Two years ago, Brown used his troops like a god and used his role players to the extreme. Every card in Brown’s hands could become a surprise player and exert maximum effectiveness. However, this year’s football season is uncharacteristically different. All the magic of Brown’s coaching and employment has disappeared inexplicably.
Fox averaged 26.3 points and 6.1 assists per game this season, playing like a star player. Shabonis averaged 21.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game, shooting 61.8% from the field, second in the league in rebounding, and ranked among the top five players in the NBA this summer. The signed small forward DeRozan averaged 21.6 points, 4 assists per game, and shot 4.83% from the field. He is still the league’s top scoring small forward. The Kings’ Big Three are more complete, with more solid offensive efficiency and core structure, but the Kings’ combat power is not Instead of rising, it falls.
The Kings have three stars who average more than 21 points per game. All three are considered healthy. There is also a league’s best sixth-man scoring killer in Monk, who averages 15.8 points per game. However, the Kings cannot play a better team. and achievements.
The king has two very strange phenomena
First, the Kings are eighth in the league in offensive efficiency and 14th in defensive efficiency. According to common sense, the Kings should not have such a record and performance. Both their winning rate and performance are not as good as expected.
Second, Brown’s team’s three-pointers have been declining in the last three seasons. In 2022-23, they took 37.3 three-pointers per game. In 2023-24, they took 36.6 three-pointers per game. In this season, they took 37.3 three-pointers per game in 2024-25. 34.3 three-pointers, the three-point shooting percentage dropped to 347%, which is far lower than the league level of 36%.
Shabonis has stronger rebounds, is more dominant in offense and defense in the penalty area, and integrates better with his teammates, but the Kings’ three-point shots and space are shrinking. This is not a change brought about by DeRozan joining the Kings. The Kings still have players such as Monk, Huerter, Murray, McDermott, and Lyles who are good at shooting three-pointers, but their three-point shots, quality, and containment are all there. The obvious decline shows that there are problems with the coaching, star leadership and tactical play at the same time.
It is very simple to solve the current predicament and losing crisis of the Kings in the NBA. Firing the coach is the fastest and most direct way, because Brown does not have no cards to play, and the Kings do not lack talent and young players. If Brown cannot play the cards in his hand, the players will also Maladaptive, the team has to make changes and decisions immediately.
Secondly, there is the issue of core stars. Fox, the number one star of the Kings, wants to leave and seek another career. Shabonis, the number two star, has always been quiet and silent. The two core stars of the Kings lack the ability to take responsibility and lead the team. There is no solution at all. .
Make a deal + change coaches, the Kings should make a move within a month.
