OT: Sacramento Kings Have Fired Coach Luke Walton

Psubs · Post #41 » by **Psubs** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:42 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Lol kings make me laugh. Who woulda thought Vivek would be worse than previous owner brothers

Vivek worst owner in professional sports. Walton also stunk but thats what u get when u hire vlade divac as gm

If only they had drafted the easiest choice in the world Luka Doncic instead of Marvin Bagley. :lol:

Westside Gunn · Post #42 » by **Westside Gunn** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:36 am

Is there any canadian billionaire available to bring a team to Ottawa or Montreal. Toby Lutke im looking at you

Chandan · Post #43 » by **Chandan** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:05 am

And1Skip wrote:I don’t think replacing him with Gentry would help with their defence at all. But this is an interesting option:

Read on Twitter
?s=21

jackie christie will end up running the team.

OAKLEY_2 · Post #44 » by **OAKLEY_2** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:39 am

will wrote:He only got the LA and Kings jobs because he is Bill Walton's son.

Bill Walton was a rebel's rebel and not sure he is the NBA's favourite basketball personality and the feeling is mutual as he does college hoops. He probably cannot stand 3 pointer ball nor entitled players. He was nearly crippled in basketball so I think Luke marches to his own drum.

This is all on Sac management. They are a non-stop turnstile. We can thank them forever for the John Salmons, Grievous Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes trade. It turned our entire franchise around by some miracle of veteran defensive depth. If we want to know why we struggle (suck) right now it is because we have so little vetrran experience and have lost our ability to shut teams down or more to the point sustain physically a defensive presence.

webeye · Post #45 » by **webeye** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:14 pm

Sacramento has had 18 coaches since the franchise relocated to California. Luke’s winning percentage (.431) is 2nd best among that 18, following Mike Malone (.458, 11-13).

Considering how flawed that roster is and has been, he’s done okay.

OakleyDokely · Post #46 » by **OakleyDokely** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:46 pm

Kings 1st round since drafting Cousins in 2010:

Jimmy Fredette 10th overall (trade for Bismack)
Thomas Robinson 5th overall
Ben Mclemore 7th overall
Nik Stauskas 8th overall
Willie Cauley Stein 6th overall
Georgios Papaguannis 13th overall (trade for Chriss)
DeAaron Fox 5th overall
Marvin Bagley 2nd overall

No franchise can survive this type of draft ineptness. Bust after bust in the top 10 with the exception of Fox. We will see how Haliburton and Mitchell, their most recent picks, turn out.

Masai has done much better with 2nd rounders/undrafted FAs than the Kings have done with top 10 picks.

Hipster Doofus · Post #47 » by **Hipster Doofus** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:54 pm

Some teams are just meant to be farming teams for growing talent for the rest of the "big boys" of the league. Sacramento and New Orleans are such teams.

OakleyDokely · Post #48 » by **OakleyDokely** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:58 pm

Canadian6ersFan wrote:Some teams are just meant to be farming teams for growing talent for the rest of the "big boys" of the league. Sacramento and New Orleans are such teams.

Problem for Sacramento, they don't develop talent either. They draft bust after bust.

webeye · Post #49 » by **webeye** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:47 pm

webeye wrote:Sacramento has had 18 coaches since the franchise relocated to California. Luke’s winning percentage (.431) is 2nd best among that 18, following Rick Adelman.

Considering how flawed that roster is and has been, he’s done okay.

ItsDanger · Post #50 » by **ItsDanger** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:50 pm

That fan vomiting beside the Utah bench perfectly captures the Sacramento Kings franchise.

WuTang_CMB · Post #51 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:03 pm

Read on Twitter

?s=21

Lmao

macNcheese3 · Post #52 » by **macNcheese3** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:41 pm

Walton was a bad hire to begin with. The problem with the Kings is their ownership, flat out.

F22_Raptor · Post #53 » by **F22_Raptor** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:29 pm

dgr81 wrote:

Read on Twitter

well deserved

Was hoping MLSE could poach Rico! But congrats to him!

Danny1616 · Post #54 » by **Danny1616** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:37 pm

It's honestly more Vlade being an absolute atrocious GM.

Horrible drafting with multiple top 7 picks. Fox was there best draft pick and Haliburton was alright as well.

2014 - Staukas over guys like Lavine, Warren and Nurkic
2015 - Stein over guys like Turner and Booker
2018 - Bagley over Trae and Luka

WaltFrazier · Post #55 » by **WaltFrazier** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:39 am

With that that team in disarray, can we poach one of their big men and rehabilitate him?

ConSarnit · Post #56 » by **ConSarnit** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:27 am

WaltFrazier wrote:With that that team in disarray, can we poach one of their big men and rehabilitate him?

Their bigs outside of Holmes are pure garbage. Birch or Precious would be a huge upgrade for them over any bench big they have.

They have really done an atrocious job of building a forward/front court rotation. Holmes and Barnes are good but they thought they could get by with Len, TT and Harkless playing key minutes? No wonder Luke got fired.

WaltFrazier · Post #57 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:57 am

I don't follow too closely but it seems like Gentry is playing Alex Len a lot since he took over

Buddythefriend · Post #58 » by **Buddythefriend** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:52 am

In 2018-19 the Kings were one of the most improved teams in the NBA, finished 9th in the West, would've finished 6th in the East. Then they inexplicably fire the coach because apparently he was "too hard" on the players. I guess the country club atmosphere hasn't quite worked out like they thought it would.

will · Post #59 » by **will** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:21 pm

OakleyDokely wrote:Kings 1st round since drafting Cousins in 2010:

Jimmy Fredette 10th overall (trade for Bismack)
Thomas Robinson 5th overall
Ben Mclemore 7th overall
Nik Stauskas 8th overall
Willie Cauley Stein 6th overall
Georgios Papaguannis 13th overall (trade for Chriss)
DeAaron Fox 5th overall
Marvin Bagley 2nd overall

No franchise can survive this type of draft ineptness. Bust after bust in the top 10 with the exception of Fox. We will see how Haliburton and Mitchell, their most recent picks, turn out.

Masai has done much better with 2nd rounders/undrafted FAs than the Kings have done with top 10 picks.

That Vivek guy has had A LOT to do with the crappy draft picks.

will · Post #60 » by **will** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:21 pm

OakleyDokely wrote:
Canadian6ersFan wrote:Some teams are just meant to be farming teams for growing talent for the rest of the "big boys" of the league. Sacramento and New Orleans are such teams.
Problem for Sacramento, they don't develop talent either. They draft bust after bust.

Vivek keeps drafting bust after bust.

The scouting department done been rendered useless.