Fired Paul Westphal Just Tip Of The Iceberg For Kings  On
Thursday, the Sacramento Kings fired Paul Westphal. While it was
a necessary move, the canning shouldn't distract from the fact
that the team's failings go much, much deeper than the coach.
On Sunday, Paul Westphal told the world that DeMarcus Cousins
was the problem with the Sacramento Kings. The coach's official
reason for sending Cousins home before the Kings' game against
the New Orleans Hornets was that the second-year center had
demanded a trade, a claim the player and his agent immediately
denied and one that all teammates quoted on the record were
stunned by. Perhaps feeling some heat from a stunned press
corps, Westphal bolstered his position by claiming that the
alleged trade demand was, for Cousins' immaturity, the "tip of
the iceberg."  Four days later, the Kings fired Westphal. There
were plenty of basketball reasons to drop the ax. The Kings, who
are the league's youngest club by roster age, looked like a
bridge club in back-to-back blow