George believes the Finals should serve as a wake-up call for the organization.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think the second step is acknowledging the ick, acknowledging your mistakes, acknowledging your failures as a franchise, learning, growing from them, and ultimately getting past them,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n
The hosts argued that Sacramento\u2019s leadership cannot ignore the optics of watching former players and coaches succeed elsewhere. Instead, the Finals should compel the organization to evaluate where things went wrong and how to avoid repeating them.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to learn from that,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThe organization needs to be learning from this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
That lesson starts with accountability. Anderson stressed that the Kings must \u201clook themselves in the mirror with accountability\u201d and figure out \u201chow not to do that in the future, and how to better our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
The encouraging part for Sacramento is that ownership may have already taken the first step. The hiring of general manager Scott Perry was repeatedly highlighted as a potential turning point for the franchise.<\/p>\n
George called Perry \u201cthe most experienced general manager\u201d that owner Vivek Ranadive has hired and argued that this NBA Finals experience should reinforce the importance of trusting him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you can\u2019t learn from this, if you can\u2019t see that the decisions that you have made and been a part of have directly led to this, and your way just has not worked, then you\u2019re never going to learn,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n
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Rather than dwelling on what could have been, the Sacramento Kings have an opportunity to use this moment as fuel for change. The Finals spotlight is exposing past mistakes, but it is also highlighting a potential path forward.<\/p>\n
As George put it, \u201cWe cannot move on until the organization moves forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
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