Sacramento Kings fire coach Mike Malone
Here’s the Sacramento Bee reporting a huge late-night Kings development:
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The Kings have fired coach Michael Malone, league sources confirmed Sunday night, and will replace him with assistant coach Tyrone Corbin.
After starting the season 5-1, the Kings are 11-13 and have lost three in a row and eight of their last 10.
Star center DeMarcus Cousins has missed the last nine games because of viral meningitis. The Kings are 2-7 without him.
Malone, who went 39-67, was hired before the 2013-14 season after a group led by Vivek Ranadive purchased the franchise and vowed to keep it in Sacramento.
Malone was hired before Pete D’Alessandro came aboard as general manager. Ranadive declared Malone was the best assistant coach on the market and he had to hire him before another team did.
