The 2024-25 NBA season has not gone effectively for the Sacramento Kings, who’re within the midst of a five-game dropping streak.
The Kings have stagnated defensively, whereas offensively they’re not the identical juggernaut they was.
Attributable to its current struggles, Sacramento made the surprising resolution to fireside head coach Mike Brown.
The transfer despatched shockwaves by means of the NBA as Brown had signed a three-year extension with the Kings earlier this 12 months.
Kings star De’Aaron Fox was requested in regards to the Brown firing and his response was fairly telling.
“I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘guilt.’ That’s the character of the job that now we have. Clearly him signing his extension this summer time, we thought we might be collectively a complete lot longer. However that’s the choice that they made. However on the finish of the day too, he’s nonetheless getting paid. An important a part of being an NBA participant, being an NBA coach, is these issues can occur, however contracts are assured,” Fox stated, by way of Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
De’Aaron Fox when requested by a reporter if the Kings gamers really feel “strain or guilt” after Mike Brown’s dismissal: “I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘guilt.’ That’s the character of the job that now we have. Clearly him signing his extension this summer time, we thought we might be collectively … (1/2)
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 28, 2024
From these feedback, it doesn’t sound like Fox was very stunned by and even disenchanted with the choice.
Rumors are swirling that Fox might ask for a commerce out of Sacramento, so the group could have determined to fireside Brown to appease its franchise participant.
Nonetheless, firing a head coach throughout the season is often a stopgap resolution, so the Kings and Fox might want to work out how one can get again on monitor or the remainder of the marketing campaign can be for naught.
