教練好像確定是 Paul Westphal了
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/
According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, the Kings will hire
former Phoenix and Seattle head coach Paul Westphal for their vacant head
coaching position.
Westphal is believed to have agreed to a deal for two guaranteed seasons at
$1.5 million per with the third season a team option worth $1.7 million.
There are likely incentives in the deal that could reward Westphal if the
Kings improved significantly from their franchise-worst 17-win campaign in
2008-09.
The decision brings an end to a Kings coaching search that lasted 47 days and
came with similar twists and turns as the ones that had come before. It began
with Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie calling for experience over
experiments, setting parameters that the Kings' fifth coach since 2006 would
have to be have had "some level of success" as an NBA head coach. Eddie
Jordan and Westphal were the first candidates, both of them easily meeting
the qualifications and kickstarting the process with interviews on May 12 and
May 13, respectively.
Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis eventually entered with a second group that also
included Boston associate head coach Tom Thibodeau, just about the time
Jordan was bowing out voluntarily. Despite being seen as a frontrunner
largely for his ties to Petrie and the organization, Jordan was hired by
Philadelphia on May 29. Just a day later, Thibodeau was interviewed in Lasand
followed in the following day by Rambis.
Throughout the later stages of the process, Kings co-owners Joe and Gavin
Maloof and Petrie repeatedly made it clear that Rambis, Westphal, and
Thibodeau were all impressive in their interviews and that they were all
being seriously considered. And while Rambis was believed by most to be the
front runner, sources say discussions between the Kings and his agent, Warren
LeGarie, stalled for too long while Westphal waited for a verdict.
With the Lakers in the midst of the NBA Finals against Orlando, Rambis was
adamant that he remain loyal to the Lakers and focused on the task of winning
a championship. Westphal, meanwhile, had grown impatient enough that sources
say he was close to pulling out of the race. In the end, however, he was
alone at the finish line.
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