https://thehoopdoctors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/demarcus-cousins.jpg DeMarcus Cousins’ up-and-down relationship with the Kings brass over the years has been well documented. If were just an average player, there really wouldn’t be much to discuss. But he’s arguably the best big man in the league, so that always makes these types of situations sticky. It has been rumored that the Kings [...]
October 11, 2016
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Everything is totally fine with the Sacramento Kings. Just kidding. DeMarcus Cousins just wrapped up a one-game suspension that the Kings handed down after he yelled at head coach George Karl. Or was that suspension levied by Karl himself? Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: [tweet https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/709181823507509248] Yikes. And then there’s this, per Bryan [...]
March 14, 2016
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George Karl’s seat cushion is cooling off. All signs pointed to the Sacramento Kings firing him not 48 hours ago. Now, the Kings are Kings-ing, changing their minds in true Kings fashion. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein (h/t ProBasketballTalk): ESPN sources say that the Sacramento Kings, in a dramatic about-face, have decided to keep George Karl [...]
February 10, 2016
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What, you didn’t think the Sacramento Kings were going to let the New York Knicks have all the fun, did you? Head coach George Karl has been on the hot seat for a while and, apparently, won’t have to wait much longer for a decision to be made on his future. The Kings have already [...]
February 9, 2016
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With the Sacramento Kings 116-114 win over the Thunder in Oklahoma City Monday night, George Karl acquired his 1,156th career coaching victory. This put him ahead of the Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson, for 5th on the all-time list. Here is the updated list of the ten coaches with the most regular season victories in [...]
January 6, 2016
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All is not well with the Sacramento Kings. Things are just better than we thought. At 7-12, with one of the five worst records in the Western Conference, the Kings don’t have any reason to celebrate. They’re on pace to win 30 games for the first time during the DeMarcus Cousins era. That’s it, and [...]
December 2, 2015
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Brace yourselves: More Sacramento Kings chatter is en route. Rumors have flooded the Internet over the past few days, once again painting a portrait of chaos inside the Kings’ organization. General manager Vlade Divac, however, is here to tell you that everything is cool, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Brian Windhorst: Sacramento Kings general manager [...]
November 13, 2015
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Who had “early November” in the “When will DeMarcus Cousins and Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl first butt heads in 2015-16” pool? OK, well, you won. Sources told The Big Lead’s Jason McIntyre that Cousins went on a profanity-packed rant aimed at Karl following the Kings’ 106-88 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on [...]
November 12, 2015
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When training camp opened, Kings rookie Willie Cauley-Stein was reportedly out of shape and getting very winded after just a few trips up and down the court. But it seems as if he has gotten that figured out and has shown enough in the preseason to where he’s a favorite of George Karl. The rookie [...]
October 26, 2015
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Rajon Rondo? Butt heads with his head coach? Nah. At least, not this head coach. Rondo recently got cute with the media, admitting that things between he and the Sacramento Kings head coach weren’t all dandelions and daisies. The video of his initial comments can be seen below: “It’s not been going too well,” Rondo [...]
October 14, 2015
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