The moves were quick and not unexpected as the culling of the NBA coaching ranks has begun in earnest and there is more likely to come.
Sam Mitchell helped a young Minnesota Timberwolves team get better and massaged the workload of the promising Karl-Anthony Towns well enough that Towns is assuredly headed to rookie of the year honours.
Fired.
George Karl went through a tumultuous season with the Sacramento Kings dealing with oft-suspended mercurial centre DeMarcus Cousin, a hands-on owner in Vivek Ranadive who loves to be front and centre and a general manager in Vlade Divac who is very much learning on the job.