Coming off the back of a social media firestorm that took place last week after critical comments by media members were caught on a hot mic during Media Day, Vivek Ranadive has seemingly doubled down and decided that insulting a broad range of Kings players and staff was the best way to boost morale in the Sacramento.
According to NBA reporter Zach Lowe, the Kings “went out to a fancy training dinner, the whole team, the staff, everything, and at the dinner, Vivek Ranadive spoke, and he kind of turned the dinner into a roast of lots of people in the room. telling them all the ways in which they have been failing as players, coaches, executives, whatever…”
Lowe also said he went on to check with the Kings and they “confirmed the gist of that.”
And how, might you ask yourself, did the staff, players and management of the worst franchise in the National Basketball Association take the owner’s attempts at motivation?
“Some people were alarmed and, were like, this was not going over the way you intended.”
The quintessential, all encompassing quote for Ranadive’s entire reign in Sacramento.
The clip in question is here.
When the pre-season already feels long you know we’re in trouble. Sell the team.
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2) guy who just won a title
3) a guy who no longer owns a team
Vivek is in a class all his own
How’d Donald Sterling escape if we’re looking at former owners…
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And 1 – If you break Kings ownership into three basic groups – the Lukenbill permutations, the Maloofs as majority owners, and Roastadipshit – making hte playoffs looks something like this:
Lukenbill: 3 for 14, 21%
Maloof: 7 for 15, 47%
Ranadive: 1 for 13, 8%…and counting
He has done the impossible. He has me missing the Maloofs.
Not going to help next off season when cap space is available and you need to recruit free agents.
Lol, “recruit free agents.”
More like signing the scraps that no other team wants. 😉
Did Vivek say what the media says about him? About his failures? About his mismanagement of everything he comes into contact with? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
When Zach Lowe says the Kings are a punch line, he’s not talking about Scott Perry, or Monte McNair, or Vlade Divac (OK he is talking about Vlade) or Mike Malone or Mike Brown. The punchline is the one person who was been consistent for over a decade. The person who has done nothing but fail, over and over and over, in humiliating ways, for well over a decade now.
It’s not them. It’s you, Vivek.
Dumbest guy to ever own a professional sports team. Not the worst person, but the dumbest. Vivek is anti-competent. He can’t even accidentally succeed.
Sell the team.
BTW Will, this was perfect:
https://bsky.app/profile/willofthepeople.bsky.social/post/3mxgf3iw5es2f
I’ve heard the tapes. Vivek:
“Domas…your name sounds like dumb ass. You’re roasted.”
“Keegan…your brother is one ugly mother f@#ker. You’re roasted.”
“Malik, you stink, like a bottle of ink, gonna flush you down the sink. You’re roasted.”
“Precious…you have a slutty girls name like Mercedes or Chardonnay. You’re roasted”
“De’Andre. You have a name that makes no sense, like in that Key and Peele skit. You’re roasted.”
“Doug, you’re my useful idiot…for now. You’re roasted.”
“Zach. I love you so much. I’ve wanted you on this team for as long as I can remember. You’re like a taller and more attractive Steph Curry. Oh, and Anjali is single, my son.”
“Front office who are not qualified to have your positions but are here because you do what I say, coach that is not qualified to have your position but is here because you were a part of the last good team we had 25 years ago and I get to pay you way less than any other coach, and players who are here because you have some good offensive skills and I still to this day do not understand what defense is… Y’all suck. You will get no shakas from me today” – Vivek Ranadive, probably
And when Vivek was done he exited with this dance:
https://imgur.com/gallery/vivek-dance-TgYfGi7#szw8xop
What kind of boss roasts his employees after a terrible season and what is forecasted to possibly be a worse season that is about to start? That is not how roasts work.
Dismissive little chap is a compliment to the turd at this point. The hubris of the man must be off the charts.
Stupid owner who thinks he’s smarter than everyone else, and who surround himself with incompetent yes-men that only make things worse and worse. This org is as much of a joke as the US federal government at this point.
I think its safe to say at this point that self awareness isn’t really Vivek’s strong suit. He sure is rich in cringe-worthy moments, though.
Another oldie but goodie
The only title that Vivek will ever own is the one that is found in entitlement. What an ass clown of an owner. We deserve better.
I will ride through this season with all of you, but that is only because of all of you. The Sacramento Kings organization is dead to me. Long live the community, but fuck Vivek Ranadive.
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