2024-2025 Around the NBA Thread

[Mainstreet]

Mike Brown was Coach of the Year in 2023. He also signed a new contract.

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[Hoop Head]

The Kings fire head coach Mike Brown. Doug Christie is expected to be the interim head coach.

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I finally get how some of you older folks felt seeing the players you grew up watching become coaches. With Kidd, Christie, Luke Walton, Willie Green, and others becoming coaches I can't help but feel old.

Hope Christie does well in Sac-Town.

 

[Hoop Head]

Mike Brown was Coach of the Year in 2023. He also signed a new contract.

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I remember a running joke where Coach of the Year was a death sentence. It raises expectations and puts a timebomb in your lap. There was that year George Karl won it in Denver, I think, and he was fired shortly after. As in the same off-season.

 

[Mainstreet]

I finally get how some of you older folks felt seeing the players you grew up watching become coaches. With Kidd, Christie, Luke Walton, Willie Green, and others becoming coaches I can't help but feel old.

Hope Christie does well in Sac-Town.

Losing five home games in a row doesn't help, with the last loss coming at the hands of the Pistons.

 

[Mainstreet]

I remember a running joke where Coach of the Year was a death sentence. It raises expectations and puts a timebomb in your lap. There was that year George Karl won it in Denver, I think, and he was fired shortly after. As in the same off-season.

Yeah, in 2023 Monty Williams was fired after winning NBA COY in 2022 with Phoenix.

 

[Lorenzo]

I just saw ESPN SC played a clip of Denver's coach coming to the defense of Mike Brown. When speaking of Sacramento's management he said something like no class no balls lol. wow!

 

[Hoop Head]

I just saw ESPN SC played a clip of Denver's coach coming to the defense of Mike Brown. When speaking of Sacramento's management he said something like no class no balls lol. wow!

Kind of funny but the last coach who should be speaking right now. If Jokic wasn't amazing and carried Denver through a cakewalk of a playoff run for a finals, Malone wouldn't have a job. He's regularly bashed by NBA media for how poor of a job he's done actually coaching. Their entire system is "Pass to Jokic" and they even tried alleviating his non Jokic issues by giving him Westbrook, who is far beyond the point he can run a system on his back consistently. Russ needs talent also and putting him in charge of the Nuggets B Team hasn't worked that well.

It was a bit harsh to fire someone right after Christmas but we are talking about millionaires with guaranteed contracts. I won't pity any of them for being canned, regardless of the date.