In a press conference on Wednesday, Rick Adelman stated that he was hoping for another chance to be Sacramento's head coach.

"I feel like I should have been given another opportunity, but any time a guy gets fired or let go, that's how they feel," Adelman said Wednesday at the Kings' training complex. "I like the team. I liked the direction we were going. We like it here. It would be fun to have another year or two to see what we could do."

Adelman was the Kings' head coach for the past eight season.

"Maybe I didn't win the way they wanted the team to win, I don't know," said Adelman, who has 752 career victories, 14th-most in NBA history. "Whatever reasons they can give me, I can give them 10 better that they're wrong, but that doesn't matter.

"Maybe they thought we should beat San Antonio. If they did, they're probably the only people in the country. There has to be something else."