The Sacramento Kings’ dismissal of Mike Brown on Friday left a bad taste in some NBA coaches’ mouths, and they expressed it as much over the last few days.
The Kings replaced Brown with Doug Christie. Sacramento dropped to 13-18 on Thursday, which led to the decision to fire Brown. However, it was the way the head coach was fired that didn’t appear to sit well with others.
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Sacramento’s front office informed Brown of the decision on the phone as he was driving to the team plane, ESPN reported.
Denver Nuggets’ Michael Malone, Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr and Detroit Pistons’ J.B. Bickerstaff were among those to speak out.
Malone had some choice words.
“I’m not surprised that Mike Brown got fired, because I got fired by the same person,” Malone said after the Nuggets’ loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, via ESPN. “And what really p—-d …