OT - Sacramento checking Calipari's interest in coaching and front office position
Per Yahoo (yeah I know) they are seeing if he is intersted and also seeing if they can fire coach George Karl with cause due to the broken relationship with DeMarcus Cousins.
Calipari has been communicating with owner Vivek Ranadive and other members of the Kings' ownership group in recent weeks, league sources said. Calipari has listened to scenarios with which the Kings could offer him complete control of the franchise's fledgling basketball operations to go along with coaching, league sources said.
No formal offer has been made to Calipari, and Kings ownership understands that it will take a multiyear financial package of $10 million-plus annually to get Calipari to seriously consider leaving Kentucky, sources said
The latest prime examples of how some rich people should stay out of sports franchise ownership.
That hubris that leads them to believe that they can brute force their way to the top is fascinating to watch in action though.
I guess it makes sense. What they can offer players is regulated. So Vivek is going to throw bags of money at coaches and front office guys to try and get it done. Good luck, but your only ways to win in todays NBA is to draft a future hall of famer or two, or find a way to lure free agents. The latter is pretty impossible to do in Sacremento.
Well if you don't think Rich People should own sports franchises, I would be happy and very qualified to take over as owner of the Yankees, Cowboys, Clippers, and Blackhawks, and all for Free!
I wish Stauskas had been drafted by someone else. Sacramento has been a tire fire ever since Adelman left.
We all saw how things worked out for him the last time he joined a league where everybody pays players.
This kills the joke.
Pretty sure it's DeMarcus, no K
Thanks.
Wouldn't Cal be the Kings' 4th coach within one year? Vivek sure seems to have his hands in everything... too bad for Nik. That franchise just seems like a cluster
Why the "yeah I I know"? Woj is the go-to source for breaking NBA news
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
They call those Woj Bombs
I wish Calipari would go to the NBA so I could get my house back to normal...
Boogie Cousins, Sacremento Kings GM.
just contract the Kings and give Seattle a franchise again.
When it seemed that basketball was coming back to Seattle, the Kings were on many home and bar TVs in town in anticipation of welcoming our adopted team.
It's a shame that the Sonics left because local gov't wouldn't help pay for a new stadium given that is the recent norm.
| Team | Arena Name | Publicly Financed |
| Dallas Mavericks (2001) | American Airlines Arena | 30% |
| San Antonio Spurs (2002) | AT&T Center | 84% |
| Oklahoma City Thunder (2002) | Chesapeake Energy Arena | 100% |
| Houston Rockets (2003) | Toyota Center | 100% |
| Memphis Grizzlies (2004) | FedEx Forum | 83% |
| Charlotte Bobcats (2005) | Time Warner Cable Arena | 100% |
| Orlando Magic (2010) | Amway Center | 87.5% |
| Brooklyn Nets (2012) | Barclays Center | 40% |
Source: Marquette University NSLI Sports Facility Reports
Even the new Sacramento Kings’ arena, projected to cost $477 million, has the City of Sacramento contributing $223 million or 46.75%, while the Kings themselves will contribute $254 million.[1]
It's not a shame at all. I give Seattle a lot of fucking credit for holding firm and not footing a bill for an arena that will probably not payback in the future.
How many times do public funds have to be used for these things the owners can build on their own most of the time?
This shit never works in the public's favor. It's rich people taking advantage of their position in society to screw over the general public as usual. Except this is a basketball arena, so it may not screw them over "as much" compared to a football venue.
I swear the Braves built 3 stadiums in 30 years.
It's hard to find anyone who supports public funding for sports stadiums, but that's the way the system works. If you don't build a new arena you lose the team, Seattle found out the hard way. Now they actually have an owner and funding in place, but the NBA is not interested (unless the Bucks become available).
How can Sacramento's management be described as a fledgling basketball operation? They've been around for awhile. Or are they just discovering that they are indeed a professional basketball team that is legally allowed to pay their players?
The owner and management is fledgling.
And they are baby birds
Got it. I got more of a "they're a new expansion team" vibe, but haven't admittedly followed the recent Sacramento ownership change very closely. Poor Nik.
Zach Lowe – @ZachLowe_NBA
"Would you like to stop being a god at Kentucky and come be our 4th coach in 7 months? Maybe play some 4-on-5?"
Haha Vivek had the team spend a bunch of moneys for doing research on if you could play 4 on 5 during defense, so they could keep a player cherry picking under the opponets basket for the transition for offense. I totally forgot about that.
This is a joke right?
LOL
Insert Stauskas defense joke here...
as a kid's coach, then not only is he an idiot, but he's an a-hole too.
I'm not for "spending a bunch of money" on it, but it's worth a cursory look isn't it?
I mean there was a time when nobody threw the football. If there isn't a rule, it should be investigated IMO.
Cal already tweeted he has no interest, so that died fast.
End thread.
Because if there is one thing that Coach Cal is widely known for, it's honesty!
Not saying he's honest... Im saying hes smarter than going to the NBA for SACRAMENTO of all places.
Obviousy I don't have inside info, but I cannot see Cal taking the Sacramento job. It's too low profile for him. His ego needs attention. Sacramento might be the least public franchise in the NBA.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
I would be shocked if they went and spent that kind of money when they are already going to have to spend millions in guaranteed money to Karl.
I can tell you right now unless they throw Cal probably 7.5 mil or more a year he's just going to laugh.
How much do you think NIke pays Cal right now?
Have no clue but assume he just gets whatever he wants.
Right now he has no salary cap to deal with. Why go to the NBA, where they have rules on how much you can pay players?
Among other things, Ranadive has talked extensively with Calipari about how best to deal with Cousins, and communicated with him about the Kings' first-round pick, center Willie Cauley-Stein, in Thursday's NBA draft, sources said.
I don't know....north of $10 million per year, control of the front office, the mayorship of Sacramento, a chalet somewhere in the Grindelwald outside of Bern, possibly a promise that he can be the next Duke of Northumberland and a chance to get the Wildcat band back together in a way and Calipari might talk. Might.
You musn't be afraid to dream a bit bigger. Cali the governor of Cali sounds pretty good.
Please go. Please for the love of college basketball go.
I know the guy has made a zillion dollars in business, so he must be good (or lucky) at something, but every time I read or see anything about him, he comes across as a complete and total idiot.