{"id":3020,"date":"2020-08-09T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2024-04-23T23:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:20:45","slug":"former-kings-coach-paul-westphal-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/articles\/former-kings-coach-paul-westphal-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kings coach Paul Westphal diagnosed with brain cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sacramento Kings coach and NBA Hall of Famer Paul Westphal has been diagnosed with brain cancer. The news was shared by Westphal&#8217;s longtime friend Mike Lupica.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5KnGtbNpAM\">pic.twitter.com\/5KnGtbNpAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLupica\/status\/1292523487337357313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Westphal coached two full seasons for the Kings from 2009 to 2011, before being fired 7 games into the 2011-12 season. Westphal often butted heads with a young DeMarcus Cousins, and battled the front office in how best to discipline Boogie.<\/p>\n<p>We at the Kings Herald send our thoughts and prayers to Paul, his wife Cindy, and his family and friends. Hopefully he can have a quick and full recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sacramento Kings coach and NBA Hall of Famer Paul Westphal has been diagnosed with brain cancer. The news was shared by Westphal&#8217;s longtime friend Mike Lupica. pic.twitter.com\/5KnGtbNpAM &mdash; Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) August 9, 2020 Westphal coached two full seasons for the Kings from 2009 to 2011, before being fired 7 games into the 2011-12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[264],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Kings coach Paul Westphal diagnosed with brain cancer - The Kings Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/articles\/former-kings-coach-paul-westphal-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Kings coach Paul Westphal diagnosed with brain cancer - The Kings Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Sacramento Kings coach and NBA Hall of Famer Paul Westphal has been diagnosed with brain cancer. 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