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.
ChatGPT weighs in
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.
The great thing about the Maloofs is they focused all their ineptitude on trying to move the team and F’ing up their casino, leaving BBall ops to Petrie.
Can someone get Vivprik to focus solely on the RiverCats?
He did and he sold them out so John Fisher can fuck over Nor Cal A’s fans!
Jim Thomas was owner of record for 2 , Lukenbill 1.
Oh, we’re judging based of wins and losses, I was going by worst humans. My bad.
When AI starts rating him as the best owner then we know Judgement Day and the take over is upon us!
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. 😉
(Following the Westbrook signing, DeRozen Signing)
Summer, 2037:
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
How long would he last on Dancing with the Stars?
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
If explosive diarrhea had eyes.
Must be a Kings home game- all Lakers merch in the crowd.
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.
Shocked this didn’t come from local sports media first.
The Bee had this scooped hours after it happened just never got around to publishing it.
Well, the Bee had the story but fired the entire sports department!
Somebody better talk to that AI guy at the Bee. He’s slacking and forgot to right the story for them and there was no AP feed to use!
LOL.
You can’t make this shit up.
Now I am almost sorry that they didn’t retain Westbrook.
Maybe if Larry David would make a sitcom about an NBA team he’d make this shit up.
Vivek Ranadive stars in “Disembowel Your Enthusiasm.”
A Kings sitcom, eh?
A Rested Non-Development
Threes Company
Parks and Wreck
Homecourt Improvement
Only 218 days until the draft lottery!!!
12th pick is ours!
No coincidence that he’s best friends with John Fisher. Running his playbook to alienate everyone linked to the city. If we don’t think he’s God’s gift to our pitiful existences, then he’ll show us. He’ll take his toys and move on to another sandbox (to shit in).
I’ve mentioned a few times that the debt owed to the city of Sacramento isn’t all that much anymore and the 35 lease agreement can be broken if the agreement is paid in full. With the recent valuations of NBA franchises, it would be small financial potatoes to get out of the lease agreement.
That all being said, I can’t imagine Silver and the NBA would allow any team to relocate with a perfectly good state of the art arena that is still on the “newer” end. Hard to believe the arena is already 10 years old, but there are just 4 newer arenas in the league.
If the NBA does in fact expand to Seattle and Vegas, I feel pretty confident the Kings aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. It’s gonna take a really big fish with billions to get Vivek to sell.
Relocations don’t net the other owners any membership fees/money… that is why expansion is an option for new teams while relocations are bad for the NBA as a whole.
You also don’t gain any new fans…you’re just swapping them, except now you’ve created a pissed off segment of NBA fans without a team. Bad for everyone but the relocating team and their new city/fans.
Not too mention that if they moved to a new city, they are likely playing in an old arena until they can get the new location to build one…which means the rest of the NBA has to deal with playing in the low-quality temporary location and what is likely to be sub-standard amenities as well.
There is a relocation fee, but it’s a pittance compared to a new franchise fee.
IMO, the worse case scenario (which I don’t think will happen) is if the NBA is dead set on expanding via a European league and they table expansion here. That’s when a Vegas group with gobs of money may be too much for Vivek to say no to. Vegas Kings does seem to work all too perfectly.
Europe seems like a pipe dream, but I can see why the current 30 owners may prefer that. It keeps their 30 teams as a much rarer commodity here in the States and will only increase their current valuations. It could also simply be leverage to get a much larger expansion fee than we can even imagine.
Which European city embodies the Kangz and would be most deserving of them?
Moscow.
MosCOWTOWN
My new image that I want to see plastered on billboards all over Sacramento…
Or, short of that, I’ll have it available to use after every single Kings loss this season.
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There are over 200 billionaires in California. Surely a few of them may have an interest in buying a pro sports team, right?
Unfortunately, they’re all too busy keeping crumbs from falling off their table of riches to deal with buying the Kings right now.
I wonder if vivek roasted his daughter for being a 304.
The duds gave podz 5/$110. This after reupping green even though he sucks and proceeded to show up to camp out of shape with man boobs.
I see both NorCal teams over the next decade being what they have historically been, which is trash.
I think it was a calculated move to not let Podz hit RFA next summer and tie up their cap space in 2027. He’ll be just the second highest paid player on the team next year at around $19M and costs them a bit more than the annual MLE. He’s a contract place holder that can be moved down the road if need be and doesn’t cripple them financially. You need those kind of contracts with today’s apron rules.
I get your points, but I just don’t think he’s very good or worth that money.
When you have to make all these points about a contract a player got that has nothing to do with his play on the court, it kind of proves the point that said player is not worth the contract.
Think of how OKC way overpaid for Harteinstein at $30M a few years ago or how the Dubs, even though Durant wanted out, worked out a S&T for D’Agello Russell years ago. It was not just wanting the player but also the contract as a place holder for future maneuvers and flexibility, instead of simply leaving cap space unused
No one thought Russell would be good next to Curry, but when he was later flipped for Wiggins, which was key in them getting another title, the S&T looked like a stroke of genius.
IMO, properly managed teams think long term and see contracts as assets just as much as the player. Maybe we see Podz the player and think it’s an overpay, but the Dubs see it as a $20M contract for a NBA starter than can be packaged/flipped down the road for something greater.
Podz is 3 years younger than Keegan, played one less season and according to advanced stats, is about equal (TS%) or better in almost every category, other than block rate. He gets to the line more, is a much better passer and even has a better rebounding rate and steal rate than Keegan.
How bad is Keegan’s deal, then?
keegan’s deal is just fine. I’ll take Keegan over Poz any day of the year.
Keegan is also massively overpaid and imo has maxxed out as a player. Actually he’s nothing but regressed since his rookie season. 5/$140 is laughable, but not surprising considering the franchise that doled out that contract. Same can be said of the duds the last few years. They’re not a serious franchise anymore sans prime Steph propping them up.
I look at Keegan and examine his first 2 years. Those are what I expect the curve to begin at.
Keegan’s 3rd year was the DDR addition in which his touches and shots all decreased due to fit and team construction. The offense didn’t flow through Sabonis like Keegan’s first two years. The vibe was so bad, Brown was fired and Fox asked for a trade.
Last year isn’t even worth analyzing because he hardly played. Do you recall how many games Keegan and Sabonis played together last season? It was zero.
From all that, this year’s roster construction (although not going to be good) is better fitting for Keegan. I fully expect a return to the player we saw growing during his first two seasons.
I think we well.
Ranadive has a proven, fantastic mind for basketball as you all know what he did before you bought the team right? He coached his daughter’s youth basketball team to some kind of championship, thereby proving he can take a team without prior success and lead them to the Promised Land. He won’t sell the team because he has a high IQ and he knows basketball inside and out. One of his genius moves was to trade a possible future Hall of Fame guard for a center who can’t shoot or defend. He also finally acquired his man crush so he can watch him get paid his nearly $600,000 per game up close
Ever since Mr Ranadive joined the Kings story I always see this guy.
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