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Sinking Sacramento Send Sixers Skyward

By Bret Stuter

Feb 7, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo (9) reacts to a call during the second half of the Boston Celtics 128-119 win over the Sacramento Kings at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 7, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo (9) reacts to a call during the second half of the Boston Celtics 128-119 win over the Sacramento Kings at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 14, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl watches the game in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Sacramento Kings defeated Utah Jazz 103-101. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 14, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl watches the game in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Sacramento Kings defeated Utah Jazz 103-101. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports /

Karma Klobbers Karl

If I seem a little unsympathetic to the plight of George Karl, that is not my intent. My intent is the fortunes of the Philadelphia 76ers, and right now the Philadelphia 76ers good fortune is tied to the demise, er, misfortune of the Sacramento Kings.  You see, what goes around comes around.  That’s the world of professional sports.  The Sacramento Kings have not ascended anywhere in the last three years.  Despite the ridicule, the Kings have had as much post season presence since 2013 as the Philadelphia 76ers.

You see, as told in the lyrics to Billy Joel pop song

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the (NBA) world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it.

What goes around comes around. To a head coach who argued at the strategy used by Sam Hinkie and the Philadelphia 76ers who have languished at the bottom of the NBA, there is no hope right now, only despair.  But bright hope is now shining in in the eyes of fans whose team who has patiently and methodically pulled together a talented young roster with the goal of delivering something special in 2016.  The NBA  guy with so much vitriol for the Philadelphia 76ers, whose own team has ended the past three years with 28 wins, 29 wins, and is currently on pace to win 30 games is not exactly a vantage point from which to throw stones at a team as “destruction.”  It is a place that grows despair, and anguish.  That usually means a change of coaching staff.

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