SOURCES: Doug Christie gets a COACHING REPRIEVE, will continue as Kings front man
Kings finish off the 2025-26 season with another loss, but according to league sources, head coach Doug Christie will get a second year to get the team on the right track.
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Doug will be fired by January. Screenshot me guys.
I’m sorry but Doug is not an NBA head coach. They should never have gotten rid of brown.
James Ham: Big respect to you for keeping an open mind about Devin Carter as he became less selfish, and brought pace, energy, rebounding, and is a disrupter from his quickness on both ends of the court.
He probably should’ve had 3 more assists in each of the last several games with precision passes that ended with players missing wide open dunks and bunny shots.
Christie is a horrible coach.
Kings are bringing him back.
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I am glad I may not agree that they quickly decided on Doug Christie future.
I’m kinda glad we are bringing Doug back, just like our young players development, as a newish head coach he needs to also, plus we need to have a stable coach to get anywhere in the future, hiring coach after coach every year is exhausting and does players no favors
I am glad Doug Christie is back for another season. Go Kings!
Im for Doug but next year will be as bad as this and the last decade.
I've been saying for 1.5 seasons the same thing: nobody knows if Christie can coach because he has had a ready-made excuse at every turn….he took over from Mike Brown in DECEMBER last season and the team didn't improve (excuse was it was a new system); then Fox was traded (excuse then was not having a point guard); then more losing came (excuse was NEW players didn't know system)….then the ENTIRE 2nd season it was all about BAD ROSTER CONSTRUCTION so therefore he can't win with them; then it was injuries to Murray and Sabonis…all the while last season and this season: Kings near dead last in offence and defence.
Make of that what you will but next season: you're out of excuses.
Next season: no more excuses.
It doesn't matter. Sacramento will be standing at the bottom of the league, will fire Christie along the way and Kangz their team again. Players play, not the coach. Unfortunately, Sacramento do not have franchise players like Doncic, SGA, Wenbanyama, Cunningham…to build on. Now, if Sacramento have players like Dylan Harper, Wenbanyama, Castle, Johnson, Vassell…to build on then they will be fine, but they don't. There are so many that knows what it needs to be done to "improve" but, they just don't have what it needs to improve.
Question: Do you think Christie will keep the youth movement next year? Or, will he go with the oldies when they come back? Will it be Carter/Hayes, Clifford, Plowden, Achiuwa and Raynaud/Cardwell? Or, Sabonis, Murray, DeRozan, LaVine and Westbrook?
It was supposed to be an all star year for Doug Mcbuckets lol.
It's interesting, it's almost like a first time anything needs time to adjust and improve. Glad he's here for another season. Let's see what the offseason brings.
I saw the breakdown the breakdown of the cap situation with buying out DeRozan and keeping Lavine vs. buying out DeRozan + buying out Lavine at $40mil and stretching it over 3 years.
What does it look like if they buy out DeRozan and Lavine at $40mil without using the stretch provision?
not the season I was hoping for, but from October til now I haven't had the greatest year either. If anything its reflective of how my experience in this state has gone. Here's to better times just over the horizon! 🍻
This guy had a losing season 60 games
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