The Sacramento Kings may have just done a really, really dumb thing (Ball Don’t Lie)

If you want to pile on, you can. This has all the hallmarks of an easy read. The Sacramento Kings surprised everyone this season by racing out to 9-5 record. The team then lost its out and out superstar, the ever-improving DeMarcus Cousins, to a debilitating bout of viral meningitis. The Kings lost their last game with DMC, and expectedly whiffed on seven of nine contests with Cousins recovering (mostly) away from the team. The Sacramento Kings also feature a new'ish owner that sometimes embarrasses the team's fan base with his musings on how the sport should be played, and they boast a general manager and influential consultant that were hired after the team's coach was hired – a rare NBA move. That coach was fired, late on Sunday, as first reported by Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski . Michael Malone was dumped after just 24 games this season, following the first year of a three-year deal with a team option for a fourth year. Clashes in basketball philosophy were cited as the reason for the dismissal. The NBA cognoscenti, as you'd expect, was gobsmacked. The quick take would mention something along the lines of a front office working under the whims of an unknowing owner....