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	<title>Comments on: Report: Kurt Rambis done in Minnesota after season, team denies</title>
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		<title>By: rapmusicmademedoit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stern ruined the franchise by 10 years when he stripped the team of those 
draft pick&#039;s in the Joe Smith fiasco.I used to like KG so much for sticking
with them, he turned in to a DOUCHE in Boston.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stern ruined the franchise by 10 years when he stripped the team of those<br />
draft pick&#8217;s in the Joe Smith fiasco.I used to like KG so much for sticking<br />
with them, he turned in to a DOUCHE in Boston.</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agreed; Rambis has exercised tremendous patience with a revolving door roster, but if it&#039;s true that he keeps trying to force the triangle offense, he&#039;s barking up the wrong tree and needs to go.  The last thing that a struggling young team needs coming off of way to little college experience is to have the complexity of the triangle offense thrown upon them.  Dummy Tim Floyd tried to do the same thing after Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan left the Bulls and the results speak for themselves... i.e., one step forward, three or four steps back for the franchise, no matter how good the intentions or passion behind doing so.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed; Rambis has exercised tremendous patience with a revolving door roster, but if it&#8217;s true that he keeps trying to force the triangle offense, he&#8217;s barking up the wrong tree and needs to go.  The last thing that a struggling young team needs coming off of way to little college experience is to have the complexity of the triangle offense thrown upon them.  Dummy Tim Floyd tried to do the same thing after Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan left the Bulls and the results speak for themselves&#8230; i.e., one step forward, three or four steps back for the franchise, no matter how good the intentions or passion behind doing so.</p>
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		<title>By: atribecalledtwolves</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how I feel about this. Rambis hasn&#039;t done much in 2 years but he has had very little to work with. I think Kahn and the &quot;brain trust&quot; should talk to the players who have a future with the Wolves (Love, Wes, Beasley, and hell even Ridnour) what they think.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure how I feel about this. Rambis hasn&#8217;t done much in 2 years but he has had very little to work with. I think Kahn and the &#8220;brain trust&#8221; should talk to the players who have a future with the Wolves (Love, Wes, Beasley, and hell even Ridnour) what they think.</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course Minneapolis is a mid-market team; they have exclusive territorial rights on Fargo (you betcha!), Bismark and half of Des Moines!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course Minneapolis is a mid-market team; they have exclusive territorial rights on Fargo (you betcha!), Bismark and half of Des Moines!</p>
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		<title>By: jstrizzle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jstrizzle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are a mid-market team. Stop seeing so black and white.

Conversely, if your business is smaller than that 4 or 5 people, it doesn&#039;t mean your tiny.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They are a mid-market team. Stop seeing so black and white.</p>
<p>Conversely, if your business is smaller than that 4 or 5 people, it doesn&#8217;t mean your tiny.</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey there fella... watch what you say.  I read recently that not only do the Minnesota based teams have BOTH North AND South Dakota all locked up, but their teams are also a particularly big hit in Fargo too!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there fella&#8230; watch what you say.  I read recently that not only do the Minnesota based teams have BOTH North AND South Dakota all locked up, but their teams are also a particularly big hit in Fargo too!</p>
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		<title>By: helinhater</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[helinhater]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota is a small market. 

Just because it&#039;s larger than other markets doesn&#039;t make it a large market. 

Similarly, if your business is bigger than a midget&#039;s, it doesn&#039;t mean you&#039;re hung.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Minnesota is a small market. </p>
<p>Just because it&#8217;s larger than other markets doesn&#8217;t make it a large market. </p>
<p>Similarly, if your business is bigger than a midget&#8217;s, it doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re hung.</p>
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		<title>By: whatagreatfootballmind</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[whatagreatfootballmind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota is not small market.  Minnesota is a bigger market than:
Denver
Portland
Sacrament
Cleveland
Orlando
San Antonio
Charlotte
Indiana
Milwaukee
Memphis
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Utah


