Sacramento Kings find themselves in a sticky situation without their star DeMarcus Cousins who is on the shelf for a short amount of time due to a disease.
Now it seems like the Sacramento Kings have made a slightly head-scratching move by firing their head coach, Mike Malone.
Story first reported by Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski.
Sacramento has fired coach Mike Malone, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 15, 2014
Assistant coach Ty Corbin will take over as interim head coach, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 15, 2014
Despite star DeMarcus Cousins missing past nine games, Malone didn't meet win-loss expectations of ownership, sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 15, 2014
Malone was only the coach of the Kings for 106 games, posting a record of 39-67.
The Kings are off to an 11-13 start, but have lost eight of their last 10. Which coincides with DeMarcus Cousins’ bout with viral meningitis.
The Kings next play Tuesday, when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are tied with Sacramento for 10th in the West.
Tyrone Corbin was head coach of the Utah Jazz from 2011-14 posting a record of 112-146. The Jazz declined to offer him a new contract after the end of last season.
