Questions for PDA
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Here's my biggest question:
Why should we as fans believe that this isn't a completely wasted season?
and right on the heels of that:
Why should I bother spending any money to buy tickets and support a team whose GM claims style of play is more important than winning while leading the Kings to a 9th straight trip to the lottery?
Why should we as fans believe that this isn't a completely wasted season?
and right on the heels of that:
Why should I bother spending any money to buy tickets and support a team whose GM claims style of play is more important than winning while leading the Kings to a 9th straight trip to the lottery?
Another question:
The reason given for Mike Malone's firing was that it was about philosophical differences about the style of play. And yet before Cousins' illness Malone had the team competing every night and off to its best start in a decade despite a brutal schedule. Now the team looks rudderless despite Vivek claiming the Kings would win more games under Corbin and go to the playoffs. That being the case why specifically should we believe that your philosophy on the team is better than Malone's?
The reason given for Mike Malone's firing was that it was about philosophical differences about the style of play. And yet before Cousins' illness Malone had the team competing every night and off to its best start in a decade despite a brutal schedule. Now the team looks rudderless despite Vivek claiming the Kings would win more games under Corbin and go to the playoffs. That being the case why specifically should we believe that your philosophy on the team is better than Malone's?
The reason the above post is getting "liked" so much is because of Question #1!!! That is the question we want answered in detail. Here is my attempt to focus that one question:
"It seems that management is determined to make the Kings a run-and-gun, up-tempo team like the Golden State Warriors because they think that this will please fans. Why are we moving to a "style" of play that does not fit our star personnel?"
(Demarcus, Rudy, AND Landry are phenomenal in the post - attributes most teams would love to have)
Addtional color: We as Kings fans do not necesarily want a run & gun team. We are educated fans. Teams that play in the post win championships, NOT run-and-gun teams. We know this. We have been through the Chris Webber years. We have seen Tim Duncan, Shaq, Hakeem, and even Lebron play in the post to win chmpionships. We have Demarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay who both play very well in the post! Shots closer to the basket are higher percentage. Why is management forcing us to be an uptempo team when A) it does not suit our personal, B) we have the best post player in the league, C) post play wins championships, and D) run and gun teams do not win championships? We do not want to be the Golden State Warriors.
Good questions everyone. Something which hasn't been touched on which I really, really want an answer to, and actually believe we need an answer to is why PDA feels he speaks for the Sac fanbase when he says we want up and down, up tempo basketball over winning basketball. He's actually said an up and down style represents this city, giving the implication the reason he's pushing for that style is because we're the ones who want it. And I think this question needs just a little background. So my question would be:
Pete, you have taken the liberty on multiple occasions to tell us, the fans, what style of basketball most suits us as a city and fan base and what style of basketball we want to watch, that style being a more up-tempo, up and down brand of basketball, to the point we'd support firing our most successful coach since Rick Adelman, whom the players had completely bought into and a number of which were not only playing the best basketball of their careers but were getting their first taste of winning in this league, and throwing away this season, all in the hopes of chasing that style despite Ty Corbin not being a coach who represents the style you want, nor having the roster to pursue the style you want. So my question, Pete, is two fold. One, if you're implementing a style which you claim the city and fan base wants, why have you chosen to pursue a style which negates our chances of winning by going away from the strengths of our franchise player in DeMarcus and is not a style which has won in this league when it matters most, unless you have Lebron, and two, what is your reaction to the fan reaction which unanimously opposes chasing that style, and instead wants a defensive oriented team based around DeMarcus' skillset in a slower, half court based system much like Marc Gasol and Memphis? Are you willing to change your blueprint to fit to the true feelings of the fan base which is in apparent opposition to your own? Thank you for your time.
