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Breaking: Monte McNair and the Sacramento Kings Have Parted Ways

The former Executive of the Year will not be returning for his sixth season with the franchise.
By | 120 Comments | Apr 16, 2025

Dec 13, 2022; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive (L) and general manager Monte McNair (R) talk during warm ups before a game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Well, the Kings aren’t wasting any time jumping into their off-season housekeeping. According to multiple sources, the Sacramento Kings and general manager Monte McNair have mutually decided to part ways after five years of McNair at the helm. This comes the same night that the Kings were eliminated from the play-in by the Dallas Mavericks and after the Kings have failed to reach the playoffs in two consecutive season after reaching the third seed in the Western Conference and breaking their multi-decade playoff drought in 2023.

After seeing the Kings win totals decline from 48 to 46 to 40 in three consecutive seasons, McNair now finishes his tenure with the Kings sporting a 195-205 record, one playoff appearance, trading off two All-Star level point guards and tweeting far too many Ted Lasso gifs for a man with a high pressure job. His departure also comes just weeks after assistant GM Wes Wilcox left his role in Sacramento for a management position within the University of Utah’s basketball program.

With an off-season that will include a possible head coaching search, unsure draft situation and plenty of player anxiety from stars and role players alike, Sacramento Kings Governor Vivek Ranadive will also now look to hire his fourth general manager in just a decade of ownership.

May the basketball gods be merciful to Kings fans.

This is a developing story, and we’ll update the site as additional news is made available.

 

 

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UnheraldedMexican
April 16, 2025 11:16 pm

F.

InigoMontoya
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April 16, 2025 11:17 pm

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April 16, 2025 11:37 pm
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InigoMontoya
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April 16, 2025 11:16 pm

The rats already jumped ship before MM got fired LOL.

Waitaminute…does this mean Vlade is coming back? *barf*

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April 16, 2025 11:19 pm
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GM Anjali.

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April 16, 2025 11:39 pm
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Sadly, both are a real possibility.

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April 17, 2025 6:01 am
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Oh yeah. Vlade and his side kick and former assistant GM Peja have been lurking around with Vivek and traveling with this corpse of a team for a few months. Both were hanging out on the floor with Matina before last night’s game and had their front row seats until the mid 2nd quarter meltdown and then disappeared. At least with Valde as GM there is no need to do a serious coaching search and just stay with DC on the bench. Gulp.

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April 16, 2025 11:18 pm

Unfortunately this story was written this year, instead of least year.

SelecaoKOJ
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April 16, 2025 11:42 pm

What the F…. Chainsmoker is in charge of hiring the next GM? This level of incompetence is comical. The moron that set this franchise back at least 10 years. By not drafting Doncic. Once again, in a role of authority.
God!!!! the NBA board of governors have to step in to stop this running joke of a franchise. This is the definition of complete insanity.’

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April 16, 2025 11:49 pm
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Is that true about Vlade? Did you see that somewhere?

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April 17, 2025 12:03 am
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This ain’t the Lakers, NBA likes when our tiny fanbase remains irrelevant lol

kingsfan9782
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April 17, 2025 12:13 am
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Currently on year 7 of the setback. Suffice to say we make the playoffs after 3 more years?

Dear Lord, send a savior with talent the likes we’ve never seen for this team. We’re never getting out of this shithole without lucking out on a star.

GSW lucked out on Steph and Klay
Nuggets lucked out on Jokic
Bucks lucked out on Giannis
Mavs lucked out on Luka.

Just please, if theres a higher being out there, send some help.

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April 17, 2025 12:14 am
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I think the davion Mitchell draft is more important, that draft had a couple guys that would of been the perfect missing piece with this team.

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April 17, 2025 5:00 am

Ironically Davion Mitchell had 19 and 9 in 34 minutes last night vs. CHI. Probably would have been useful.

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April 17, 2025 5:53 am
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Davion good enough for Spo and Riley but not for the Kings .

