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Incredible.
Bob Weiss, come on down.
Adelman will be let go at afternoon news conference
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rick Adelman is apparently out as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings.
According to sources, and also reported on the Sacramento Bee website, Adelman will be relieved of duties at a 6 p.m. ET news conference. Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie is expected to make the announcement.
Adelman was without a contract after the Kings were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs by San Antonio.
Adelman has won 752 games in his NBA career, which has included stops in Portland and Golden State as well as Sacramento.
Sacramento won 25 of their last 36 regular-season games shortly after Ron Artest was acquired in a trade for Peja Stojakovic, the last remaining player from the 1999 roster that thrilled the NBA with its wide-open, free-flowing style in the first of eight straight trips to the playoffs.
"I'm really proud of the way the guys finished this season, because people had written us off -- said we were done as a franchise," said Adelman, who didn't want to discuss his future Friday night. "We've built a great foundation for the stuff we want to be able to do. I'm very optimistic about it."
Incredible.
Bob Weiss, come on down.
not surprised rumor was that was going to happen
pj to kings
rick head assist with spurs
ahf might be happy
Well, this proves the Kings are ing stupid. That's about it.
I bet they'll have a long look at the Suns' Ivaroni. He's ripe for the pickin.
Adelman will do well with another team anyway. His postseason scrimmage with the Spurs helps his case.
I'd be surprised if they can keep that group together now. Adelman has done pretty good jobs in both Portland and Sacramento and has made the playoffs every year that he's coached other than the 2 years he spent with Golden State.
He's over .500 in his playoff coaching career, which is a pretty solid accomplishment.
Wow, I didn't think they'd actually do it. Adelman has done a great job with what he had there, but sometimes the most brilliant moves are those that are the riskiest. We'll see how the cookie crumbles.
If Rick comes, someone tell him not to forget to bring Bruce's DPOY award that Ron's been holding on to. He needs it back.
Time to ask Rick how he feels about riding shotgun with Pop for a season or two.
Dumb move by the Kings. There aren't that many winning, proven coaches in the NBA left. He's done a pretty great job for the Kings all these years. I guess they're really trying to turn the team around fully with its new players and everything.
Good move except for ron was against it
it was time for a fresh face with the kings
you could say resign him for one year and see what he does with that with ron their the whole year
but why would rick do that?
RA will get a head job next year. Eight straight years in the playoffs, he's too good to ride the pine in SA.
Toronto... Atlanta... Minney... Seattle... Maybe back to the Warriors?
If he doesn't have a job next season it'll be his choice to sit out a season.
Ron's statement about Rick and Bonzi should have been a red flag for the Kings management...Chemistry goes a long way. Especially coming out from a guy of Ron Artest.. Look at the Heat 2005 vs. Heat 2006...
but I kinda agree with the "fresh face" route since Adelman hasn't delivered in a while, even this last run, "may have been flukey" just like Chris Webber's 5 year Loaded Contract, Mike Bibby's Contract Complacency...Kings are tired of the team "riding high off the Postseason glimmer of success " only to shy away when it really, really counts. Maybe a new coach will end that predisposition.
Watching the press conference ... Petrie announced EVERYONE is gone, assistants too. Very awkward body language, looks like he is delivering a message he doesn't 100% agree with.
Adelman will have a press conference tomorrow afternoon.
I just hope Maloof doesn't with PJ during the playoff run. Don't need that distraction.
Dumb move by the Kings. Hopefully he will move back to Portland. Rick's son-in-law is a good friend of mine.
0-8 in the playoffs. Its time for a change. Your well thought out and provacative posts are what would be considered stupid.
As a King's fan, Ron's comments about Rick are the only things I'm worried about. Ron NEEDS a player's coach. Thankfully, that rules out Don Nelson.
I agree completely with your last paragraph and I think a lot of Sac fans feel the same way.
I wish he would be the coach in Minny instead of the damned Casey....
I would accept a Wells (S&T) for Davis trade as well.
They hired... for millions of dollars.. one of biggest troublemakers and WORST rapper in NBA history and EXPECTED that to carry them?
Yea.. I am sure it's the coaches fault and not Artest and the team.
Petrie and Adelman have a VERY strong relationship. This is a tough one for Geoff.
Uh, yeah I don't think P.J. is a RonRon and Bonzi kinda guy.
If the Maloofs are dumb enough to hire Don Nelson, switch to the Weather Channel on TV and watch the skies over Sacramento turn black with the smoke of thousands of burning hats and jerseys.
Since I don't follow the Kings, I don't feel qualified to discuss team dynamics and the stuff that really counts. However, I have to ask the Maloofs, "who are you going to get?" Seriously. Do you think that they actually have a specific plan here, or was this a knee-jerk reaction to a contract year? I don't see an obvious candidate.
the maloofs and petrie are to smart. in my opinion this was decided long before they were even in the playoffs. i think they have a plan in the works. i just wish i knew what it is.
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