Well, this came out of nowhere. I thought he was doing a passable job keeping them semi-competitive in the early going. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sacramento has fired coach Mike Malone, league sources told Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/544371444118196224">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Ah, was just about to post this thread, glad I refreshed. Harden destroyed a team so bad the coach was fired. M V P, M V P, M V P As for why, who knows. This smacks of the owner & GM demanding too much out of a mediocre roster in an incredibly tough west.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Assistant coach Ty Corbin will take over as interim head coach, league source tells Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/544372165442011136">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I don't think this is an improvement.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Despite star DeMarcus Cousins missing past nine games, Malone didn't meet win-loss expectations of ownership, sources tell Yahoo.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/544373238470811648">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Haha, probably had a lot to do with losing to the Pistons and some other bad teams. Although they do not have Cousins. They are a one star team in a conference that demands two stars. So that's that. Seemed like he was doing a decent job.
This smells too much of an overzealous owner and not playing Stauskas enough to appease the owner. This is surprisingly shocking though. Thought he was doing a decent job. Doesn't help that Demarcus was out with infection.
This is one of those moves where you are upset with where the franchise is at and you don't want to face the reality that they just aren't THAT good to where they will be significantly over .500 this early in the season even with Boogie out 9 games.
Whose idea was it to have the ball in Gay's hands for the 4Q against the Rockets? Collison & Maclemore were lighting it up all game.