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April 17, 2025 5:45 am

Sengun was the obvious pick, but MM couldn’t resist taking a small guard in Davion

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April 17, 2025 8:31 am

Sengun , Trey murphy3, Jalen Johnson and herb Jones would’ve all been much better fits for the team at that time

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April 16, 2025 11:45 pm

This franchise has more value as a soap opera than as a professional sports team. At least they can “entertain” us throughout the year with their Maloofery Vivekery.

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April 16, 2025 11:52 pm
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Oh, and as far as Domas getting the clarity on team direction that he’s looking for this summer, Vivek will probably just point him to Kayte. “See Domas, what you don’t understand is…”.

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April 16, 2025 11:57 pm

Dear Vivek,

Thanks for saving the Kings from leaving Sacramento. Now its time for you to go.

Thank you,

The people paying your bills

P.S. You’re a moron.

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April 16, 2025 11:58 pm

Vivek made Monte the scapegoat in firing Brown but things really went down hill when Vivek bypassed Loucks and Triano and made Doug head coach. Vivek is calling the shots on all things basketball and here we are again stuck with a coach the next incoming GM didn’t hire.

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April 17, 2025 12:04 am
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I wouldn’t necessarily count on DC being the coach going forward. I suspect he gets either fired or demoted tomorrow

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April 17, 2025 12:01 am

Calling him out on the Lasso gifs nice, show is corny, dude’s a soft cheesball. I think Monte has been reading our comments and realized he lost his dignity long ago.

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April 17, 2025 12:15 am

This completely takes the focus away from an awful performance by this team and its coach. An unprepared, unfocused, soft, disorganized mess.

I have never been so disappointed in Domas as I was last night. It was as if he was playing drunk.

I would say to blow it all up, but under this ownership, I even wouldn’t trust that to go well.

If Vlade is back as a decisionmaker I can switch over to hate-watching this org with zero compulsion.

Fuck Vivek, fuck Monte, fuck Matina and fuck Vlade.

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April 17, 2025 5:02 am
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If Vlade becomes GM/head of BBall Ops, etc., then I will find another team to loosely follow and/or just watch different teams for my enjoyment.

We’ve seen the Vlade era already, don’t need or want a sequel. One time was bad enough.

Domas was really bad last night. Bad turnovers, forced shots, defense was crap. I like him, fun to watch as he plays hard, but I kinda hope he asks to be traded because this roster does not work with him, and I don’t think the right type of players will be added to maximize his unique skillset.

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April 17, 2025 9:04 am
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Sabonis Monk Derozan and possibly LaVine need to go. Build around the young good players like Keon Murray LaRavia Carter Jones and probably J.V.

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April 17, 2025 9:05 am
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I believe that Domas is an excellent player but is not maximized on this roster and agree that we have too many ball stoppers. We really need another athletic forward and a point guard that knows how to distribute and get a team in its offense, especially when Domas gets double teamed. I don’t blame his poor performance last night on him, his teammates are not getting in good positions with good angles so he can pass out of it. The only criticism is that occasionally he may be too slow to pass out of it, but his teammates need to react and see what’s going on and be in a position to take a wide open shot.

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April 17, 2025 7:38 am
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Domas, and the others…

Last night in my text conversation with my little fan group… It was mentioned that last night’s team is one of the clearest examples of what empty stats actually look like.

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April 17, 2025 2:36 am

This loss was expected. Losing the draft pick was expected (97% it conveys to Hawks). Congrats to Brown, Fox, and Monte for your freedom. They are all now in better places. And to us Kings fans…there is no light at the end of the tunnel as long as Vivek remains owner.

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April 17, 2025 9:08 am
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Or at least gives 100% decisions to the next GM if he can find one.

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April 17, 2025 2:55 am

Next up: Sabonis requests trade and that will kick off Vivek actively engaging with the Suns to trade for Durant. Lmao

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April 17, 2025 9:09 am
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I hope not. Durant in over the hill. We need younger players.

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April 17, 2025 4:55 am

Definition of insanity….doing the same thing again and expecting a different result.

Vivek you are one insane bastard! Sell the team already.

