10 most dysfunctional NBA franchises

It has been over a decade since the Sacramento Kings have last made it to a Western Conference Playoffs and they have nobody to blame but their chaotic front office for their current situation of extreme dysfunction.

When the Maloof Brothers wanted out of ownership, Sacramento nearly lost its only professional franchise. The passionate Kings fans and mayor Kevin Johnson fought tooth and nail to keep the Kings in Sacramento to avoid moving north to become the second incarnation of the beloved Seattle SuperSonics.

Sacramento got their new billionaire to keep the team in Northern California in owner Vivek Ranadive. Then things went from crazy to absolutely insane in a matter of years. Ranadive’s heart is in the right place, but he is the definition of how new owner syndrome can create pure chaos within an organization.

The Kings star player in All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins has had six different head coaches since going to the Kings at No. 5 in the 2010 NBA Draft. The only one he seemed to have a great working relationship with was Michael Malone, who Ranadive axed because he wanted his team to go-uptempo, something Malone still doesn’t do for some reason while coaching in the Mile High City with the Denver Nuggets.

Cousins is easily the most talented center in the NBA, but his reputation is becoming increasingly marred with the amount of stink placed on him by the constant revolving door of coaches in the California State Capital.

While getting former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Dave Joerger to replace George Karl was probably the best hire Sacramento could do this summer, there is still a growing belief that general manager Vlade Divac is a tad underqualified for the amount of power Ranadive gives him in the Kings front office.

Divac failed to understand how the mid-level exception worked when trying to court former Portland Trail Blazers wing Wesley Matthews in 2015 NBA free agency. Divac sent a rights to a first round pick swap and 2014’s first round pick Nik Stauskas to the 76ers for essentially cap space that he didn’t need to have to potentially sign Matthews. Matthews would ultimately sign with the Dallas Mavericks to make the deal with Philadelphia even more puzzling.

The shame in it all is that the Kings have a wonderful and passionate fan base that are in love with a team that clearly doesn’t have it together. The 2015-16 Kings were arguably talented enough to make the 2016 Western Conference Playoffs, but their playoff drought now extends into its second decade.

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