On Friday, the Sacramento Kings dismissed their head coach, Mike Brown, after a disappointing 13-18 start to the 2024-25 regular season.
The decision was surprising for a couple of reasons. First, Brown is the best coach the team has had since the mid-2000s – even helping end their dreaded 16-year playoff drought. Second, the team just signed him to an extension six months ago. But most importantly, it feels like Brown was never given a fair shake.
Sacramento Kings front office didn’t help Mike Brown
Listen, whenever news like this comes out, everyone has a strong opinion. And while it is good to be active in these discussions (in a respectful manner, of course), at the end of the day, all we can do is offer an educated speculation because we almost always will never know the full story.
In this specific instance, who knows what it really was that got Brown fired. Maybe he lost the locker room? Maybe his strange rotations were costing the team more than we ever realized? Whatever it is, there is a good chance that the Kings’ front office had a valid reason for firing Brown…