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April 17, 2025 4:56 am

Kings need an “Alpha” GM to come in and tell Vivek to stay out the way. But we all know that is not happening.

Be free, Monte!
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April 17, 2025 5:09 am

Keegan and Keon can stay. Everyone else can get the hell out. We need to start over.

The decision makers caught lightning in a bottle by mortgaging the future for the present with the Domas trade but totally failed to build on it.

From repeatedly drafting older small guards instead of high upside bigs, to wasting 1st round draft picks to dump salary, to spending 4 picks to acquire and then dump guys like Chris Duarte, to repeatedly hiding behind beloved retired players, to letting a bunch of clowns like Jeremy Lamb, Vlade Divac, and whatever Ranadive kid is favored this week drive decision-making, this organization is a total shitshow embarrassment to the NBA. We should be placed under receivership.

Basketball gods have mercy on our souls. Sell the team.

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April 17, 2025 7:40 am
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Nah Keegan can go too. 18 points followed by 3 games of 5 points, usually with zero assists. He’s a slug I’m over it.

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April 17, 2025 8:21 am
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Gotta shoot to score points. When they’re down (oh that never happens though), he’s the last person that is getting the ball right behind Sabonis. Those two don’t play outside the game and force a shot even if it isn’t the best opportunity. Monk/Fox, DDR, Zach will all chuck up a shot even if a better one is available even if it means driving the lane into 2 shot-blockers. Keegan doesn’t even hunt his shot when he’s hot which sure as heck doesn’t help his FG%. It’s amazing how many times he has been on and doesn’t touch the ball except when he rebounds it as the second-leading rebounder on the team. Score 11 of the first 13 and not shoot again until late in the 3rd? Yeah. Great plan. Find a friggin PG that gets him his shots.

Assists? He doesn’t even touch the ball to shoot it himself and he’s supposed to feed other people?

12 pts/gm on 11 attempts
7 rebounds/gm
1 block/gm
38% from 3 post All-star break (an ugly 32% pre)
83% FT

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April 17, 2025 8:24 am
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Yup, his usage is the lowest of his 3 season and it plummeted when LaVine joined. He can’t do anything on the offensive end if he never gets the ball.

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April 17, 2025 5:23 am

Some heartening nuggets in the Amick piece this morning:

McNair didn’t want to fire Brown, league sources said, and there are internal questions about whether he really wanted to sign DeRozan or trade for LaVine.” (Monte is clearly a source for Amick)

…”but interim coach Doug Christie is well-positioned to keep the job, team sources said..” (oh god)

“Tension also existed in recent days between McNair and the ownership group about Christie’s future with Ranadive viewed as the Christie backer.” (I mean, Doug got outcoached as bad as I’ve seen anyone get outcoached last night)

“League sources say Scott Perry, who was the Kings’ vice president of basketball operations for three months in 2017 before being hired away as the New York Knicks’ general manager, is expected to receive strong consideration for the job and is considered a frontrunner.”

Scott Perry was with the team when we:

1) Traded the #10 (missing out on drafting Bam Adebayo and Donovan Mitchell) for the #15 and #20 picks (which didn’t do anything for us).
2) Signed Zach Randolph and George Hill

Um, great?

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April 17, 2025 5:27 am
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And 1:

“McNair addressed Kings players in the locker room not long after their elimination on Wednesday night, league sources said, speaking with a bigger-picture view about the future. The players were informed not long after that he was no longer leading the franchise’s front office.”

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April 17, 2025 5:30 am
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If that is the case then it seems a bit weird to me that he told Vivek a few minutes later that he was quitting. Something doesn’t add up.

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April 17, 2025 6:10 am
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Agree, this is a big tell that he did not quit.

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April 17, 2025 6:29 am
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Almost as weird as letting your HC run practice the morning of a game, then calling to fire him while he’s on his way to the airport.

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April 17, 2025 5:29 am
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I suppose “heartening” was sarcasm?

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April 17, 2025 5:48 am
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Yes

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April 17, 2025 5:48 am
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Vivek clearly still running the show.

