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Bobcats Part Ways With Silas, Begin Search for New Coach

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NBA/Newsfeed) – Paul Silas is out as Char­lotte Bob­cats coach Paul Silas after the worst sea­son in NBA history.

Team spokesman Josh Rosen con­firmed the deci­sion Mon­day. Silas just com­pleted the final year of his contract.

A news con­fer­ence was called for 3:45 p.m. EDT.

Char­lotte fin­ished 7–59 for the worst win­ning per­cent­age in league his­tory (.106).

The 68-year-old Silas told The Asso­ci­ated Press late in the year he wanted to “see things through” and coach one more season.

It’s unclear who’ll replace Silas, who leaves with a 32–88 record at Charlotte.

Silas was in a dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tion head­ing into the sea­son with a young and inex­pe­ri­enced team, plus a short­ened off­sea­son that lim­ited prac­tice time. Injuries to Corey Maggette, D.J. Augustin and Ger­ald Hen­der­son did not help.

Late in the sea­son, Silas was involved in an alter­ca­tion with for­ward Tyrus Thomas, shov­ing him in the locker room fol­low­ing a loss. The two had got­ten into an argu­ment and had to be separated.

Play­ers tried to rally to his defense after the sea­son to save his job, but to no avail.

“I think Paul did the best he could with the guys he had on the floor,” Maggette said Fri­day. “We went through a year where night after night guys were going down with injuries and you’re shoot­ing under 30 per­cent from the field. You just can’t win any games that way. That’s tough. So hope­fully they give him an oppor­tu­nity to show what type of a coach he is and what he can bring to the table here.”

The Bob­cats were last in the league in scor­ing and shoot­ing per­cent­age and lost 22 games by 20 or more points.

After the sea­son Silas said of his future: “When you have guys that are out, you want the guys that are in to do a good job, but it’s really hard. You have to look at your­self and say, ‘We still have a chance, we’re still going to get it done,’ but in real­ity the guys that were second-stringers became our starters. Then the guys that were third string become our sec­ond string, so it’s tough.”

Silas entered the sea­son with a career coach­ing mark of 380–429 and a 13–16 mark in the play­offs. He pre­vi­ously coached the San Diego Clip­pers, Char­lotte Hor­nets, New Orleans Hor­nets and Cleve­land Cavaliers.

It was unclear what the deci­sion means for his son, assis­tant coach Stephen Silas, whom Paul had been groom­ing for the job.

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