Sonics fire Weiss after 13-17 start

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2278996


SEATTLE -- The Seattle SuperSonics fired head coach Bob Weiss on Tuesday after a disappointing 13-17 start to the season.

Assistant Bob Hill will take over for Weiss, the team said. Seattle opened a five-game road trip with a 115-96 loss to Indiana on Monday and plays in Chicago on Wednesday night.

Weiss was promoted from assistant to head coach on July 18 after Nate McMillan left for Portland. Weiss was a popular choice of All-Stars Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, but the team has struggled. Seattle has not been above .500 this season, after winning 52 games and the Northwest Division le last year.

Weiss, 63, was previously a head coach in Atlanta, San Antonio and with the Los Angeles Clippers and has an overall coaching record of 223-299. He was an assistant in Seattle from 1994 to 2005.

Weiss is the third coach fired by Seattle during the season since 1992. In 2000, Paul Westphal was let go after a 6-9 start, replaced by McMillan. In 1992, K.C. Jones was fired after an 18-18 start and later replaced by George Karl.

[rayray2k8]

Wow, weiss should of at LEAST been axed by the end of the season. Firing him is not gonna solve their problems on their mediocracy.