 Later that week, Divac summoned Cousins and Karl to a private counseling session.Divac was promoted to the Kings' vice president of basketball operations and general manager on August 31, 2015.Amid a tense and incident-filled season that saw the team briefly reach the final playoff spot in the Western Conference before unravelling with extended losing streaks in late January and early February 2016, the organization reportedly made a decision to fire their head coach George Karl during the upcoming All-Star break, a move pushed for by Divac.