Kings lose finale; is Musselman gone?
By Sam Amick - Bee Staff Writer
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Geoff Petrie stood in his usual spot in the Arco Arena tunnel Wednesday night, the Kings' basketball president watching his team fall again as a season of so much strife and struggle finally ended.
He gazed out on the floor and in the direction of coach Eric Musselman, who - according to numerous sources close to the team - does not appear destined to return to his courtside position with the Kings next season.
The Kings' future as it pertains to Musselman will reach a quick resolution. Petrie will conduct one-on-one interviews with the players today and meet with Musselman on Friday in what some close to the situation say is a mere formality.
By Sunday evening, Petrie will be headed for Europe on a two-week trip for international scouting and said he wants to "address as much as I can as quickly as I can" in relation to the team. Petrie, however, would neither confirm nor deny that Musselman is on his way out.
"My plans are pretty well set for the next two days," Petrie said. "I can't speculate beyond that, obviously. People seem to know what I'm thinking or what I'm going to do, then they ought up to stand up and own up to it."
According to a source close to the team, a meeting in Las Vegas between Petrie and the team's co-owners, Joe and Gavin Maloof, was originally scheduled for immediately following the season but was changed.
The Maloofs were in Miami during the Kings' season finale, a 117-106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, and were taping a television segment with Oprah Winfrey while Petrie stayed in Sacramento to handle affairs.
The Kings finished 33-49 and out of the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
Musselman had requested to meet with the Maloofs to discuss the season and the future just after the season. It is not known whether that has been rescheduled or how it would take place given their locales.
As for today's player meetings, Petrie said it is a chance to get a better sense of the situation. "It's just an opportunity for me to talk individually to all of them, talk about not just the team situation but their personal situation," he said. "(You) try to come up with something collective after all of that and go from there."
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By Sam Amick - Bee Staff Writer
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Geoff Petrie stood in his usual spot in the Arco Arena tunnel Wednesday night, the Kings' basketball president watching his team fall again as a season of so much strife and struggle finally ended.
He gazed out on the floor and in the direction of coach Eric Musselman, who - according to numerous sources close to the team - does not appear destined to return to his courtside position with the Kings next season.
The Kings' future as it pertains to Musselman will reach a quick resolution. Petrie will conduct one-on-one interviews with the players today and meet with Musselman on Friday in what some close to the situation say is a mere formality.
By Sunday evening, Petrie will be headed for Europe on a two-week trip for international scouting and said he wants to "address as much as I can as quickly as I can" in relation to the team. Petrie, however, would neither confirm nor deny that Musselman is on his way out.
"My plans are pretty well set for the next two days," Petrie said. "I can't speculate beyond that, obviously. People seem to know what I'm thinking or what I'm going to do, then they ought up to stand up and own up to it."
According to a source close to the team, a meeting in Las Vegas between Petrie and the team's co-owners, Joe and Gavin Maloof, was originally scheduled for immediately following the season but was changed.
The Maloofs were in Miami during the Kings' season finale, a 117-106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, and were taping a television segment with Oprah Winfrey while Petrie stayed in Sacramento to handle affairs.
The Kings finished 33-49 and out of the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
Musselman had requested to meet with the Maloofs to discuss the season and the future just after the season. It is not known whether that has been rescheduled or how it would take place given their locales.
As for today's player meetings, Petrie said it is a chance to get a better sense of the situation. "It's just an opportunity for me to talk individually to all of them, talk about not just the team situation but their personal situation," he said. "(You) try to come up with something collective after all of that and go from there."
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