The 2024-25 NBA season has not gone effectively for the Sacramento Kings, who’re within the midst of a five-game shedding streak.
The Kings have stagnated defensively, whereas offensively they’re not the identical juggernaut they was once.
Attributable to its current struggles, Sacramento made the surprising resolution to fireplace 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 concerning the Brown firing and his response was fairly telling.
“I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘guilt.’ That’s the character of the job that we now have. Clearly him signing his extension this summer season, we thought we’d be collectively an entire lot longer. However that’s the choice that they made. However on the finish of the day too, he’s nonetheless getting paid. An incredible a part of being an NBA participant, being an NBA coach, is these issues can occur, however contracts are assured,” Fox mentioned, by way of Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
De’Aaron Fox when requested by a reporter if the Kings gamers really feel “stress or guilt” after Mike Brown’s dismissal: “I wouldn’t use the phrase ‘guilt.’ That’s the character of the job that we now have. Clearly him signing his extension this summer season, we thought we’d 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 may ask for a commerce out of Sacramento, so the group could have determined to fireplace Brown to appease its franchise participant.
Nonetheless, firing a head coach throughout the season is usually a stopgap resolution, so the Kings and Fox might want to determine how one can get again on observe or the remainder of the marketing campaign will probably be for naught.
