Why The NBA is Terrified of the Kings...

The Sacramento Kings just had a phenomenal season, regardless of how their journey ended, this is a feat to celebrate, they took the defending champions to seven games after ending their 16-year playoff drought and even to a third-place finish. They really had nothing. expectations because the race was exciting Boston Los Angeles those two cities are spoiled even in the Big Apple despite not having hardware since the 70s the playoffs are expected they are not longed for in Sacramento their excitement is insatiable the passion that this city shows for this team really proves that Basketball is a lifeline for many of us in recent memory, only a couple of teams that had roaring crowds even comparable to Sacramento this season, the 2019 Raptors come to mind, the entire North gave their hearts to that team and the Lakers, the Seas, the Knicks.

I will always have an amazing crowd because they are the standard now. I can't forget the Oracle from We Believe to the beginning of Dynasty Warriors and say what you want about the Persecution Center, lacking the history that Oracle had that place, it gets loud and that's it. What's so beautiful about the Warriors versus the Kings? The two largest crowds in the NBA at Center Stage going to seven games with all their stars playing with the lights out and we'll talk about this series and the performance that Aaron had throughout the series. the 7 Masterpiece game that Stephen Curry had for the rest of our lives five years ago, not a year ago, this would have sounded like a pipe dream from the bottom as a 12th to the top of the Wild West as a third, who could I have predicted that?

Sacramento Kings fans can rejoice as their days of mediocrity appear to be behind them. How can a team without a winning culture have a bad draft history? A Rolodex of field training periods takes a 180 degree turn like this. Sacramento Kings Revival we will begin with the man in the shadows, the one behind the scenes pulling all the strings, none of this would be a reality without him, he is the architect, the table must be set before anything can happen, the foundation They are the first step to building. a contender and Monty McNair laid out that foundation masterfully in a brief two-year window from historic poverty levels.

I must say it is a model organization since McNair came into the building until now he has made no notable mistakes, not even the ones he was being reprimanded for. Because in retrospect, they were perfect moves, the man had a vision that no one else could see, that's why he is the executive of the year and the honor is reserved for the best GMS in the game. His hiring was announced in October 2020. In November of that year, he selected the current All. -Star Tyree Salibern at 12th overall the following year, noticing a hole in the team's defense, selected defensive stud Davion Mitchell ninth overall and followed up by selecting Iowa forward Keegan Murray, a pick much-criticized draft pick at the time Keegan Murray finished his rookie campaign. breaking the rookie three-point record, so McNair is hitting a thousand when it comes to the NBA draft and the man is laying the groundwork everywhere else as well as through strategic free agent finds and trades crucial, the most important one I will get to. soon it all started with this man before he came to the Kings they were the worst franchise in the league two years later there are many Orcs who would love to be in his position the name of the coach Mike Brown has been in talks for new coaching hires in boss for quite some time.

For some time now he has had an extensive resume that has seen him when he was champion in 2003 with San Antonio under the command of the great Greg Popovich, when he was champion in Hardware for three decades. He got his first opportunity to lead a team in 2005 when he became the head coach. of the Cleveland Cavaliers coaching a young LeBron James until the end, he would win coach of the year and 2009, then you have a brief dysfunctional stint in Los Angeles coaching Dwight Howard after the back injury that ended his years of dominance and an Asian Kobe Bryant. and Steve Nash after being fired in a record five games and five games, and there is plenty of evidence to show that Brown's coaching was the least of the Lakers' concerns, but honestly, you can cut deep through all of basketball the Lakers Arrow, but I digress. having another short one-year run with the Cleveland Cavaliers coaching a third-year Kyrie Irving and a very young, not-so-talented Cavs team with a losing record after two failed coaching jobs.

