Alvin Gentry already has his back, the Kings are a washer of coaches

The nice thing about the Kings is that no matter what, there will always be something to talk about. This morning ? The story of a coach who has seen green and unripe in his career but who admitted in postgame that he had never known anything worse. A bit like when the mistress of your son who is 62 years old and 40 years in the shop tells you that she has never seen a kid as stupid as your son. Between worry and pride.

Grizzlies pick-up game in-house stats against Alvin and the Chipmunks

On the verge of throwing in the towel, the cushy, and yet we are not talking about a young first but a man in the game since the end of the 80s and who has experienced a lot of broken franchises. The Spurs before they were the Spurs, the Heat of the mid-90s, a few years to lose in Detroit or the Pelicans, in short, a journey far from being strewn with medals. But this time, good old Alvin has his ass full, the word is out, and he is moreover largely poured out at a press conference after another embarrassing defeat of his team against the Grizzlies:

« This is the most disappointed I’ve been in my 34 years in the NBA. » -Alvin Gentry

Grabbing some Mikuni…for comfort food after that one. Their sushi always smacks ????.
See ya Tuesday on the call vs OKC 7pm @NBCSKings

– MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) December 27, 2021

Nothing to be ashamed of in losing a game, even more against much more solid Grizzlies, but it is probably the attitude and the content which must scratch Alvin Gentry this morning. Indeed, in front of Memphis and in front of their public, the Chipmunks showed their hands in their pockets, in defense in particular, while the attack of the violets appeared once again like a big raffle of which we do not know the prizes. advance. The second half was a terrible admission of I don’t care and / or lack of talent and collective experience, Tyrese Haliburton continues to be the tree that hides the forest but the De’Aaron Fox case is increasingly questioning, Buddy Hield misplaces two neurons every time he takes a shot with 22 seconds on the clock, Damion Jones believes he is Kevin Durant, and the Kings keep losing even if it is not even the most serious, in any case not more serious than having done this duo tonight. John Konchar / Killian Tillie an All-Star duo.

What can we say this morning? That this strange team is perhaps wringing a second coach in a season, and that if Alvin Gentry were to be released in the regular race, or if he disappeared one day without leaving a trace or a letter farewell, the Californian franchise would therefore put the name of FOUR coaches on his 2021-22 CV since Luke Walton had started the season before leaving his place to Gentry, since Doug Christie also took place on the bench while Alvin used the COVID protocol to don’t come to the room for ten days, oh the rascal. We recall in passing that since the end of the Adelman period the Kings have already washed up eleven coaches in fourteen years, that the coup of the three coaches the same year has already been achieved at Sacto during the 2014-15 season (Mike Malone, Tyrone Corbin and George Karl) and that no guy for fifteen years has a positive record on the bench of this extraordinary institution.

Not there to shoot the ambulance, especially since we all have a special affection for losers, but this season the Kings are marvelously combining defeats and nothingness in the game, a little too often and it’s boring. Need what suddenly? What kind of electroshock? From a gigantic trade? From a 5,387th change of coach? To give the captain’s armband to Tyrese Haliburton, Davion Mitchell and Neemias Queta? Too many questions and the worst part is that we know there are no answers. In the meantime, Alvin Gentry is sending himself big liters of Javel-Grenadine, like the Kings fanbase for too long.