After Thursday night’s disastrous loss to the Detroit Pistons, things seemed like they were going south for the Sacramento Kings. However, their dire situation escalated quickly on Friday when they fired head coach Mike Brown.
The move took fans and pundits everywhere by surprise, and it shook up the NBA world as well. Shortly after Brown was fired, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle expressed his shock before the Pacers take on the Boston Celtics on Friday night.
“The firing of Mike Brown today was just shocking to me… I view him as one of the standard bearers for integrity for our profession, and I’m just just absolutely shocked that that decision was made,” Carlisle said. “He’ll certainly land on his feet, but when you look at the job that he did and the turnaround that he had, it’s just really hard to believe that this decision was made.”…