Bidding farewell to Monte McNair, the Kings GM Disasterclass
April 16th 2025. Subtweet to Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) garnering 190.2k views, 2.3k likes
Bitter, fitting finale for the second happiest GM for Nico Harrison's existence behind Mat Ishbia - Monte McNair.
Certainly Vivek won't fire you as inhumanely as Mike Brown, right? You've accomplished so much!
Fired the most beloved and winningest coach of the century via a phone call en route to the airport AND against your marquee player's alleged wishes
Took zero accountability in the aftermath leaving Fox out to dry which he's personally admitted to being the last straw in his faith in the franchise (recommend searching the radio show clip where the guy passes on his message second-hand, Fox said he'd address the exit head-on in the summer)
Lost said marquee player by ask out to the Spurs, the THIRD youngest team in the league with clear intentions to bide time despite the fact that Fox is entering his prime right now
Reunited the middling Bulls wing duo of LaVine and DeRozan out of pure hubris, believing it'd pan out for HIS team with zero credible rationale for doing so
Stunted Keegan Murray's development dramatically in the process, the only other jewel in the Kings chest, for the conceited, nonsensical ideal of contending in the 2025 Western bloodbath (Fox overlapped much less prior by role and position)
Exacerbated team-wide regression in shooting confidence by fundamentally rooting the team in offensive "firepower", a hysterically outdated approach considering roster construction trends across contending teams
Waltzed into an even worse financial bind WHILE ALREADY INSIDE OF the more restrictive CBA era, spearheaded by LaVine's TWO more guaranteed years assuming *shocked pika face* he takes his player option because then contenders don't want (or potentially need considering the ages of today's top teams) his $49 million whale of an annual salary at that point
Lost on the national stage of the play-in to the 10 seed down it’s offensive centerpiece and battling through an onslaught of arrows by international media for its own diabolically horrendous executive decision making
Best of all?
You emboldened the humiliating reputation of small market management: always behind the times and embarrassingly inept even after striking bits of gold.
Bravo! Take a bow. Or a plane to Fuji or whatever your privileged rolodex of vacation destinations tells you that your fans can't come close to affording in today's miserable state. You really, truly deserve it.
