Coaches around the league, including Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone, who formerly coached for the Kings, responded with ire at the sudden firing of Brown
Brown’s last game on Dec. 26 was an encapsulation of the Kings season up to that point, as the team found a way to blow a 19 point lead, capped by star guard Dearron Fox’s defensive lapse and panicked close-out which led to a game-sealing four-point play for the Detroit Pistons’ Jaden Ivey.
Following the game, Brown was understandably critical of Fox’s play and of the team’s inability or refusal to lock in defensively at the end of games this season.
The next day, after an extended conversation at practice with Fox, Brown gave his typical post-practice interview session to reporters and was preparing to board the plane to Los Angeles for the team’s game against the Lakers when word came down that he had been fired.
Coaches around the league, including Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone, who formerly coached for the Kings, responded with ire at the sudden firing of Brown.
Malone told reporters that he initially was “shocked and surprised” but after reflecting, those feelings gave way to an understanding of how life is as an NBA head coach.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, whose staff Brown left to take the job in Sacramento, called the firing of Brown “shocking” during the course of his comments to reporters.
“When you think about where that franchise was before Mike got there, where they’ve been the last couple years, the job that he and his staff have done, it’s just really shocking,” Kerr said.
It is believed that the rest of the season will be Christie’s audition to show that he is worthy of a longer look, and potentially becoming the official next coach of the Kings. However, if tradition holds, he too could be swapped out for yet another coach if he falls out of favor with Kings ownership.
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Source: Black Enterprise
