30 Apr
ESPN.com and Yahoo Sports are both reporting that Avery Johnson got fired today as Head Coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
I would like to think that Cuban did it either during the last timeout or directly in the locker room, but that’s just for my own personal entertainment.
Seriously, we all knew that the hammer was going [...]
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30 Apr
This might be a new gimmick with a sweet name….so get excited. Five stories I thought were interesting today with my take on them.
Jeff Caplan of the Star Telegram reports that the reason for Dallas having a ‘players-only’ practice was because of Josh Howard. Reportedly, he threw himself a birthday party after the Game 4 [...]
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30 Apr
Jack McCallum at SI.com is reporting that D’Antoni is done in Phoenix.
I don’t buy it yet and if it is true I think it is a terrible move for Phoenix. I wrote about it in the Night Watch so you can scroll down, but my first thought is….who out there is BETTER than D’Antoni?
UPDATE: Well…that [...]
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30 Apr
San Antonio 92, Phoenix 87 (SA 4-1)
The past few years, the elimination of the Suns has come with a heavy seasoning of ‘what if’s’ and ‘coulda, shoulda, woulda’s.’
Not this year.
Execution was the name of the game and the Suns absolutely did not execute. Point blank. There is nothing else to say about it. Not [...]
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29 Apr
The news broke earlier this weekend and is now official: Larry Brown will be taking over as head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Immediate red flag thrown in the air. Why would the Bobcats go to Larry Brown to build an up-and-coming team? This will be Brown’s ninth NBA head coaching gig. With the exception of [...]
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