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Amin Elhassan discusses the challenges facing George Karl, who is expected

to be named the next coach of the Sacramento Kings.

 Tags: NA, !e"arcus #ousins, Sacramento Kings

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George Karl has reached an agreement in principle to become the next coach

of the Sacramento Kings, general manager ete !-Alessandro announced

 Thursda.

Ke(in elton ta/es a loo/ at the 0ob George Karl has in front of him and

dispels some mths about his o1ensi(e scheme, coaching stle and trac/

record. Stor &nsider

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 Terms ha(e not been released, but Karl, an ESN analst, will get a four2ear

deal worth an estimated 345 million, sources said. The Kings will hold a

formal news conference when the deal is 6nali7ed after All2Star *ee/end.

Karl, who is attending a pri(ate funeral ser(ice for former North #arolina

coach !ean Smith on Thursda, will ta/e o(er as Trone #orbin-s successor

and Sacramento-s third coach of the season starting next wee/.

#orbin was relie(ed of his duties Thursda, but will remain with the Kings in

an ad(isor role, !-Alessandro said in a statement. #orbin had a 8294 record

since ta/ing o(er after the Kings abruptl 6red "i/e "alone in mid2

!ecember.

& ha(e the utmost respect for Trone as a coach and person, !-Alessandro

said in a statement. )e-s a man of great integrit, a consummate

professional that managed a di;cult situation with class and

professionalism. & loo/ forward to continuing to wor/ with Trone mo(ing

forward.

Sources told ESN.com earlier this wee/ that team o;cials informed #orbin

that the Kings- games Tuesda and *ednesda in #hicago and "ilwau/ee

li/el would be his last two in charge

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on the heels of winning NA #oach of the >ear honors for the 9?4924= season

22 ran/s sixth all time among NA coaches with 4,4=4 wins. )e coached in

#le(eland, Golden State, Seattle and "ilwau/ee before his run with the

Nuggets. After Karl 0oined the Nuggets midstream in the -?@2?5 season, he

led them to a =92 6nish.

All2Star power forward !e"arcus #ousins formall weighed in on the Kings-

coaching situation before their game in #hicago on Tuesda night, insisting in

an inter(iew with ESN.com that he has had no input for or against Karl. Two

nights earlier he had gone on a crptic postgame rant amid reports that he

and his representati(es were (oicing opposition to Karl-s hiring.

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& don-t 6re coaches or hire them, #ousins told ESN. E(erone /nows &

li/ed and respected #oach "alone. & didn-t want "alone-s 6ring in

!ecemberF to happen.

&-m not in(ol(ed in an coaching decisions right now. &-(e heard that George

Karl is a great coach. &f that is the direction that the organi7ation chooses, &-ll

support it. 'ut of respect for #oach TroneF #orbin, & hadn-t planned on

ma/ing an comments about what is rumored out there. ut at this point &

felt some things needed to be clari6ed.

)e clari6ed his stance on the team-s coaching situation further after Tuesdanight-s 4?@2< loss to the ulls, when he said, All of usF got thrown into

this. To the best of our abilit, we tr to get it done. *or/ with what we ha(e

and tr to lea(e the least amount of excuses possible.