{"id":114483,"date":"2024-12-28T11:28:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=114483"},"modified":"2024-12-28T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T16:28:16","slug":"mike-brown-deaaron-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/28\/mike-brown-deaaron-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings Chose De\u2019Aaron Fox Over Mike Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings recently fired head coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team. The Kings are on a five-game losing streak and outside of the play-in seeds. The organization thought they needed a change, and Brown was the first to go. It seems like the last straw was Mike Brown taking a shot at De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> following the loss to the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings Chose De\u2019Aaron Fox Over Mike Brown<\/h2>\n

Brown was feeling the pressure of a losing season, but there is one thing you rarely do as a head coach, and that is throw your franchise player<\/a> under the bus in front of the media. Yes, sometimes it works, for example, Mike Malone calling out Nikola Jokic<\/a>. Yet, more often than not, the organization sides with the best player.<\/p>\n

After the loss to the Pistons, De\u2019Aaron Fox finished the postgame interview in less than two minutes. When asked about\u00a0Jaden Ivey<\/a>‘s four-point play, Fox shrugged it off and said explaining his thought process on the play wouldn’t make anyone feel better. Brown, on the other hand, had a lot to say about that play. In his post-game conference, Mike said,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe told our guys, you can\u2019t give up a three, you can\u2019t give up a three, you can\u2019t give up a three. There was no reason for there to be a hard closeout. We were ok with them scoring a two, so there was no reason for a hard closeout at all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n