Put a decent team on the court and the fans will come back.  Like when we had KG, Sprewell, Szczerbiak, and Cassell.  If McHale doesn&#039;t screw the team over, we aren&#039;t as bad of a team.  We still owe the Clippers a first round pick that McHale traded 5 years ago!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Minnesota is not small market.  Minnesota is a bigger market than:<br />
Denver<br />
Portland<br />
Sacrament<br />
Cleveland<br />
Orlando<br />
San Antonio<br />
Charlotte<br />
Indiana<br />
Milwaukee<br />
Memphis<br />
Oklahoma City<br />
New Orleans<br />
Utah</p>
<p>Put a decent team on the court and the fans will come back.  Like when we had KG, Sprewell, Szczerbiak, and Cassell.  If McHale doesn&#8217;t screw the team over, we aren&#8217;t as bad of a team.  We still owe the Clippers a first round pick that McHale traded 5 years ago!</p>
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		<title>By: rajbais</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what will happen to the genius also known as general manager David Kahn???

This is 1 of the 4 teams that I want contracted!!! It&#039;s uncompetitive like the Bucks and Clippers and in a low market team like the Bucks.

NBA Owners, next time you need a future GM get one from a team that&#039;s better than the Pacers like how the Sonics/Thunder got Sam Presti from the Spurs. Kahn had no proof of success, but caused Minnesota fans to yearn for the days of Kevin McHale!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what will happen to the genius also known as general manager David Kahn???</p>
<p>This is 1 of the 4 teams that I want contracted!!! It&#8217;s uncompetitive like the Bucks and Clippers and in a low market team like the Bucks.</p>
<p>NBA Owners, next time you need a future GM get one from a team that&#8217;s better than the Pacers like how the Sonics/Thunder got Sam Presti from the Spurs. Kahn had no proof of success, but caused Minnesota fans to yearn for the days of Kevin McHale!</p>
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		<title>By: whatagreatfootballmind</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[whatagreatfootballmind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kahn actually hasn&#039;t been that bad of the GM.  Look at the roster compared to what it was when he took over.  Everybody rips Kahn for picking Rubio.  Does anybody remember who orginally had the 5th overall pick in that draft where Rubio was taken?  The Washington Wizards.  Kahn gave up Mike Miller and Randy Foye for Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila, Oleksiy Pecherov and the fifth overall selection in the 2009 NBA Draft, which turned into Rubio.  I sure remember those great Wizards teams lead by Miller and Foye, both who don&#039;t even play for them anymore.  

Yes, Kahn picked Ty Lawson, but then traded him to Denver on draft night for a future 1st round pick.  I don&#039;t hear anybody talking about how Kahn &quot;gave Al Jefferson away&quot; to Utah for their 1st round pick.  How has Utah been doing since the All-Star break?  Oh yeah the same team Kahn&#039;s team beat last night by 20.  Nobody talks about Kahn sending only a 2nd round pick to Miami for Michael Beasley.  