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April 17, 2025 6:51 am
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Into the ground

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April 17, 2025 5:48 am
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If MM was not responsible for many of the dumb recent moves (MB firing, trading for Lavine, DDR) then have the balls to come out and say it now that you are fired. Put Vivek on blast!

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April 17, 2025 6:05 am
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That would be satisfying, but Monte wants to retain the opportunity to be a yes man to another shitty owner in the future, and thus needs to leak through the media.

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April 17, 2025 6:06 am
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I get that sentiment, but that will signal to each owner not to hire the guy because he will air the dirty laundry afterwards.

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April 17, 2025 6:21 am
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Yeah I know, that’s why the dirty laundry is never exposed when FO personnel are fired. But again, if he had a pair he would do just that. Don’t get me wrong, if I were in the shoes of a fired GM I probably wouldn’t talk either in order to ensure my next gig.

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April 17, 2025 5:50 am
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Scott Perry was with the team when we:

1) Traded the #10 (missing out on drafting Bam Adebayo and Donovan Mitchell) for the #15 and #20 picks (which didn’t do anything for us).

2) Signed Zach Randolph and George Hill

The question is whether those were moves made Vlade or if Perry was influential in making those moves.

Anyhow, I remember thinking how dumb it was to trade the 10th pick in a loaded draft for two lower picks when you could have sat there at 10 and gone BPA.

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April 17, 2025 8:00 am
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FWIW, the Knicks were relatively successful with Perry. Pretty good NBA.com article:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/knicks-parting-ways-with-gm-scott-perry-despite-a-pretty-successful-tenure-per-report/

Certainly some misses like drafting Kevin Knox right in front of Mikal Bridges, Miles Bridges, and SGA. A mini-version of the Kings Bagley mistake in the same draft.

But he did sign Brunson, trade Marcus Morris for multiple first round picks, made a good trade for Josh Hart, and did draft Quickley and Mitchell Robinson.

KP trade looks like a mixed bag. As I recall they sort of needed to trade him and so getting rid of a lot of salary and getting DSJ and a couple of firsts was at least a decent haul back though not mind blowing.

That said, if the article is right and Monte and Wes weren’t really calling the shots in Sacramento…. then does it really matter? I guess someone who has influence and has the ear of whoever is making the calls is better than a great GM that is completely sidelined.

But Perry, Booth, or someone else will be playing around at the margins if they don’t actually have control.

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April 17, 2025 8:31 am
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Thanks, definitely some strong moves there.

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April 17, 2025 7:52 am
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The Brown detail makes a ton of sense though. Explains two key details:

1 – Why they didn’t immediately have a press conference about it. Monte may have already seen the writing on the wall and did not actually have a rationale for firing him.

2 – It explains a lot of the Fox fiasco. As I have written before, if Monte didn’t think Fox was a supermax player or they were questioning their ability to keep him, then fine, trade him before firing Brown and try to get a legitimate package that either triggers a rebuild or at least adds a lot more talent and assets back. Firing Brown when Fox already said he wouldn’t play for another coach and basically indicated he would request a trade made no sense. It seemed impulsive and not calculated the way that Monte has at least presented himself publicly.

If his hand was forced, then it becomes far easier to reconcile both of these with Monte being a thoughtful GM, whether or not you think he was a good GM.

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April 17, 2025 8:01 am
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The whole not wanting to fire Brown and “internal questions” as to really targeting LaVine and DDR makes me think the Monte really did quit. Are we supposed to believe that Vivek fired Monte because they lost last night? He could have fired him at any point during the season, especially after the deadline when the heavy lifting of GM duties is mostly done.

The fact that his happened immediately after the final game tells me that Monte completed his obligations to the end and said “see ya!” This is also evidenced by other sane basketball minds fleeing the franchise. If here was fired, that word would have been used. A “mutual agreement to part ways” is spin and means Monte told Vivek to pound sand.

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April 17, 2025 8:17 am
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100%. Have to think for optics at least, Vivek would have waited until the following day or at least until the fans were out of the arena. It wasn’t a rumor he was being let go last night, it was announced they were “mutually parting ways.”

