Coaches, hired to be fired by bad owners
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NBA coaches are hired to be fired, so the cliché leads, and NBA players appear to be aware of this dynamic.
The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Mike Brown on Friday after the team’s 13-18 start, replaced with interim head coach Doug Christie. Sacto was hardly a slouch considering its context, but something needed to happen.
Because the Boxing Day Double-Jump happened on Thursday. De’Aaron Fox followed up five seconds of bad defense with two seconds of the worst defense anyone’s ever seen.