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Former Kings coach Malone talks about DeMarcus Cousins, firing

Published Jul. 17, 2015 8:44 p.m. ET

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Mike Malone has been relatively quiet about his time in Sacramento ever since the Kings inexplicably fired him early last season. It appears that wasn't going to go on forever.

Malone recently opened up about the Kings and DeMarcus Cousins. Here's some of what he had to say, via CBS 13 -- Sacramento:

When I got the job, it was a four-year plan: By the time we moved into the arena, we were gonna be a playoff team. I thought that was a great vision. I shared in that vision. Getting fired caught me off-guard. Being around the NBA my whole life, you understand security is not one of the pros of being a coach.

But we had a team that bought in. That believed in me. And you saw, once I got fired, that team went into a tailspin. I felt awful for Ty Corbin. It was a lose-lose for him. But it just got out of control, and it validated the job that my staff and I did.

Click here to read parts of the rest of the interview.

(h/t CBS 13 -- Sacramento)

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