Again, there are plenty of fair criticisms of Monte and Wes. They could have been more aggressive. They could have shown some more imagination in the draft, as we seemed to chase mediocre upperclassmen and haven’t had a great track record outside of Haliburton slipping (obviously Carter still being too early to judge).

But some of these moves have been perplexing and don’t really seem to vibe with what Monte has said publicly he wants or his general persona.

Seems pretty clear that someone else in the organization has the real influence. And this is the scary part, because we have seen this happen multiple times and if the actual decision maker shifts so often, then we are going to spend a lot of calories worrying about and debating various GMs, but it won’t matter if they don’t actually have operational control. Could be Booth, Perry, another young up and coming FO prospect, or even someone from this board and the results will be largely the same.

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April 17, 2025 8:27 am
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I am skeptical. Executives can be fired and it can be agreed to state publicly that the decision is mutual. Happens all the time in the corporate world. If Monte quit, why was he allowed/why did he choose to address the team?

“McNair addressed Kings players in the locker room not long after their elimination on Wednesday night, league sources said, speaking with a bigger-picture view about the future. The players were informed not long after that he was no longer leading the franchise’s front office.”

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April 17, 2025 8:41 am
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I think started the talk about firing Brown. He knew about Fox’s sentiment in the offseason about retaining Brown, and Vivek’s ego was so big that he didn’t care. He thinks he is smarter than he truly is, at least when it comes to basketball decisions.

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April 17, 2025 8:50 am
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I definitely think it makes a lot more sense.

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April 17, 2025 5:47 am

Please blow it up.
New GM.
New HC.
Please trade these empty stat career losers (Lavine, DDR, MM, Domas) and initiate a rebuild.

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April 17, 2025 6:02 am
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Except that rebuild will be done by Vivek with a puppet GM out front . No hope with Vivek .

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April 17, 2025 6:18 am
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I know man. There’s no hope. The NBA needs to get involved on this. There’s no hope for King’s fans.

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April 17, 2025 8:26 am
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Hire Nico from Dallas! That would get it done.

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April 17, 2025 9:24 am
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I agree on all of your suggestions but won’t work because Vivek has to have the last word. Is his ego so bad he can’t recognize this and let the GM do his job. How can you be so smart and have all this influence and money and not be smart enough to understand you are not a basketball mind. Just boggles my mind.

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April 17, 2025 5:56 am

The dismissive little chap showing his leadership skills once again . New puppet GM on the way !

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April 17, 2025 6:19 am
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New puppet GM on the way !

Aka his daughter. Welcome to Anjali World.

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April 17, 2025 6:25 am

FWIW:

While Divac continues to have a presence and voice around the team, including with Ranadive, team sources say he will not be returning in any formal capacity to the team’s front office.

The next general manager is expected to have influence on the Kings’ ultimate choice for head coach, but interim coach Doug Christie is well-positioned to keep the job, team sources said, though Christie said he has yet to be given any firm assurances.

McNair didn’t want to fire Brown, league sources said, and there are internal questions about whether he really wanted to sign DeRozan or trade for LaVine. Tension also existed in recent days between McNair and the ownership group about Christie’s future with Ranadive viewed as the Christie backer.


https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6286283/2025/04/17/kings-general-manager-monte-mcnair-fired/

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April 17, 2025 6:31 am
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I am pretty tired of those rumors…..how reliable are the source….

If it’s all Vivek making the final decision, then why hiring a GM….

I personally believed that Vivek had learnt to step dwon from altering the decision and just let GM make decision…

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April 17, 2025 7:18 am

Both MM and Vivek are responsible at the end of the day. Even if the drama surrouding HCs and trades were Vivek driven, I’m pretty sure the horrible drafting is on MM.

DC should have been Ware.
DM should have been Sengun.
The KM pick doesn’t look as good as it did two years ago.
Great job drafting Hali, but then you stupidly trade him.

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April 17, 2025 7:19 am

The rumors come from everyone inside the organization, where everyone leaks against everyone else to cover their own asses. Vivek hires a GM to hide behind his poor decision-making.

