Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé considering firing George Karl

[LezJepzin]

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Clearly either Karl or Cousins has to go. Remind me why they fired Malone again?

 

[Judgement!]

Trade Karl to Denver for Malone. Whatever it takes... Money, 2nd round draft picks & a public apology to Malone

 

[Pesci]

 

[The_Third_Man]

what the fukk is the owner doing?

They were the definition of SQUAD, they were basically the ultimate pickup team, the Phoenix Suns but with defense, their fast breaks and pivot offense were things of beauty:

The most overrated player ever

 

[blackzeus]

what the fukk is the owner doing?



The most overrated player ever

I understand why you have more daps than posts. Forgive him brehs, for he knows not what he sayeth

 

[ryderldb]

I get Vlade is loved in Sacramento, but why would you put him in charge when he has no prior experience running an organization? You fire d'alesandro for a rookie gm basically.

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

I get Vlade is loved in Sacramento, but why would you put him in charge when he has no prior experience running an organization? You fire d'alesandro for a rookie gm basically.

I didn't even know Pete got fired

I thought Vlade was co-gm or some shyt

 

[Judgement!]

I get Vlade is loved in Sacramento, but why would you put him in charge when he has no prior experience running an organization? You fire d'alesandro for a rookie gm basically.

Did you hear what Vlade said today? That's why you hire him. He's a stand up dude

 

[ryderldb]

Did you hear what Vlade said today? That's why you hire him. He's a stand up dude

What did he say? I mean nothing he says can really make things all better now. The damage has been done.

 

[Judgement!]

What did he say? I mean nothing he says can really make things all better now. The damage has been done.

He said he's the one making the decisions, not Karl or Vivek, so if it goes good or bad, it's on him only. Karl needs to trusts him to do his job. And it was Vlade & Karl, not Vivek & Karl that have been having issues. Vlade basically told Karl to sit the fukk down. fukk Vlade though, I was really hoping for DeMarcus on the Lakers

 

[Taadow]

How the fukk did this Vivek dude make his money because he comes off as a legit moron...

Iono...but dude legit looks like Michael Corleone.

 

[Brozay]

this situation is (predictably) unraveling badly

DeMarcus Cousins Cursed Out George Karl in Front of the Team as the Kings Unravel

DeMarcus Cousins Cursed Out George Karl in Front of the Team as the Kings Unravel

After Sacramento was hammered at home by San Antonio Monday night, the Kings’ star, DeMarcus Cousins, stormed into the locker room and cursed out head coach George Karl with a torrent of obscenities, a person close to the situation told The Big Lead.


After Cousins unleashed the F-bombs on Karl, all the head coach – who publicly feuded with the Kings best player last summer – could do was walk away, a source tells The Big Lead. Afterward, Cousins felt some remorse for his actions, asking a couple of teammates if he came down too hard on the coach. They calmly told him, “you can’t scream and curse like that at your coach in front of everyone.”

The day after the San Antonio loss, the players had a well-publicized players-only meeting. What hasn’t been reported is that after the players spoke, Sacramento general manager Vlade Divac and assistant GM Mike Bratz talked to the players and Divac asked the team, “We don’t know what to do with George [Karl], do you think we should fire him?”

The players, a person close to the situation said, were shocked and didn’t know how to respond. Stunned speechless and lacking a leader, the Kings then trotted out Omri Casspi and Caron Butler to meet the media. Casspi played for the team a few years ago, but was in Houston last season and just re-signed with Sacramento less than two months ago. Butler was signed in the offseason.

The Kings are 1-7 and once again going nowhere in the West.

The entire Sacramento locker room is frustrated. During the players-only meeting, the team’s 2013 lottery pick, Ben McLemore, spoke up. He said he was frustrated with his role, and he didn’t even know what his role was. Teammates responded: “Your role is to make 3-pointers and defend. That’s everyone’s role on this team except DeMarcus and Rajon.”

 

[Trip]

this situation is unraveling badly

DeMarcus Cousins Cursed Out George Karl in Front of the Team as the Kings Unravel

that's not a coachable situation. I think Simmons said it was basically a fantasy roster on auto-draft.

 

[Brozay]

that's not a coachable situation. I think Simmons said it was basically a fantasy roster on auto-draft.

Cousins is obv wrong for how he handled it, but the Kings organization is a complete joke