Yeah, Rick Adelman's talent as the general of the team is obvious in the fact that he has taken the NBA's most talented team and turned them into a fourth-place contender, and taken a five time All-star and future hall of famer, and not managed to win a title.
Why?
Horrible work ethic. The more I watched the Kings as of late, the more I become disguisted. When I started playing basketball, I was a Rodman-type player. Didn't shoot much, but did the dirty work. Even today, I pride myself on my defense and rebounding more than my shooting.
What the Kings have is five guys who like to step back and shoot jumpers, and on the other end, five guys who like to stand around waiting for the next guy to get the rebound.
You don't win championships being an elitist prick.
As for other coaching candidates, there's plenty of coaches in the NCAA that would love to take the reins of an NBA team. If they looked, they would've found someone.
The point is, instead of taking this core of talented players and bringing in some new leadership and new ideas, they milked the same strategy, same plays, same lineups, same matchups, as they did for the past six years. Nothing changed, guys just took turns getting injured.
Sacramento Kings-Vlade Divac-Doug Christie-Chris Webber= Las Vegas Kings
Are you really expecting streaky Mike Bibby, off-and-on Cuttino Mobley, and Gone-by-April Peja Stojakovic to make this team some sort of title contender? The only two halfway decent guys left on that starting lineup are Miller and Songaila, and Songaila is going to be mediocre at best.
The new Mitch Richmond era, we'll call it the Mike Bibby era.