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April 17, 2025 7:59 am

HongKong, the leaks are very, very important.

Teams are the one who gain that first step in controlling the narrative. By firing the GM, it looks like the GM is terrible. The team gets to go first, and that’s the narrative that’s out there.

So it’s really important the leaks come out from the other side, which is what you’re seeing in Sam’s article. With the speed at which this came out in Sam’s article, Monty was ready.

If we didn’t have these leaks, we just get spin from the team and that’s it. These leaks are very, very important when your franchise is mismanaged.

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April 17, 2025 7:50 am
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Terrific. Vivek is hiring the coach before the GM for like the FOURTH time. And of course he wants to keep Doug as the coach because it’s another “legacy player” from the Kings glory days and he thinks fans will love it. He just can not for the life of him stay out of his way in making basketball decisions despite time and time again not having a clue about basketball.

Other than TKH, I don’t see myself actively following this team. We’re f*cked with Vivek being the decision maker.

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April 17, 2025 6:31 am

Fitting finish to this fiasco of a season! Monte rides off into the sunset…
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April 17, 2025 6:46 am

I’m just out until something substantive changes. I have no desire to follow this nonsense anymore.

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April 17, 2025 6:54 am

This. Forty years (with the exception of 3 or 4 seasons) of this shit. If this franchise isn’t the poster child for ineptitude I don’t know what is.

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April 17, 2025 7:34 am

Fly away little bird, be free.

Don’t forget to wash off in the creek.

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April 17, 2025 7:34 am

I’m glad they lost, I actually think Christie can coach, but I don’t want to keep a single player on this team. Start over. Too bad they may not even have a first round draft pick. This is basketball hell.

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April 17, 2025 7:56 am
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If they retain Doug, the reasoning will be that he took over mid-year, there were huge roster changes, injuries, he didn’t have his preferred assistants, no training camp, and installing a new system during the season was a challenge.

I get all those reasons, and I can see where the justification in keeping Doug around. However, other teams added big pieces at the deadline (GSW, DAL, MIA, LAL) and they seemingly were able to keep moving things forward. Aside from Vivek and his cronies, the roster is so unbalanced and makes no sense. Some ball hogs, ISO play, lack of having a clue on what the gameplan is and how to execute. Maybe moving DDR will cure a lot of the roster issues, but I think there is much more that needs to be done.

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April 17, 2025 12:07 pm
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I don’t think it makes any difference who the HC is. As long as Vivek chases “stars” to the exclusion of everything else, the roster is going to be horribly mismatched.

I only know of two current HC’s that have had any measure of success with mismatched rosters, and Spoelstra/Thibodeau aren’t walking through that door.

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April 17, 2025 7:45 am

Now we have two months of playoffs to not watch.

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April 17, 2025 7:46 am

Moving forward, I’m not going to blame Monte McNair. That doesn’t mean I think he did a great job, I just know where the blame rests.

The owner in Florida comes to the factory four times a year and messes up production, I’m not going to blame the production manager any longer.

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April 17, 2025 7:49 am

What. A. Shit. Show.

I’m so glad I stopped giving money to that dismissive little grifter years ago. I hope this, along with the A’s shenanigans, all blows up in his face.

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April 17, 2025 7:58 am
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I don’t think I have ever supported the franchise financially. The 1 game I attended in G1C were season tickets from my Dad’s place of work, which included food in the fancy place that required some kind of special access (the food was “meh”).

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April 17, 2025 8:08 am
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I became a season ticket owner with the Maloofs sold. I was all in with new ownership and fresh start. I remained a STH for the first two years at G1C then gave them up as the price kept going up and the product on the floor never improved. I used to attend a handful of games after giving up my seats, but haven’t given Vivek a dime the past few years. There is zero good will left with ownership.

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April 17, 2025 8:12 am
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I have season tickets and have had them for more than twenty years. For my business they are useful and I enjoy getting out with the fans of this team. The Kings and G1 are a positive in this community. The team has been trash for far too long though.

