Kings fire Mike Malone

[knuckleballer]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-doomed-partnership-of-the-sacramento-kings-and-coach-michael-malone-175201188.html

The owner played the part of a fantasy league owner, treating the Kings like a science experiment. He shared tactical experiences with Malone about coaching his child's youth team, and pressed him to consider playing four-on-five defense, leaking out a defender for cherry-picking baskets. Some semblance of that strategy is expected to be employed with Corbin now, a source told Yahoo Sports.

This sounds like a fun, good luck getting George Karl or another good coach now.

I really hope the new coach plays 4 on 5 defense for the sheer entertainment of it.  In fact, I hope Vivek takes over as coach.  The guy coached a 12 year old girl's team, clearly he's now an expert on NBA basketball.   

[D.o.s.]

On the other hand, this is the strongest argument for trading anything to Sacremento in return for draft picks -- they're clearly going to be quite valuable in the future.

[PickNRoll]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-doomed-partnership-of-the-sacramento-kings-and-coach-michael-malone-175201188.html

The owner played the part of a fantasy league owner, treating the Kings like a science experiment. He shared tactical experiences with Malone about coaching his child's youth team, and pressed him to consider playing four-on-five defense, leaking out a defender for cherry-picking baskets. Some semblance of that strategy is expected to be employed with Corbin now, a source told Yahoo Sports.

This sounds like a fun, good luck getting George Karl or another good coach now.

I would've bet money that this was a spoof quote.  Wow.  Just wow.

[Fafnir]

I can only hope Wojo is exaggerating and the "some semblance" of the strategy involves having guards leak out after shots. For Boogies' sake at least lol.

[Quetzalcoatl]

How do we get Cousins to demand a trade to Boston?  Do you think if we all made Twitter handles with attractive-yet-plausible females as the picture we could catfish him into publicly asking to move here?  Could we get Zach Lowe to write a post about how Jeff Green can play the 2-4 positions and would instantly make any middle school girls' basketball team a state title contender?

[Fafnir]

How do we get Cousins to demand a trade to Boston?  Do you think if we all made Twitter handles with attractive-yet-plausible females as the picture we could catfish him into publicly asking to move here?  Could we get Zach Lowe to write a post about how Jeff Green can play the 2-4 positions and would instantly make any middle school girls' basketball team a state title contender?

Zach Lowe is already positing that the Kings could secede from the NBA and form their own league where they win every year.

Also apparently Chris Mullin actually held the dagger that was stuck in Malone's back and as a "special advisor" to the owner might be the next head coach AFTER this season implodes like a dying star upon this move.

Edit: to be fair I think this season was always bound to turn away from the early success, but firing the coach that had Boogie playing hard and not crazy seems like a great way to keep your draft pick.

[fairweatherfan]

On the other hand, this is the strongest argument for trading anything to Sacremento in return for draft picks -- they're clearly going to be quite valuable in the future.

Yeah, I'm probably summoning a terrible thread just by saying this but this is just about a perfect storm for getting overpaid for Rondo. 

[blink]

How do we get Cousins to demand a trade to Boston?  Do you think if we all made Twitter handles with attractive-yet-plausible females as the picture we could catfish him into publicly asking to move here?  Could we get Zach Lowe to write a post about how Jeff Green can play the 2-4 positions and would instantly make any middle school girls' basketball team a state title contender?

That is exactly what I was thinking.  If I am Cousins, I don't like this at all.  Does it make him mad enough to demand a trade, probably not, but we can always hope.

Finally the team was starting to come together before he got sick, and then the FO does this?  A head scratcher for sure....

[Fafnir]

Oh and Boogie is supposed to be back this week, which I gather is the reason they fired him NOW instead of last week or next week. Can't have wins blemish your stated reason for firing a head coach.

[Fafnir]

How do we get Cousins to demand a trade to Boston?  Do you think if we all made Twitter handles with attractive-yet-plausible females as the picture we could catfish him into publicly asking to move here?  Could we get Zach Lowe to write a post about how Jeff Green can play the 2-4 positions and would instantly make any middle school girls' basketball team a state title contender?

That is exactly what I was thinking.  If I am Cousins, I don't like this at all.  Does it make him mad enough to demand a trade, probably not, but we can always hope.

Finally the team was starting to come together before he got sick, and then the FO does this?  A head scratcher for sure....

Cousins could demand a trade all he wants, he just signed an extension. They'd politely tell him to pound sand.

[TheFlex]

Danny Ainge as another contestant appears on his favorite game show "Who wants to be a millionaire... responsible for signing Rondo to a max deal this summer?"

[Quetzalcoatl]

How do we get Cousins to demand a trade to Boston?  Do you think if we all made Twitter handles with attractive-yet-plausible females as the picture we could catfish him into publicly asking to move here?  Could we get Zach Lowe to write a post about how Jeff Green can play the 2-4 positions and would instantly make any middle school girls' basketball team a state title contender?

Zach Lowe is already positing that the Kings could secede from the NBA and form their own league where they win every year.

Also apparently Chris Mullin actually held the dagger that was stuck in Malone's back and as a "special advisor" to the owner might be the next head coach AFTER this season implodes like a dying star upon this move.

Edit: to be fair I think this season was always bound to turn away from the early success, but firing the coach that had Boogie playing hard and not crazy seems like a great way to keep your draft pick.

No not Chris Mullen!  I don't want to not like him. 

Also what sucks most about this is that I want every team in the West that is not the Clippers to be as good as possible, so this hurts. 

[CFAN38]

I sort of get a weird vibe from Vivek Ranadive.  Did anyone see the behind the scenes video of the draft war room?   They don't seem like an organization that really knows what they are doing.  It's a shame we couldnt' sucker them into trading a stud like Ben Mclemore for a 1 year Rondo rental.

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I agree that Vivek gives off a weird vibe.  He coached his 12 year old daughter's team and he seems to think he's an expert.  In that war room video, he seemed to be leading things with guys kissing his butt and agreeing with him while he probably should have let his basketball guys run the show. 

Maybe Vivek fired Malone because he would not run the 4 on 5 defense that he pitched. 

going to be interesting to see how this unfolds. I expect trades to be coming and they may pretty illogical. 

[Sievers81]

"He shared tactical experiences with Malone about coaching his child's youth team"

"child's youth team"

"playing four-on-five defense"

Sorry I know it has been discussed I thought it needed to reiterated.

[PickNRoll]

"He shared tactical experiences with Malone about coaching his child's youth team"

"playing four-on-five defense"

It just might work against the Celtics.