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Mike Bibby’s former backcourt mate, Doug Christie, is currently in the midst of his second season coaching the Kings. After taking over the team midway through the last season and posting a respectable record (27-24), things have been nothing but a struggle this season, with Christie even calling out the team early in the season. “I think Doug’s doing the best job he could do with the cards that he was dealt,” said Bibby in a one-on-one interview with R.org. “Doug has a lot of passion for the game. He has the greatest assistant coaching staff. It’s unfortunate that it’s a rebuilding year or however they want to put it. “But it’s unfortunate for Doug because I think he has the passion to coach, and he loves the guys, and he has that,” Bibby continued to say.
Bibby acknowledged that Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game is probably more impressive given the circumstances. “Bam (Adebayo)’s a Jordan guy, so it’s a great privilege, great honor that he got that,” said Bibby. “But, I mean, it’s almost like the All-Star game is — you’re up 20, and you’re fouling. You know what I mean? You guys saw the game. There’s really not much for me to say about it, everybody’s seen it. That’s the way it is. But 83 is a hard thing to get. I didn’t watch the game, so it’s hard to say. I just saw the highlights and the way people show it.”
When asked who the top point guard in the NBA today is, without much hesitation, Bibby said Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic. Doncic is currently leading the NBA with 32.8 points per game. “I got Luka,” said Bibby. “He just does so much.”
Q. Mike, is it time to blow it up? And if so, who would you keep? Mike Bibby: I think so. I told you before, I think that they were talking about keeping Keegan Murray and Nique Clifford. They said everybody else after that is tradeable. So, I mean, once you hear that, like maybe the organization gave up a little bit. (...) I think once that's said, you got to go ahead and do it.
Jorge Sierra: Giannis Antetokounmpo moved ahead of Walt Bellamy in scoring and is now No. 42 in NBA history. Also: Nikola Jokic passed Mike Bibby for No. 54 all-time in assists.
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Mike Bibby: "I was blessed cuz I remember — I didn’t want to go to Vancouver. You know, my — the Clippers had the first pick. Thank God I didn’t go there. So not getting drafted there I think was a blessing in disguise. I had my family. I was 19 years old, 20 years old. Moved up to Canada. I really didn’t want to move. I got drafted there. I told them — I went up to the GM and the president and the coaches in a meeting, and I told them — I sat there. I said, 'I don’t want to play here.”
Tell us what your journey was like to get to obviously being able to win a championship with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal and that early Laker teams. Jelani McCoy: I thought I was on the way to the Mike Bibby package, you know what I mean? I was McDonald's high school All-American, wooty woo… I thought I was on the way to the big pack Bibby package, but they snatched that sh*t up fairly quick after the uh the marijuana suspension. You know what I mean? Which is a whole long ass story. I had like seven years to sue the school. I never did because I, you know, I thought I wanted to have kids and maybe they wanted to go to UCLA and I don't want to have that stigma. But it was tough, man. Smoking tree, he'll tell you back then it was a job. It wasn't as luxurious as it is. It's legal for him to smoke now. But back in the day, they almost looked at you like a criminal.
Sean Cunningham: Kings legend Mike Bibby, who now coaches the Sacramento State Hornets men's program, paid a visit to the opening of training camp this morning, and caught up with former teammates Doug Christie and Bobby Jackson. pic.x.com/K4mdPVSZSN
Kings legend Mike Bibby, who now coaches the Sacramento State Hornets men's program, paid a visit to the opening of training camp this morning, and caught up with former teammates Doug Christie and Bobby Jackson. pic.twitter.com/K4mdPVSZSN
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) September 30, 2025
Sean Cunningham: Mike Bibby on the job at Sac State as the Hornets open preseason practices. The new head coach welcomed in his former Sacramento Kings teammate this afternoon with Brad Miller, who will be helping out the program as a consultant.
Mike Bibby on the job at Sac State as the Hornets open preseason practices. The new head coach welcomed in his former Sacramento Kings teammate this afternoon with Brad Miller, who will be helping out the program as a consultant. pic.twitter.com/D52cRyNs6T
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) September 22, 2025
DeMarcus Cousins on jersey retirement in Sacramento: "Obviously it would be an honor. That was something that I definitely wanted and strived for as far as why I tried to go out and perform every single night. Accolade-wise, I feel like I did all the right things while I was in that jersey … As far as All-Stars, as far as All-NBA selections, numbers, gold medals. I put my work in. I think I earned my stripes. Obviously it's like you (Mike Bibby) said, it's a political thing. But as far as the work being done, I think I did what needed to be done to join the others up in the rafters.”
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Bobby Jackson on playing In-Between card game when he was playing with the Sacramento Kings: The biggest number I lost was 60,000 dollars. And I had to walk into the Trump Plaza singing Who Let the Dogs Out because I didn't want to pay it with no clothes on. I had my boxers and my tank top on and I lost it to f*cking Vlade Divac.
Bobby Jackson: Jason Williams was extremely talented and he was a risk taker with his flashy passes and his ability to get the crowd on their feet. Like I ain't never seen one person electrify the crowd like he did. Now because he was that risk taker, it kind of drove it drove Rick kind of crazy. Then Mike Bibby comes in. You got this point guard that knows how to settle everybody down and he knows how to get the ball to the right guys in the right spots and he's not flashing. J-Will was a crowd pleaser and Mike was a game dominator.
Mike Bibby on Lakers-Kings series in 2002: We like they were getting our champagne ready in the locker room to celebrate winning the Western Conference and you know we kind of sh*t the bed. I still, the Robert Horry shot… I still can't watch it… Like I watch the highlights and stuff up until that… I can't watch it. I haven't watched it. I just won't watch it. Just like cuz I know it was taken from us. That was our championship and we went to we went to game seven. It just shows you that we are a better team. If you watch some of those highlights, you could see like Shaq's face, Kobe's face, rest in peace, they're like it's over. I mean, you can see in their faces just staring at the ground and but game seven, we go to game seven, kind of sh*t the bed in game seven, two for 13 from three, under 50% from the free throw line and we go to overtime. We end up losing in overtime and they interview me after the game. Me and Kobe are getting interviewed after the game. I don't think I've seen them ever interview a losing player. And they're interviewing me and Kobe. The guy I mean he starts asking me questions first. I'm pissed. I just I don't even remember what he asked me.
Shams Charania: Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to become the men's basketball general manager of Sacramento State, sources tell ESPN. It will be a voluntary role for Shaq, whose son, Shaqir O'Neal, also plays for Sac State under Mike Bibby. Shaq and Bibby form a star duo as college GM and coach.