Power Rankings, Week of 2/8

Karl. When is he gone?

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  • Total voters
    7
#1
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Sigh. So we hired an axe murderer.

Karl
So, Karl
Alone he plans the game
No longer full of shame
No defense
No winning
No...job?
NBA.com
#21 (-6)
It's been almost a year since the Kings dumped a coach, so George Karl might be gone soon. Playing at the league's fastest pace doesn't seem to agree with them, though their opponents have enjoyed scoring 120-plus points in four of their last eight games. They're the only team that Chicago has beat in its last five games and that Brooklyn has beat in its last seven.The Kings themselves have lost seven of their last eight.

ESPN
#18 (-4)
What should be remembered as the best month of DeMarcus Cousins' NBA career -- 31.5 PPG and 12.9 RPG in January -- ended in such disheartening fashion. Boogie's play forced us to hike the Kings to a heady 14th last Monday, but he's suddenly dealing with an ankle sprain and a costly four-game skid that dropped the Kings out of the West's top eight as quickly as they got there.

Sports Illustrated
#23 (-1)
The Kings have lost consecutive games by a score of 128–119 (an NBA first?) and George Karl’s days feel numbered. I caught their game in Brooklyn and had never seen a team look quite so purposeless—meanwhile, Boogie Cousins put up the most listless triple double I’d ever seen. They’ve moved past "entertainingly volatile" into the realm of “depressing to watch.”

NBC Sports
#25 (-3)
The Kings have lost six of seven, falling back since being the eight seed in the West. In those seven games Sacramento is getting beat by 6.1 points per 100 possessions, mostly because their defense is giving up 110.4 points per 100 possessions (fifth worst in the NBA in that time). George Karl outlasted Derek Fisher, but maybe not by much.

CBS Sports
#29 (-8)
This week went from bad, to worse, to "George Karl installed the LinkedIn app on his phone" by Sunday.

Mean Ranking: 23.2
 
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