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  • EmpireWF
    Giants in the Super Bowl
    • Mar 2009
    • 24082

    Kings Fire Paul Westphal

    The Kings fired Paul Westphal as coach just days after he banished DeMarcus Cousins for one game.


    The Sacramento Kings fired coach Paul Westphal Thursday, hours after the team suffered a 27-point loss to the Denver Nuggets and just four days after the coach openly feuded with center DeMarcus Cousins.

    Kings assistant Keith Smart will coach the team in Thursday’s home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

    In what could ultimately be the franchise’s final season in Sacramento, the Kings have opened with a 2-5 record, worst in the Western Conference. All but one of the losses have been by at least 17 points.

    Westphal’s firing comes four days after he banished Cousins from the team for one game, saying the young center demanded a trade. Kings general manager Geoff Petrie and co-owner Joe Maloof had said they supported Westphal’s decision, but also said they have no intention of trading Cousins.

    Cousins returned to the Kings on Monday and played in their past two games, but didn’t start.

    Westphal was 51-120 in two-plus seasons as coach of the Kings. “Unfortunately, the overall performance level of the team has not approached what we felt was reasonable to expect,” Petrie said in a statement released by the team.

    “I would like to thank the Maloof family for the incredible opportunity they gave me to participate in the attempt to bring the Sacramento Kings back to prominence,” Westphal said in a statement. “While the job is far from finished, I am proud of the strides we were able to make.”
    What a terrible team, despite having good talent.


  • FirstTimer
    Freeman Error

    • Feb 2009
    • 18729

    #2
    WTF is wrong with the Kings?

    They seem to be a worse version of the Wizards who are a worse version of the Hawks.

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    • ralaw
      Posts too much
      • Feb 2009
      • 6663

      #3
      Cousins/Evans > Westphal.

      This is the NBA where players have the power to get rid of coaches.

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      • Kuzzy Powers
        Beautiful Like Moses
        • Oct 2008
        • 12542

        #4
        Westphall sucked anyways. No stability in minutes, out of whack lineups, and poor late game management. Add in bumping heads with your young players and the writing is on the wall for you son.

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        • FirstTimer
          Freeman Error

          • Feb 2009
          • 18729

          #5
          I wonder if Stern will step in and stop this firing.

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          • nwfisch
            No longer a noob
            • Jul 2011
            • 1365

            #6
            Originally posted by Bob Kuzzy
            Westphall sucked anyways. No stability in minutes, out of whack lineups, and poor late game management. Add in bumping heads with your young players and the writing is on the wall for you son.
            :michaelscott::srs:

            OK Dad.

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            • Kuzzy Powers
              Beautiful Like Moses
              • Oct 2008
              • 12542

              #7
              Originally posted by FrostyJr
              :michaelscott::srs:

              OK Dad.

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              • Umfer
                Junior Member
                • May 2009
                • 904

                #8
                Good, so frustrating being a Kings fan in the last 5 years.

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                • Rudi
                  #CyCueto
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 9905

                  #9
                  Demarcus wins

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                  • nwfisch
                    No longer a noob
                    • Jul 2011
                    • 1365

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bob Kuzzy
                    :learnvsn:
                    Don't call me your son then if your not my dad.

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                    • A Tasty Burgerr
                      ▄█▀ █▬█ █ ▀█▀
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 5916

                      #11
                      Now watch them beat the Bucks tonight...

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                      • Herm
                        Boomshakalaka
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 9314

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ralaw
                        Cousins/Evans > Westphal.

                        This is the NBA where players have the power to get rid of coaches.
                        Yeah it was either trade Cousins or get rid of Westphal and the NBA is ultimately a players league.


                        I hope whoever comes in there can get Demarcus to focus. He has so much talent but seems like a headcase with sporadic effort.

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                        • Rudi
                          #CyCueto
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 9905

                          #13
                          Atleast new dude started Demarcus [and was rewarded with 19 and 15]. Fuck Westphal.

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