Kings double-down on Vlade Divac and fire Dave Joerger

SACRAMENTO, CA - JUNE 24: Head Coach Dave Joerger and General Manager Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings address the media at a press conference on September 27, 2017 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /

The Sacramento Kings have given Vlade Divac full control of basketball operations and his first move was to fire Dave Joerger.

You don’t have to be a Sacramento Kings insider to know that Vlade Divac wanted full control of the basketball side of the operation.

Up until recently, he’s had to share the GM duties with Brandon Williams, but, according to a tweet from Sam Amick of The Athletic, Divac is moving to fire Williams and take over complete control of the basketball operations.

None of this is really a shock in Sacramento.

Sources, @TheAthletic: Kings GM Vlade Divac is meeting with assistant GM Brandon Williams right now, and has made the decision that Williams will not return next season. Story on Vlade being given full control of basketball ops moves here https://t.co/yLrPFYNpNL
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) April 11, 2019

Many felt as if Williams was trying his best to usurp the power that Divac wielded over the franchise, but it’s Divac who, apparently, is having the last laugh here. He never really wanted to share the GM duties with anyone else, as Divac has a blueprint as to how he wants to reconstruct the Kings.

Williams, it seems, was in the way of implementing that blueprint, and the only way to see that the plans go forth uninterrupted is to fire the person who is perceived to be in the way.

So, good look on your future endeavors, Williams.

Now, Divac seemingly has full control of the basketball operations, some believed that this would mean that head coach Dave Joerger would be safe in his position.

Thanks to a “Woj Bomb” from NBA God Adrian Wojnarowski, we know that’s not the case.

Kings GM Vlade Divac is planning to fire coach Dave Joerger in a face-to-face meeting today, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 11, 2019

In reality, this isn’t really a surprise, either. Joerger and Divac have butted heads about the direction of the team, and now that there’s no one to stop Divac from enacting his will, Joerger was all-but-certain to be gone.

So what does all of this mean for the Kings?

The answer is, we don’t know? It may be for the best, but it also could be for the worst. All we know is Divac has complete control, and the ride is just about to begin in California’s capital.

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