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April 17, 2025 8:32 am
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I’ve been and continue to be a STH, partially. I have gone from half season (Row CCC with Club access) to 1/4 season (Row C), and for me and my schedule, 10 games a year fits. I am in a group with friends, and it’s been a pleasure.

I like our seats, and have fun taking family and friends to games. It is wonderful to share my basketball passion with people I enjoy and admire, and the entertainment value with family (Ms. UTQ is always a fun night out).

It’s NBA basketball. I go to Summer League (14 years and counting) – it’s NBA basketball.

Do I prefer my local team to be competitive? Absolutely. They are not and have little in the near horizon to see sunshine (cue: Hello Darkness my old friend). But I enjoy seeing the Kawhis, Currys, Jokics, and the well managed teams come in and play basketball at it’s highest level.

The NBA Board of Governors needs to review, with Mr. Ranadive, his plans for the franchise and step in to either have him alter his current scheme or find an exit strategy. They’ve done it with other teams, usually due to inappropriate behavior, but at this point, the Kings are guilty of franchise malpractice, if not malfeasance.

Nice arena though. And Light That Beam!

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April 17, 2025 8:10 am
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You have a huge commitment to this team considering you have only been to one game. This team has been part of my community for decades. Many good and many bad years.

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April 17, 2025 8:50 am
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I have been a life long fan (I am 42), but growing up without the extra cash to go to games, then moving away from 2003-2013, then again from 2020-present). I also didn’t know that going to games was the only way to show commitment to the team. Learn something new every day.

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April 17, 2025 12:12 pm
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Similar. I’ve been a fan since they moved here in 85. (I was a sophomore in high school then.)

I’m 55 now.

In those 40 years, I’ve gone to a grand total of (checks notes) 5 games.

In my defense, I have a good bit of social anxiety, and I’m pretty noise-sensitive, so that plays a part.

But not going to games certainly doesn’t make me any less of a fan (of this shitshow).

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April 17, 2025 8:04 am
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What does Vivek have to do with the A’s?

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April 17, 2025 8:21 am
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He owns the Rivercats and Sutter Health Park. He made the deal with Fisher. The company you keep…

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April 17, 2025 12:15 pm
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As Adamsite notes above, he’s the single reason the A’s are no longer in Oakland. He bailed out Fisher when he was negotiating a new lease with the Coliseum and gave him an alternative he wouldn’t have otherwise had.

Really neat that the two worst owners in professional sports are both hanging out in Sacramento. /s

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April 17, 2025 7:51 am

I guess it doesn’t matter who they hire at this point, Vivek will just shit all over their plans anyway.

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April 17, 2025 8:50 am
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It doesn’t really matter. It’s not going to make anyone feel better.

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April 17, 2025 7:54 am

Well at least this was a fun season…oh wait.

Vivek right now:
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April 17, 2025 8:12 am

There were honestly points in last night’s game where the players looked like they were tanking. The season ends with a whimper.

I’m fairly sure DeRozan is not a fit with this squad. If we can flip him for a point guard then that will change a few things… That being said, I’ve got NO idea which point guard!

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April 17, 2025 8:28 am
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Better flip Sabonis for Coby White….

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April 17, 2025 8:16 am

I want to know if there was a decision to trade Halliburton instead of Fox. Halliburton would still be here, and he’s a player that can win championships. Fox is not. He lacks the star power and the cohesive “it” factor. Halliburton can win a game for you without scoring. And he wanted to be here. They traded him and he said “I guess they ain’t want me”. I can feeeel the disrespect for that young star. Now look how scary Indiana is, with just an average roster and Halliburton.

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April 17, 2025 8:28 am
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Aside from passing on Doncic, another big “what if” from the Monte era is what if we had just taken Sengun instead of Davion. He pretty quickly became 80% of what Sabonis was and now is arguably near-equal.

We could have had Fox, Hali, and Sengun. Maybe we still end up trading one of Fox or Hali to get a legitimate wing or perfect big man archetype to play next to Sengun.

But would still be a young, fun team to watch.

