While there has been some chatter about Mike Brown‘s contract situation since the Kings‘ season ended last week, Brown denied on Wednesday that the issue is “top of mind” as he enters the summer, according to Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee.
“It’s not, really, at the end of the day,” Brown said. “I have one year left on my deal. Everybody knows that, but I’m excited about being here. I’m excited about our future, so I’m going to go into this summer trying to figure out how we can be better next year.”
Brown technically has two years left on his contract, but the 2025/26 season is a mutual option, meaning both he and the Kings would have to opt in. Since ’24/25 is his last guaranteed season, the two sides may feel compelled to try to get a new deal done sooner rather than later. Brown is reportedly expected to seek a deal that’s in line with the new market for head coaches after Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, and Monty Williams signed lucrative contracts in the past year.
“Look at a two-year horizon here, which is when Coach Brown and his staff came in, and (there are) a lot of positives,” general manager Monte McNair said on Wednesday. “We’re certainly disappointed this year, and Mike and I will sit down and try to figure out how we get back to where we want to get to. And, yeah, we’ll have all those conversations here starting soon.”
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- Within a discussion about a few Warriors-related subjects, Anthony Slater of The Athletic notes that it will be an interesting offseason for Moses Moody. The former 14th overall pick will be extension-eligible beginning in July and should be in line for a larger role next season, especially if Klay Thompson leaves in free agency or if Golden State trades Andrew Wiggins. “I think it’s really important coming into year four for (Moody) that there is some reasonable playing time available for him where he can impact our team and be out there and continue to improve,” general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said this week.
- The Clippers have been better both offensively and defensively when Russell Westbrook is on the court during the first two games of their series against Dallas, according to Law Murray of The Athletic, who suggests that Westbrook’s contributions are critical to counter the Mavericks’ small lineups. Westbrook can become a free agent this offseason if he turns down a $4MM player option for 2024/25.
- In a feature for ESPN.com, Baxter Holmes explores Kevin Durant‘s return from a 2019 Achilles tear, an injury that the Suns‘ star forward thought might end his run as an All-NBA-level player. As Holmes writes, Durant’s intense love of the game helped fuel his recovery process and allowed him to eventually regain his All-NBA form.
Moody is simply not good enough to be a solid starter. Trade away
Keep Curry and this year Rookies
Trade away Draymond, Klay, Kuminga and all others
Sign and trade, and hope to get first round picks
Klay is a free agent so he can’t be traded. Why trade kuminga since he is the best future player they have. Green is their best defensive player.
Klay could be done as a sign and trade.
Unless a team really thinks they can get old Klay back, he’s not really a S&T candidate, at least not a valuable one.
According to rumors, Mavs like Klay, but they don’t have cap space or MLE, so it has to be SNT
Klay asked for $135M contract
Why would the warriors trade with a team in their conference unless they are getting back a deal they can’t pass up? Dallas would need to ship over Lively and PJ Washington in the deal. Dallas should be smart enough to say no deal.
What rumors?
wouldn’t the warriors just resign Klay instead of trading for dead weight.
Keep all this year rookies, they have valuable contracts
Kuminga is not good enough to lead a team. Trade away
None of them are good enough to lead a team. That’s not how you rebuild.
Rockets target Zion, Ingram and Mitchell in February, Warriors should do the same
These stars can lead the teams to playoffs
I don’t want Draymond
You are not good enough to evaluate players.
Westbrook is washed. With his skills so diminished all he can do is play wannabe court thug.
That Chris Paul trade was great
Can we get an update on Westbrick’s contributions for Game 3? Something like 1 point on 0-7 shooting with 2 turnovers 2 techs and a flagrant foul. Arguably the most pathetic playoff performance ever. Both with performance as well as acting like a complete lunatic piece of garbage.
I wonder at what point the NBA will realize Mike Briwn sucks? How much of a sample size do you need?