Trade Deadline Q&A with Monte McNair

[Mike0476]

It begins at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, February 11.

In early January I had a little heart to heart talk with the Kings on how bad things were, the frustration of the fan base and the empty seats.

They assured me things would change and they would produce a better product that we can be Sacramento proud of.

They also went with an idea I brought to them of having a town hall with Monte to address the fans on the direction of the team, etc.

Enjoy and go Kings!

 

[datamanwes]

Thanks Mike

 

[Tetsujin]

Monte’s got some swole calves lol

 

[Section 101]

Monte on the draft.

Take the best player available. "Hopefully it won't be a point guard again."

 

[EIM86]

Monte on the draft.

Take the best player available. "Hopefully it won't be a point guard again."

hes definitely from the Morey tree

 

[KainLear]

hes definitely from the Morey tree

For better or worse... haha

 

[Tetsujin]

For better or worse... haha

Kings fans wanted a modern front office and they got it. No more sentimentally calling guys a “super team just young” to make them feel good about themselves.

 

[EIM86]

For better or worse... haha

 

[Woot!]

Monte makes a reference to Trey Lyles and then there was some jokey exchange about how that needed to be edited out.

I don't get it.

 

[The_Jamal]

Monte makes a reference to Trey Lyles and then there was some jokey exchange about how that needed to be edited out.

I don't get it.

Trade isn't technically official yet so it'd be "tampering" to talk about Lyles.

 

[Woot!]

Trade isn't technically official yet so it'd be "tampering" to talk about Lyles.

Thanks. I thought it was official.

 

[gunks]

Trade isn't technically official yet so it'd be "tampering" to talk about Lyles.

And McNair jokes about it with HIS trade history?!

Oof... We're stuck with Bags for sure

 

[Mike0476]

Thanks Mike

You're welcome.

 

[Mike0476]

Monte on the draft.

Take the best player available. "Hopefully it won't be a point guard again."

Monte got jokes.

 

[Mike0476]

Kings fans wanted a modern front office and they got it. No more sentimentally calling guys a “super team just young” to make them feel good about themselves.

This current front office has a very different vibe to it.

 

[Mike0476]

Hopefully, everyone enjoyed today's town hall with Monte.

After the town hall was over, the Kings introduced me to Monte. We must have talked for a good 10 minutes or so.

Can't wait for Saturday's game at Washington. Go Kings!

 

[ParniValjak]

Will there be a replay of this?!

I missed it!

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Will there be a replay of this?!

I missed it!

The link in the first post is a YouTube archive. You have to skip forward about, I don't remember, 10-15 minutes before the event starts.

 

[ParniValjak]

The link in the first post is a YouTube archive. You have to skip forward about, I don't remember, 10-15 minutes before the event starts.

When I tried it the first time it was a live event yet to start. Refreshed the page and the whole video disappeared. Seems OK now.

Thanks

 

[pdxKingsFan]

This current front office has a very different vibe to it.

I've made no bones about being a big believer in Monte it's great you got to spend some quality time with him would love to hear more about your impressions he made.

 

[coolhandluke]

The link in the first post is a YouTube archive. You have to skip forward about, I don't remember, 10-15 minutes before the event starts.

Yep. Interview starts at around 15:30

 

[Mike0476]

Will there be a replay of this?!

I missed it!

It was recorded and on the same link. It begins at 14:18.

 

[Mike0476]

The link in the first post is a YouTube archive. You have to skip forward about, I don't remember, 10-15 minutes before the event starts.

14:18

 

[Mike0476]

I've made no bones about being a big believer in Monte it's great you got to spend some quality time with him would love to hear more about your impressions he made.

The one thing that really stuck out to me was this front office is a team.

It's not a one man band.

During the town hall Monte gave credit to his team including Wes Wilcox and Ken Catanella and they were both in attendance standing off to the side. He explained how they work together, their duties, stages of planning, etc.

I never got that impression during the PDA and Vlade era.

The front office staff are the happiest I have seen them in a long time. Lot of laughs and smiles. I did not see that in previous years.

I want to keep most of what Monte and I discussed private but I will say he is learning more about the Sacramento community and its love affair with the team. He knows some about our past sellouts but was also told by the Kings about the fight to keep the team and that was why he took a picture with our Crown Downtown shirt when he was first hired.

He wants to deliver to us a winning product with talent that can compete. He wants to see what it will be like inside Golden 1 Center with a sold out arena being loud, chanting defense, etc.

He also loves how we travel for business trips and is interested in hanging out during our last two games of the season at Los Angeles and Phoenix.

 

[Tetsujin]

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