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April 17, 2025 8:34 am
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Sengun definitely has much more value around the league than Sabonis does. Sabonis’ rep as a regular season guy who can’t play up to top competition is only strengthened by his performance last night. He sucked.

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April 17, 2025 2:34 pm
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The majority of experts said that the Kings were trading the wrong guard when they shipped Ty instead of Fox. 100% right. First Luka, then Ty. Opportunity was there to build around an All NBA talent and we got it wrong not once but twice. Crazy.

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April 17, 2025 8:28 am

How many players will skip exit interviews? 14?

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April 17, 2025 8:32 am
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Who is conducting the exit interviews?

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April 17, 2025 8:41 am
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Find someone to ask D. Saboins, does he feels shame for playing like shit for consecutive post-season game ?

Ask him if he commit himself A player who can only contribute for regular season…and a player who just cannot rely on, for the post-season….

He’d better wearing other team’s uniform for next year. He is a complete disappointment

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April 17, 2025 8:54 am
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It doesn’t matter, it won’t make anyone feel better.

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April 17, 2025 8:37 am

I have so much work to do today and so many great comments that I want to fully read in comment on, but I can’t. So I’m just gonna blame Vivek for screwing up my day.

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April 17, 2025 8:42 am

Not sure if anyone listened to Sam Amick on the radio with Carmichael Dave this morning but he floated the idea of the Kings extended Levine this summer.

Just when you think the Kings couldn’t do anything more stupid…they surprise you with something else.

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April 17, 2025 8:53 am
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LOL, so the team without a front office is considering front office decisions that are incredibly impactful to the team’s future? Vivek is a moron.

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April 17, 2025 9:01 am
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Good God, extend LaVine? We’re f*cked.

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April 17, 2025 8:50 am

Hire the best guy you can get from Riley’s staff to run the team. Get the best guy you can get from Presti’s staff for GM. Hire the best you can get from Spoelstra’s staff to be HC.

Which begs the question, are there any HCs on Spoelstra’s coaching tree?

Trade or cut all the players. All of them. Start over from scratch.

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April 17, 2025 8:54 am
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Real question. If Monte did not have control, will anyone from any of those staffs want to come here?

Far more likely we get someone who has already been a GM and doesn’t think they got a fair shake and is not in consideration for other team’s openings right now like Booth or Perry who think they can make the Kings’ situation work as it gives them another opening.

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April 17, 2025 8:59 am
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Likely not.

will anyone from any of those staffs want to come here?

Guess I should have started with Sell the Team!

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April 17, 2025 9:00 am
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You’re right. The Kings pissed off the coaching world when they fired Brown. Then they the left the league’s front offices shaking their head when they completed the Fox trade. What sane coach or front office executive is going to want to come here other than re-treads looking to salvage their careers.

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April 17, 2025 9:36 am
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If I wanted guaranteed paid vacation time for two years, I’d take the coaching job!

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April 17, 2025 9:00 am
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Me !!!!!!!!!!!!

All my job is just to follow the order from boss.
I think I am capable of doing so…

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April 17, 2025 9:04 am

I love basketball and the NBA…and unfortunately the Kings. Glad the Kangz are out of the way so I can focus on some good ball and fun teams the rest of these playoffs.
I’m definitely going to hop on Viveks IG at some point and see if anyone is commenting that he needs to sell the team so I can smash that like button. I saw one account is making a petition to get him to sell. This city is definitely done with his antics.
The Brown firing, DDR signing, and LaVine/Fox trade all make sense when you now hear he was making those moves. Basically already knew that but now I’m ready to run this clown outta town.

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April 17, 2025 9:41 am

As a 30+ years Kings fan living in Oklahoma City, I think it’s officially time to flip my #1 and #2 teams. At least until Vivek is no longer the owner. Thunder up!

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April 17, 2025 12:19 pm
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Similar. I’m moving to Salt Lake City next week, and I’ll be a 9-minute drive from the Delta Center.

After 40 years of loving this team and being disappointed at every turn, it might finally be time to see what real NBA franchises that tear it down and build it up again, look like.

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