natt Stories - Sactown Royalty
Does Kenny Natt Have a Case?
As fans, we are not totally privy to conversations between ownership, management and the coaching staff. To be frank, we only know what a) ownership, management or the coaching staff deems appropriate to tell us, or b) what the beat writers and columnists -- those with access -- can fish out. There...
Teaching Defense, Teaching Discipline
The word "discipline" is taken the wrong way in sports. When a coach pronounces that he'll be bringing discipline to a team, we imagine fines for tardiness, or wind sprints for missing an assignment, or a tightly controlled rotation based on who is giving effort. Reggie Theus touted discipline when...
Meet Kenny Natt
Theus is gone, and Kenny Natt will coach the team tonight against Minnesota. Like half the coaches in the league, Natt played for the Kings in the '80s ... but his NBA career ended before the move from Kansas City to Sacramento. Natt spent nine years as an assistant under Jerry Sloan in Utah and...
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