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"My rift, really, with the organization was that I don't think they prepared the guys enough to win basketball games," Wright said. "We were probably the only team in the NBA that didn't have a scouting report. How do you expect a young team to go out and carry a game plan? Every team I've been on, they give you a scouting report on every guy on the team, a couple paragraphs about each guy before you go out there and play against him.

"Coming on the court before the game was chaos -- no structure whatsoever, and we kind of had a laid-back coach. Westphal was pretty laid back, and with a group of young guys, you've got to have somebody who comes in and disciplines them."

Wright wasn't even close to done yet.

"I'm not going to throw any of their players under the bus, but one of the main players who was a big part of our team, his attitude was really, really bad -- I'm pretty sure you can figure out who that guy is," he said before confirming that he was speaking of then-rookie forward-center DeMarcus Cousins. "Tyreke [Evans] had a pretty good attitude. His work ethic wasn't great, but he's a good young player. I believed in him completely. I just don't think the coaches did enough to prepare us to win games."

The Kings declined numerous requests to comment for this story, a decision that speaks volumes about how they perceive this particular player. Elie could not be reached for comment. As for Wright, he discounted the notion that he handled the situation poorly in large part because he insists he continued to maintain a solid work ethic.

Wolfay wrote:I don't think he is telling the truth, or at least he's exaggerating it a bit. He's butthurt that he got waived, and he's known to have character issues himself. He was also waived just two months into the season, so who knows what's gone on since.

The only thing we know for sure is that the Kings were playing pretty good towards the end of the season. I'm not worried.

pillwenney wrote:He's certainly not the most reliable source, but I don't think that means we should dismiss him. It wasn't just objective stuff, but things that are a matter of fact. He would have to flat out make up the fact that we don't have scouting reports. If that's true, that's a huge problem.

And it's always discouraging to hear bad things about your players, especially when Wright said he had nothing against the players.

jcwkings wrote:I can't see why anyone would even care about what this guy says. I do agree though that that the kings actually need a coach who can discipline their young players. I would consider bringing back adelman or bringing in someone who can discipline tyreke and cousins. these guys have alot of talent in their hands but both of them need get their head straights.

SadKingsFan wrote:He sounds bitter. Poor guy

We all know the Kings had major issues in the first 2-3 months of the season, but my main focus is how much better we looked towards the end of it, with Dalembert and Cousins FINALLY starting in the frontcourt together, and the of course the trade of Landry for Thornton.

A training camp with a healthy Thornton, Evans, Cousins and Dalembert really excites me. That's all I'm thinking about right now.

Rewinding all the way back to November with Scrubtastic Antione Wright, is the last thing i wanna do.

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@TrueHoop Actually @sam_amick clarified that. Scouting reports are delivered verbally in practice, just no hard copy.

SadKingsFan wrote:Do people honestly believe the Kings just say "Screw it lets roll out onto the court and see what happens"? I mean, Lets get real here.

Bubba burrage is on the staff, and his ONLY job title is Advanced scout. That's what he is, That's what he does.