<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Sacramento Kings reached an agreement in principle Tuesday with Reggie Theus to become their new coach, ending a meandering two-month search for Eric Musselman's replacement. Kings spokesman Troy Hanson said the club plans to introduce Theus, the New Mexico State coach and a former Kings player, at a news conference Wednesday. The Kings' search progressed slowly and deliberately after the club's first losing season since 1998. Sacramento nearly hired Stan Van Gundy two weeks ago before he chose the Orlando Magic, while veteran coach Larry Brown recently expressed interest in the opening. The Kings instead chose Theus, a well-liked 13-year NBA veteran -- though he has almost as much experience playing a coach on television as in real life. Theus, who transformed the New Mexico State program into an NCAA tournament club in just two seasons on the Aggies' sideline, has never coached in the NBA.</div> <div align="center">Source: Yahoo! Sports</div>
I think he'll do better with the Kings than Musselman winning more than 33 games, despite the lack of experience in the NBA. Most likely because the team will be fresh, no one on the IR, I think people don't remember Bibby, Artest and Miller were out at different part of the year last season, which really hurt the Kings. Ron Artest is liking Theus already, the chemistry of the team has improved, Kevin Martin will be a lot better this season. All of this has led me to believe that they may be a strong candidate for that 8th spot for the playoffs.
Never should have gotten rid of adelman in the first place. Having said that, I think this is just going to be another spot in the coaching carousel that is about to start. He will do better than mussleman, but not by leaps and bounds. The good side is that he will be able to keep the attention of the players as he was a player himself.
