Yang Yi: The king who holds the king accountable

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This is another secret skill of Ranadive, and people in the world call it "vomiting after eating it". Making decisions with a slap on the head and regretting with a slap on the thigh, this kind of scene has been common under Ranadive's rule.

When he selected team coach Michael Malone in 2013, he boasted that Malone was hard to find in heaven and earth, and that he was the "kind of coach he dreams of." However, just one year later, after winning 9 games in 14 games at the beginning of the season, he suffered a losing streak just because the core of the team, Cousins ​​was injured, and he did not hesitate to fire Malone, who was close to Cousins ​​;

In 2014, he overcame the objections of the management and decided to select rookie Nick Stauskas through an online data competition. This young man with high hopes was kicked out after only one year with the Kings;

In 2016, Ranadive vetoed the Cousins trade plan proposed by then coach George Karl, and then Karl After being fired, another year later, Ranadive approved the Cousins trade proposed by Divac, and the exchange chips were generally considered to be of low value. Divac later claimed that "I received a better trading plan two days before the transaction," implying that Ranadive interfered with the transaction decision; Luka Doncic, who became a superstar, chose Marvin Bagley III instead. Now the career trajectories of the two have been completely different, but in the end only Divac was responsible for this;

After Mike Brown led the team to the playoffs for a long time, he gave Brown a three-year, 30 million contract extension, but only half a year later, he immediately kicked Brown out.

Now the king is turning to reconstruction. It seems to be a reflection on the chaos, but in fact it may fall into deeper chaos. Previously, Ranadive had always resisted complete reconstruction, focusing solely on short-term reinforcements and shortcuts. Now, suddenly tearing down and starting over again is essentially a blind move lacking long-term planning. New general manager Perry once publicly declared that he would "build a tactical system around LaVine," but putting it on the shelf in less than half a year completely exposed the absurdity and chaos of the management's decision-making. The root cause of all this chaos has always been that the boss's personal will may override professional judgment at any time. The emperor's behavior of using his words and eunuchs breaking their legs is a bit too primitive in today's NBA world.

From the long dormancy of sixteen consecutive years without qualifying for the playoffs to the rapid decline after briefly returning to the playoffs, the ups and downs of the Sacramento Kings profoundly illustrate one truth: the success of an NBA team, It is inseparable from a professional management, a stable coaching staff and a competitive lineup, and the premise of all this is the boss's awe of the boundaries of power - of course, there is no need to be so awe-inspiring that you nod in agreement when the general manager tells you to trade Doncic for thick eyebrows.

Ranadev's excessive intervention has turned the Kings into a typical example of disordered management in the league. Good managers are shunned and star players become his short-term guinea pigs. The current embarrassing situation between LaVine and DeRozan is just another footnote to the long-term turmoil of this team. If he cannot change his arbitrary character, the road to the king's revival may still be full of mystery.