Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Dray & Baron’s reaction to Kings firing Mike Brown #nba #basketball

17 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this reaction clip, Draymond Green questions the decision to fire Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown, noting a pattern of frequent coach dismissals within the organization. He praises owner Vivek Ramaswamy’s ambition but criticizes a past experiment where the team attempted to play a "4‑on‑5" lineup in the G‑League, describing it as ill‑ogical. Green emphasizes that every basketball set is designed to create a numerical advantage (e.g., 5‑on‑4, 4‑on‑3, 2‑on‑1) and argues that deliberately giving the opponent an advantage undermines sound strategy. The commentary blends personal opinion, strategic analysis, and a critique of management decisions.

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What were you thinking when you heard that Mike Brown was being fired? He's in an organization that they fire coaches. And no matter what he does, he's gonna get fired. People tend to forget things that go on around the NBA, and I don't. Vivek's incredible. He's a great man. But he once thought we should play 4-on-5. He tried it with the G League team. 4-on-5? Yeah. You should cherry-pick one guy. He should never come back on defense. Oh. For a guy to try a— to play 4 on 5, you can't think that he's gonna be like logical with the coach that he hire or fire. Just so we're clear, BD, every basketball set ran is to put you in an advantage. 5 on 4. Oh my God. 4 on 3. That's— 2 on 1. Every basketball set ran is to create that advantage and you just gonna give us that advantage? Like,