Sam Amick, via USA Today –

Your 2015-16 Sacramento Kings, everybody!

I wouldn't say this sheds a lot of light on the Kings' coaching staff dynamics, but it does provide us with further evidence of just how dysfunctional the Kings are, you know, just in case there was any doubt.

Amick reported last month that one of the reasons why Vance Walberg was fired from the Kings' coaching staff was because of 'friction' between him and Nancy Lieberman, so it's easy to speculate that all of this could be connected in some way, particularly since Amick's latest report cited Lieberman as being on-the-outs for months, and Walberg was let go in mid-late February. It hasn't been that long, and this has been an issue for a while.

What makes matters strange(er) is that Lieberman had been so outspoken prior to the season about Karl's involvement with bringing her on staff. This latest narrative twist suggests that Lieberman was a Ranadive hire, and while we know Ranadive is a fan of Lieberman to the point where rumors surfaced suggesting Ranadive would like to replace Karl with Lieberman around the All-Star break, the dots do connect. You can't rule anything out, obviously.

It's Karl's staff, yes. Karl is taking a brunt of the blame for how this season has gone, yes, but the rest of his staff? Their inability to function as a unit is just as unacceptable.