95% of the information that has come out of the Kings organization the past 2 years is complete BS. Complete fabrications that we knew without a doubt was false.
They lie to reporter's faces, and it's not fun, it's incredibly frustrating.
And we as media members likely only know 15% of the atrocities this organization committed - they can only imagine how bad it was to actually live through it personally.
* Hold your media accountable. Demand more of your media. (He's implying that they know more than they are reporting on, and allowing the FO distort the truth way too much. This info is not that hard to uncover.)
They actually threw down a gauntlet, pointing out that however this podcast is retweeted and reported on will let you know what side and loyalties that person falls on.
Jeremy Smith@JTGuapo
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