Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl (L) and franchise player DeMarcus Cousins can't see eye to eye and a breakup between the two may be inevitable. (Photo : Getty Images)
The Sacramento Kings are in the middle of a blitzkrieg of NBA rumors right now after word came out that franchise center DeMarcus Cousins led a "players-only" meeting to solve an "in-house" problem that allegedly involves head coach George Karl.
Speculations are everywhere, which prompted USA Today's Sam Amick to report that Karl's "job is in jeopardy" as of this moment as the Kings struggle at the bottom-most of the Western Conference with a 1-7 record to start the season and Karl is rumored to be having a major rift with his best player, Cousins.
Amick predicted that if Sacramento loses to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, then the bench tactician's "dismissal could come this week".
However, if the team somehow get it together and win a couple of games and managed to stay close to .500, then maybe "Karl's firing could come in the summer."
It's as if Karl being kicked out of the team is inevitable because he could not get along with the franchise's best player.
The Big Lead recently disclosed that Boogie actually "cursed out" Karl in front of his teammates and some of the Kings' executives, including general manager Vlade Divac, after the team lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.
F-words flew from Cousins' mouth toward Karl and reportedly all the 64-year-old coach can do "was walk away."
The article even mentioned that Divac asked his players if they should fire Karl right now, but all the players were said to be "speechless" and "stunned" to answer the GM's question.
Meanwhile, SB Nation's Tom Ziller said that for the team's internal strife to be solved "the Kings may sometime need to trade DeMarcus Cousins".
Ziller mentioned that it is already Year 6 of the Cousins era and the Kings are still headed nowhere so it may be time to make major changes. The Lakers and Celtics were said to be ready to explore any trade scenario involving the All-Star center and Sacramento should be open to the opportunity if the two teams are really serious about it.
Whether the Kings will fire Karl or trade Cousins, one thing is for sure, internal combustion between the two is unavoidable and at any time one of the two options that Divac would finally choose will not fail to shock the league.