Mike Brown had to go back to the lab and work for his next opportunity and, in truth, he worked less and won more championships. He was already familiar with Steve Kerr from the days in San Antonio when Brown coached her. Owen Kerr got the Warriors job. Brown was hired as an assistant coach for what would become the Warriors Dynasty and after their legendary finish last year, it was Brown's turn to take over again and now, with the knowledge of the Golden State's winning culture Warriors and their generation that defines the philosophies of basketball, brought everything with them to Sacramento and people had their doubts, but Coach Brown knew that there was latent talent in this squad and he knew that he was a great coach, the type of coach that He could make that talent shine by running an offense that bears a striking resemblance to the Warriors.

Mike Brown's coaching created an offensive Supernova that played the entire season at a historic pace. The perfect man to lead a young team to glory. Everything the Sacramento Kings have gained with their signings are truly big risks and must be taken. sacrifices and no sacrifice was greater than trading a promising young guard who loved his organization to acquire an established star. I'm talking about Tyrese Halliburton, of course, the All-Star guard was a huge Sacramento guy, he really loved playing there and his loyalty showed and that's a rarity among young players anywhere, but especially in Sacramento stab him in the back was a heinous act.

The betrayal caused people everywhere to criticize the Kings, not only for the heartless nature of the trade, but also for giving up a bright young star and one of the best shooters of the last decade for Sabonis. was unbalanced and at the time there were some people who really believed Sacramento should have been built around Halliburton instead of Fox, the Kings had traded the wrong guard and I know that's how people felt because that's how I felt the trade It felt like something a king should do. trading for a perennial All-Star by giving away a nice guy who had the potential to be a superstar, but I admit, I was wrong, this is one of the closest win-win trades in recent history.

Indiana got a genuine stud. in Halliburn who made the All-Star team in his first year as a headline act and Sacramento hosted a multi-time All-Star who was the perfect big man to pair with their Superstar and Sabonis was all God against the Warriors and I think if Had he played to the standards he usually does in a regular season, the Kings would have won, but one playoff series does not negate a player from all of his other accomplishments and individually, Tyris Halliburton is the best player in basketball, but the games fit with Sabonis. The team better not mention that getting rid of Buddy Heels' contract gave the Kings the freedom to pursue Malik Monk on the open market, but you can bring in all these pieces to cover the backboard and make all the sacrifices you want, nothing That's what will matter if you don't do it.

I don't have a superstar and Darren Fox is a superstar and, as Mark Jones so eloquently put it, he is a quasar. Quasars are a subclass of extremely active galactic nuclei, so they are very bright and have a lot of gravity. I think that sounds like the perfect description of Aaron Fox's game, but if that's too complex, this guy is a dog and he's a bucket. Fox is one of the deadliest closers in the association, he excels in the clutch, he flips that switch during crunch time, the king of the fourth quarter, that's what you call a closer, the list of the best closers in history includes names like Kobe Bryant Damien Lillard possibly the most clutched basketball player of all time Michael Jordan LeBron James Paul Pierce Joe Johnson there are some names I didn't mention but not that many because the club is pretty exclusive even some of the best of the game can't get in and that's because it takes a different kind of animal to shut down the game when the pressure builds, there's someone who can be relied on night after night to block out the noise. and not just hoops, but Elevating your clutch game is not easy, not unless you are one of the aforementioned or Aaron Fox, the adult clutch player of the year, the number one clutch scorer this season, who are the last five minutes where a team is leading or trailing by five points or less and the number two scorer in total points in the fourth quarter and I should add that he is only four points behind Kyrie in that department with the type of season he has had, the trophy was his at the All-Star break. the architect the master the sacrifice the closer these four men are responsible for the resurgence of the Sacramento Kings but you don't succeed in the game with only four people.

I mean you're not winning at all if you have four guys in the game. court so we can't forget the rest of the board and coaching staff, along with the players who contributed, this team isn't what it is without Fox's co-stars Stags and Dressage or his running mate, the Sixth Man candidate. of the Year, Malik. Monk, Iron Man veteran Harrison Barnes, rookie sniper Keegan Murray, Night Lord Davion Mitchell, Red Velvet, Kevin Herder and the others, this is the purest offense in the league and they all played a fusion, his revival was meant to be because a king doesn't kneel and dust his head on Ash, a king is the one above all and soon Kings could be like that, thanks for watching.