Nobody within the Sacramento Kings‘ entrance workplace has answered questions on their resolution to fireplace head coach Mike Brown. Subsequently, the questions are going to De’Aaron Fox as an alternative.
Fox advised reporters Tuesday that he was as shocked as anybody that Brown was fired on Dec. 27, saying he came upon “in a UPS line.” However as a result of Brown had criticized Fox for not guarding Detroit Pistons’ Jaden Ivey on a game-winning basket the earlier evening, observers speculated that Fox was concerned in his coach’s dismissal.
Fox has repeatedly insisted that wasn’t the case on his social media and in an ESPN interview.
“You may ask anyone on this group: me and Mike have by no means even had an argument,” Fox stated. “We may disagree with one thing. We talked about it and it was gone.”
Nonetheless, nobody within the Kings group has answered questions to elucidate why Brown was dismissed, so the questions proceed to go to the crew’s star participant. Kings proprietor Vivek Ranadive did not even attend a recreation till Wednesday’s 113-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and neither Ranadive, basic supervisor Monte McNair, nor crew president Matina Kolokotronis has defined the sudden firing.
In July, Brown signed a contract extension by means of the 2026-27 season. On the time, Fox claimed, “I do not need one other coach.” Now he is bought one in Doug Christie, the fifth Kings coach since Fox was drafted in 2016.
Christie may be Fox’s final coach in Sacramento. Fox can change into a free agent in 2026 and rejected a contract extension this summer time. If the Kings proceed to slip, he could possibly be traded, and the crew fears dropping him for nothing in free company.
If Sacramento’s long-term relationship with Fox wasn’t already unsure, the entrance workplace’s silence whereas he repeatedly fields questions on his coach’s firing does not assist.
Brown was the scapegoat for the Kings’ disappointing season, and the entrance workplace is letting Fox be one for the firing.
