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Source: Adelman out as Kings coach

By Sam Amick -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 1:10 pm PDT Tuesday, May 9, 2006

The Rick Adelman era in Sacramento is over.

According to inside sources, Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie is expected to announce at a 3 p.m. news conference today that the coach who led them to eight consecutive playoff berths will not be back next season.

Adelman has spent eight seasons with the Kings, compiling a 395-229 record in the regular season. His teams were 34-35 in the postseason, never making it to the NBA Finals.

His best season was in 2002, when the Kings won 61 games.

Prior to his stint with the Kings, Adelman was the head coach in Portland for six seasons and Golden State for two seasons. His career record is 756-447, with a 70-68 record in the postseason. He took the Trail Blazers to the 1990 NBA Finals, where they lost to Detroit.

Hm, this is a bit surprising. I thought he did pretty good considering what he was given the last two years(after the Webber trade).

I wonder what style of coach they'll be looking for.

Overall a good coach but they probably needed a new voice around there. I would think that Sacramento would need a veteran coach for that team.

I thought he fucked up a real good team this year until Artest showed up. Before that though he was one of my favs.

i liked rick. its too bad. i wish they could've fired him last year. for us.:cool:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6506/adelman7md.jpg

Adelman is the master of losing the big game.

Not a suprise at all.

Wonder who the Kings will go after now?

If I were to take a guess, they will probably go after the Sun's Marc Iavaroni.

I miss Ivaroni. He had the funniest name in the NBA before Lloyd changed his name to "world".....

Don Nelson

He's wasn't fired. His contract expired and they aren't asking him back.

He's wasn't fired. His contract expired and they aren't asking him back.

aka fired

Barkley: "Maybe Flip will leave to coach NY next year and Adelman can coach the Pistons to a championship. Because, it worked out pretty good for someone last year...."

I thought he should have been gone after last year. He had a great chance to win a ship there and his team choked on him

Sac had quite a few injuries and brought in a new player, Artest. Most peeps here don't feel Adelman is the problem, some do.

IMO, the Kings just don't have the player talent they've had in the past, plus players coming in, players leaving.

Adelman is NOT a bad coach, but the Maloofs must feel its time for a change.

Was it Utah that did the pregame video with Adelman as Hitler?

He'll get another job if he wants one.

EDIT: Nevermind, it was a video that Phil Jackson had made and used for the Lakers.