Malik Monk shares the backstory on Mike Brown’s epic ‘turn on the jets’ quote
May 2, 2023, 3:00 PM | Updated: 3:15 pm
Head coach Mike Brown of the Sacramento Kings celebrates a 176-175 double overtime win over the LA Clippers with Malik Monk #0 and De'Aaron Fox #5 at Crypto.com Arena on February 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Before the Sacramento Kings shocked the league with their style of play last season, first-year head coach Mike Brown went viral for something he did during training camp.
As part of the team’s YouTube series The Run, cameras caught Brown running up and down the practice court, yelling at his players to “turn the f***ing jets on!”
Malik Monk, in his exit interview with Sacramento media, explained how this came to be.
“We were doing a transition drill and we we’re being a little lazy, and he told us to run and then he did what came out of there,” Malik explained with a laugh. “That’s what came out of that, him running slower than us.”
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"TURN THE F–KING JETS ON!" 🗣️💨
Kings HC Mike Brown was moving during practice 😅
(via @SacramentoKings) pic.twitter.com/o7NCycZkPP
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 19, 2022
Additional topics Monk discussed in his exit interview include:
- Playing again with his best friend De’Aaron Fox.
- Embracing his role off the bench
- His contributions to changing the culture in Sacramento
- What do the Kings need to do to make that next step in the NBA
- Sacramento feeling like home after multiple stops around the league
- How coach Mike Brown was instrumental in changing the culture
Click here to watch and listen to the full press conference with Malik Monk.
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