Potential Free Agent/Trade/Sign Tracker, '25-'26 Season

[SacTownKid]

I have not been shy about showing off my anti-LaVine bias just as others have not been shy about showing off their anti-Fox bias. I also left out the part where Doug Christie was supposed to elevate this team over Mike Brown who, despite winning two Coach of the Year awards, is evidently too mid for Sacramento fans. How's that working out?

The thing is though this dumpster fire started burning under Browns watch. Much like Doug pulled the pride stuff rip cord waaay early in a panic mode fashion Brown went to the passive aggressive shots after games for too long. Watching Bball a lot of years will show once that happens and it falls flat, it's done. You either build a team around the coach, get a coach for the team, or what most sane franchises do and that's rebuild.

 

[dude12]

The thing is though this dumpster fire started burning under Browns watch. Much like Doug pulled the pride stuff rip cord waaay early in a panic mode fashion Brown went to the passive aggressive shots after games for too long. Watching Bball a lot of years will show once that happens and it falls flat, it's done. You either build a team around the coach, get a coach for the team, or what most sane franchises do and that's rebuild.

I truly believe what we were seeing with Brown was part of the 2 camp struggle between those with Fox and those with Domas. And part of that problem was what side Vivek was choosing.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

The thing is though this dumpster fire started burning under Browns watch. Much like Doug pulled the pride stuff rip cord waaay early in a panic mode fashion Brown went to the passive aggressive shots after games for too long. Watching Bball a lot of years will show once that happens and it falls flat, it's done. You either build a team around the coach, get a coach for the team, or what most sane franchises do and that's rebuild.

History has shown us that it always burns down under Ranadive's watch, regardless of anyone else who is working for him

 

[hrdboild]

The thing is though this dumpster fire started burning under Browns watch. Much like Doug pulled the pride stuff rip cord waaay early in a panic mode fashion Brown went to the passive aggressive shots after games for too long. Watching Bball a lot of years will show once that happens and it falls flat, it's done. You either build a team around the coach, get a coach for the team, or what most sane franchises do and that's rebuild.

Speaking on Brown, I would have thought that the previous two years of coaching this group would have earned him more equity with the players and the owner. His message was clear from the beginning that the stakes had gone up, the expectations had gone up, and that meant there was going to be more focus on defense, more focus on getting the details right, and more accountability for mistakes.

I don't think we had a dumpster fire at all under Brown's watch -- that started the day he was fired. We had a team which was underperforming relative to expectation but the peripheral stats showed that they had actually improved from the year before and their expected W-L record was higher than their actual W-L record. If our owner (or maybe GM?) had shown more patience, the actual record eventually would have caught up to the expected record based on performance. Even during that 5 game home losing streak which was apparently the last straw the team lost two of those games by one point each and a third by 4 points. Those single possession losses felt like a disaster back then (this team doesn't know how to finish out games!) but considering where we are now, were they really that bad?

I seem to be in a small minority when it comes to defending Mike Brown here but this concept that he had lost the team is still an open question to me. Using the post-game press conferences to speak to his team was always part of his coaching MO. The intensity of it picked up for a couple months which coincided with some tough losses but again, we were past the point where just making the playoffs was what everyone wanted. I don't think he was wrong to expect or even demand a greater level of professionalism.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1999291668747673930

 

[hrdboild]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1999291668747673930

I think Derik Queen and Jeremiah Fears are the only "don't-even-ask" players on that roster.

 

[Tetsujin]

I think Derik Queen and Jeremiah Fears are the only "don't-even-ask" players on that roster.

Plenty of “Please ask” players on that roster as well

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Plenty of “Please ask” players on that roster as well

One slightly-used '19 Zion, low mileage, must take over payments

 

[Joshyjosh31]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1999291668747673930

Lavine lol probably have to attach Keegan with him to get a team to not hang up the phone

 

[See_Hanks]

I heard on the radio today a talk about a big trade involving multiple teams. I guess I joined late because I thought we got Trae Young in a trade and only had to give up Lavine! I guess it was too good to be true lol.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I heard on the radio today a talk about a big trade involving multiple teams. I guess I joined late because I thought we got Trae Young in a trade and only had to give up Lavine! I guess it was too good to be true lol.

If you like hating Zach LaVine, you'll love hating Trae Young! And they're basically on the exact same contract.