Another Assistant Coach Reported To Be Coming to Sactown

by Tom Ziller on Jun 16, 2006 8:26 AM PDT in News

The New York Daily News says Knicks assistant Brendan O'Connor is Sactown-bound.

O'Connor has strong Eric Musselman ties, having assisted under the Kings head coach for four seasons in the USBL and CBA in the 90s. In those two seasons with Muss at the USBL's Florida Sharks, the pair won back-to-back championships.

O'Connor has been a Larry Brown assistant for the past three seasons, including the championship year in Detroit. The Daily News said O'Connor was considered the fourth assistant on that team, and would assumedly be a top assistant with Musselman.

O'Connor graduated from St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., in 1994, which pegs him to be somewhere in his mid- to late-30s. He has no professional playing experience, and possibly no college playing experience.

So Musselman is 41 years old. Scott Brooks, the Denver assistant apparently coming to the Kings, turns 42 in July. And O'Connor is in his mid-30s. It's a damn youth movement!

At least we know our coach shouldn't need a few days off for chest pains or anything. That's a plus.

(Oh, and this is completely off-track, but it's a pretty momentous occasion for me: I have never agreed with Marcos Breton as much as I do today. In fact, I almost never agree with Breton. We'll just say he's not my favorite Bee columnist. And sometimes he really pisses me off. But damn if he is not 100 percent on target in today's column on News10's decision to tape-delay the U.S.-Italy World Cup match Saturday in order to show the Sacramento Monarchs live. Someone absolutely needs to be fired for this. Luckily, I live in a magical place where both the San Francisco and Sacramento network affiliates are on the dial. So I can flip over to ABC 7 and happily enjoy the match in English. Although I'll probably watch it on Univision anyways, because the commentary on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 has damn near violated the Geneva Convention rules on torture. Anyways, want it live and in English? Drive west. Sunny Vacaville has plenty of chain restaurants with sizeable bar areas. And I guarantee you not a single one will be showing the Monarchs.)

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I rarely agree with you

Well, that's not true, but you really nailed it with the quality of the ABC/ESPN World Cup announcers. I end up watching it in Spanish even if the only words I pick up are "pelota" and "cabezza" because it is still better than the English version.

by Kurt on Jun 16, 2006 11:23 AM PDT reply actions

3-2

If I were a real sportswriter (khakis, women-hater, Marriott Points) I'd make some lame joke about the over/under in the WC game rivaling the 1st quarter score of the Monarchs game. Thankfully, I haven't gotten to that point of prestige just yet.

Thank God the Spurs are done, there's a real pressure to work that Parker/Longoria angle, y'know? Either way, I'm off to read some US Weeklies in order to prepare for 06-07.

by KD on Jun 17, 2006 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

Glad to hear

Glad to hear he's doing well in assembling his team
my only problem with the coaching staff is that they're too young (although this isn't really a bad thing)
I hope at least one of Rick's assistant coaches return
what do u guys think?

ot: hey tom, since you like numbers
why don't you do an article about the NBA Pre-Draft Athleticism Test Results
http://nbadraft.net/2006campmeasurements002.asp
pretty interesting stuff
Look at how unathletic aldridge is comapred to his fellow lottery buddies
Morrison fared better than him
and I'm all for drafting sene but i'm having second thoughts
I really like Farmar ever since (He's my sleeper) and the one thing they criticized about his game is that he's not that athletic
if that is the case, then why does he have a 42 vert? sick
mike for offense, jordan for defense
not bad

by kingme on Jun 17, 2006 10:42 AM PDT reply actions