Theus sets road curfew, bans cell phone use on bus

[BMiller52]

Except that a number of professional basketball players ARE either kids or act like kids. And this isn't treating people like children unless the players take it that way. I think they'll actually be relieved to have someone actually care enough to set some rules.

We've all heard tales of what happens late at night on the road. If Reggie's Rules can keep the guys from getting their names into the headlines for the wrong reasons, I'm all for it.

Am I the only one who remembers more than once watching an early road game and thinking at least half the team looked lethargic and maybe even hung over?

Yeah I remember a specific game actually. It was the NY game on Martin Luther King day I think. I remember it was on real early. Then I remember reading a story about how Muss took the team out to a party and the team drank like 30 bottles of crystal and stuff.

 

[Rockmeister]

Probably 50-year-old Reggie Theus considers 19-year-old Spencer Hawes a kid. After all, the head coach has an 18-year-old daughter just starting her first year of college. Maybe he doesn't want that new kid on the block (who would be a soph this year in college) to get influenced by any bad behavior from some others on the team that unfortunately act from time-to-time like kids. Again, all this seems reasonable - extremely reasonable.

I didn't realize that Spencer Hawes is the ONLY player on the Kings team. I think the average age of the Kings players is like 27 yrs old (I am guessing), however let's just look at ONE kid of 19 yrs old when setting a curfew.

Again, you are supposed to deal with MEN, not boys, however, I could be wrong.

 

[Rockmeister]

Then I remember reading a story about how Muss took the team out to a party and the team drank like 30 bottles of crystal and stuff.

Huh?

 

[BMiller52]

Huh?

It was in 1 of those NY newspapers IIRC. I could be mistaken but I just remember reading a story like that for some reason.

 

[Entity]

Yeah Musselman went in being like Theus but, before the season started he ended up being more a peer or "friend" He did keep up the bully aspect to young players like Martin. Now if Theus wants to go down this road he has to stay on it and stay equal. if he gives in at the wrong time he looses he players just like Muss did. We shall see.