Pete, you have taken the liberty on multiple occasions to tell us, the fans, what style of basketball most suits us as a city and fan base and what style of basketball we want to watch, that style being a more up-tempo, up and down brand of basketball, to the point we'd support firing our most successful coach since Rick Adelman, whom the players had completely bought into and a number of which were not only playing the best basketball of their careers but were getting their first taste of winning in this league, and throwing away this season, all in the hopes of chasing that style despite Ty Corbin not being a coach who represents the style you want, nor having the roster to pursue the style you want. So my question, Pete, is two fold. One, if you're implementing a style which you claim the city and fan base wants, why have you chosen to pursue a style which negates our chances of winning by going away from the strengths of our franchise player in DeMarcus and is not a style which has won in this league when it matters most, unless you have Lebron, and two, what is your reaction to the fan reaction which unanimously opposes chasing that style, and instead wants a defensive oriented team based around DeMarcus' skillset in a slower, half court based system much like Marc Gasol and Memphis? Are you willing to change your blueprint to fit to the true feelings of the fan base which is in apparent opposition to your own? Thank you for your time.
Guys I hate to sons like a sort of an ass, and even my question is long too, but if they were to read all these questions...it would be a 5 hr segment.
Let's all try to summarize and posse our questions a little more effeciently. They are all great questions but I don't want them to get lost in the midst of essays.
Let's all try to summarize and posse our questions a little more effeciently. They are all great questions but I don't want them to get lost in the midst of essays.
Any editing of questions will be done because there's going to be LIMITED time and a clear question will be much more likely to be asked than a long question that has way too much rhetoric before the question is expressed. And remember, we're not the only ones submitting questions. If there's a 100-word question submitted and a 25-word question that asks basically the same thing, it's pretty clear which one will be used.
I don't mean to be rude, but it's not about what you want or don't want. Just having a GM willing to go onto a radio show to answer fan questions is totally unprecedented. I think the least we can do is approach it civilly.
I don't mean to be rude, but it's not about what you want or don't want. Just having a GM willing to go onto a radio show to answer fan questions is totally unprecedented. I think the least we can do is approach it civilly.
It's going to be a real interview. Getting the questions to DAVE ahead a time is a logistical necessity because of the vast number of people who want to ask PDA their question. Dave is using moderators from each of the Kings fan boards as a primary filter because this is a herculean task. Just look at all the questions we've got so far. There are multiple questions that say the same thing but with different words.
We're in totally uncharted waters right now. As I've said elsewhere, I cannot think of a time EVER when a GM went on a radio show to answer questions from fans. We want to make sure we do it right on our end...and maybe it could happen again.
We're in totally uncharted waters right now. As I've said elsewhere, I cannot think of a time EVER when a GM went on a radio show to answer questions from fans. We want to make sure we do it right on our end...and maybe it could happen again.
All of these questions are not going to be submitted. Dave has asked each fan board to winnow it down to the top 10 - and even then there's no guarantee they'll get to all of them.
Basically, I asked at the beginning and I'll ask again - PLEASE read all the other questions. Has what you want to know already been asked, even if it's worded a little differently? There are several basic themes. I'll try to get them identified later today. I'm actually trying to watch the game while I'm doing all this.
Basically, I asked at the beginning and I'll ask again - PLEASE read all the other questions. Has what you want to know already been asked, even if it's worded a little differently? There are several basic themes. I'll try to get them identified later today. I'm actually trying to watch the game while I'm doing all this.
The most basic and to the point question:
Pete, why did you willingly throw away this season in a city starved for winning basketball, simply to chase a style which doesn't fit our top two players, doesn't play to our strengths and has clearly made us less competitive, without even having a coach lined up as a replacement who employs that style?
Pete, why did you willingly throw away this season in a city starved for winning basketball, simply to chase a style which doesn't fit our top two players, doesn't play to our strengths and has clearly made us less competitive, without even having a coach lined up as a replacement who employs that style?
no **** we're in uncharted waters right now. how boneheaded are the moves being made? EVERYBODY seems to see it except them. they've done a wonderful job of confusing and alienating their fan base in a short amount of time. i know you love to see the brighter side of everything but isn't this fishy they decided to do this right before season ticket holders have to renew. sorry but i don't buy the BS anymore. call it as it is. stop politiking gerbil!
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