According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Sacramento fired head coach Mike Brown on Friday. Now, the Kings must regroup with an interim head coach amidst rampant rumors surrounding De’Aaron Fox’s long-term future with the franchise.
The Kings’ dream season ended with a Game 7 loss to Stephen Curry and the Warriors, who outscored Sacramento 64-42 in the second half while Curry finished with 50 points, a short-lived record for most points ever in a Game 7 (Boston’s Jason Tatum broke the record two weeks later with 51 against the Philadelphia 76ers).
The Sacramento Kings have let go of Head Coach Mike Brown following a string of disappointing losses for the team, sources close to the Kings told KCRA 3.
Amid early season struggles, the Sacramento Kings have fired head coach Mike Brown, the team announced on Friday.
Brown helped the Kings end a 16-year playoff drought in his first season, but Sacramento currently sits 12th in the West.
The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak.
The Kings relieved coach Mike Brown of his duties moments after he met with the media in Sacramento on Friday.
Sacramento Kings star De'Aaron Fox says he had nothing to do with Mike Brown's firing and that he learned about it shortly before the rest of the world did.
With the public and media both questioning the decision, those in charge of making it within the Kings' front office have gone conspicuously quiet. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Kings' top brass has flat-out refused to face local media, who have understandably been seeking clarity since last Friday's firing.
From their recent head coaching firing to a disappointing veteran and an even more disappointing young player, everything you need to know about the Sacramento Kings.
The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Mike Brown on Friday with the NBA team sitting in 12th place and in a five-game losing streak.