Maloof's go ga-ga, gushing over Musselman in series of quotes announcing his hiring as coach of the Sacramento Kings:
"I know we're going to be the best-prepared team in the league now," owner Joe Maloof told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday night. "We just like him a lot. We're really comfortable with the guy. Our whole family feels that way. He's a basketball a-holic."
The entire Maloof family felt a kinship with Musselman — particularly the four brothers who extended their father's business empire when George Maloof died. Musselman is the son of Bill Musselman, the late NBA coach who raised his family with game film on the television instead of cartoons in the mornings. "That was like our family," Joe Maloof said. "We talked all business at the table. His father died at a young age, just like our father. We were young guys when we took over our dad's business. We believe in youth. We believe young guys can get things done."
"I think we got one of the brilliant young minds in basketball today with Eric Musselman," said co-owner Joe Maloof from Sacramento.