If anything, it the coach that needs to go.  For the Wolves to say all last year, that last year doesn&#039;t count and this was year one for Rambis was obsured, espically if Kahn lets Rambis go now.  I have seen improvement this year.  This summer is a big summer for Kahn.  We will have (all likely hood) a top 3 pick, and a ton of cap space to either sign a free agent to a max deal or trade for a nice player.  Besides that top 3 pick, we also have Utah&#039;s pick, which is looking nicer by the week, and also has Charlotte&#039;s 1st round pick too to play with.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kahn actually hasn&#8217;t been that bad of the GM.  Look at the roster compared to what it was when he took over.  Everybody rips Kahn for picking Rubio.  Does anybody remember who orginally had the 5th overall pick in that draft where Rubio was taken?  The Washington Wizards.  Kahn gave up Mike Miller and Randy Foye for Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila, Oleksiy Pecherov and the fifth overall selection in the 2009 NBA Draft, which turned into Rubio.  I sure remember those great Wizards teams lead by Miller and Foye, both who don&#8217;t even play for them anymore.  </p>
<p>Yes, Kahn picked Ty Lawson, but then traded him to Denver on draft night for a future 1st round pick.  I don&#8217;t hear anybody talking about how Kahn &#8220;gave Al Jefferson away&#8221; to Utah for their 1st round pick.  How has Utah been doing since the All-Star break?  Oh yeah the same team Kahn&#8217;s team beat last night by 20.  Nobody talks about Kahn sending only a 2nd round pick to Miami for Michael Beasley.  </p>
<p>If anything, it the coach that needs to go.  For the Wolves to say all last year, that last year doesn&#8217;t count and this was year one for Rambis was obsured, espically if Kahn lets Rambis go now.  I have seen improvement this year.  This summer is a big summer for Kahn.  We will have (all likely hood) a top 3 pick, and a ton of cap space to either sign a free agent to a max deal or trade for a nice player.  Besides that top 3 pick, we also have Utah&#8217;s pick, which is looking nicer by the week, and also has Charlotte&#8217;s 1st round pick too to play with.</p>
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		<title>By: ezwriter69</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezwriter69]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelvin Sampson? This is a joke, right? Kelvin Sampson? Even Kahn isn&#039;t that stupid is he? Okay, he is... but Kelvin Sampson? They really DO want out of Minnesota if that&#039;s their hire. That said, Rambis&#039;s dissing of Love from day one was suicidal, he was still lobbying to trade Love well into December, there has to be someone out there with more of a clue than Rambis. Don&#039;t let the door hit you in the bumper on the way out...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kelvin Sampson? This is a joke, right? Kelvin Sampson? Even Kahn isn&#8217;t that stupid is he? Okay, he is&#8230; but Kelvin Sampson? They really DO want out of Minnesota if that&#8217;s their hire. That said, Rambis&#8217;s dissing of Love from day one was suicidal, he was still lobbying to trade Love well into December, there has to be someone out there with more of a clue than Rambis. Don&#8217;t let the door hit you in the bumper on the way out&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: chitownjeff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chitownjeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota will be nowhere until that joke of a GM is fired. This idiot Kahn thinks Rubio is 1) the second coming.. 2) coming to play for this team and org?? 3) Goes out and picks Ty lawson Johnny Flynn?? 

  Look Minnesota has a heckuva fan base.. when Flip and Kevin built it up they were packing the house and contending. They couldn&#039;t get enough around Garnett but they were a lot better off. The solution is to fire Kahn.. and Rambis.. bring in Eric Mussleman..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Minnesota will be nowhere until that joke of a GM is fired. This idiot Kahn thinks Rubio is 1) the second coming.. 2) coming to play for this team and org?? 3) Goes out and picks Ty lawson Johnny Flynn?? </p>
<p>  Look Minnesota has a heckuva fan base.. when Flip and Kevin built it up they were packing the house and contending. They couldn&#8217;t get enough around Garnett but they were a lot better off. The solution is to fire Kahn.. and Rambis.. bring in Eric Mussleman..</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bulls second &quot;three peat&quot; featured the &quot;three headed monster&quot; at the center position, and having a center who could play the high post and be the traffic cop distributing the ball to the open shooter was extremely important to the triangle offense.  

When Longley was acquired by the Bulls in trade, his nickname throughout the league was: &quot;Luc Shortly&quot;, because once he entered a game he shortly sat back down with foul trouble.  That was because he was playing the low post and was too slow to handle many of the leagues centers.  Was he a great center? Certainly not; in fact were it not for his ability to distribute in the high post he would have gone down in NBA history as the guy who replaced inept Will Perdue (from the first &quot;three peat&quot;).

During the second run of the Bulls though, the three headed monster of Longley, Wennington and first John Saley and then the Chief was particularly effective because none of them had to worry about rebounding because by that point in time Rodman was in town.

Bottom line? The triangle offense is just WAY over the top for young teams like the T-Wolves, many of whom have a tough enough time (like Michael Beasley), adjusting to the NBA where they suddenly aren&#039;t the only guy on the floor who can do much (as most of them were in college).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bulls second &#8220;three peat&#8221; featured the &#8220;three headed monster&#8221; at the center position, and having a center who could play the high post and be the traffic cop distributing the ball to the open shooter was extremely important to the triangle offense.  </p>
<p>When Longley was acquired by the Bulls in trade, his nickname throughout the league was: &#8220;Luc Shortly&#8221;, because once he entered a game he shortly sat back down with foul trouble.  That was because he was playing the low post and was too slow to handle many of the leagues centers.  Was he a great center? Certainly not; in fact were it not for his ability to distribute in the high post he would have gone down in NBA history as the guy who replaced inept Will Perdue (from the first &#8220;three peat&#8221;).</p>
<p>During the second run of the Bulls though, the three headed monster of Longley, Wennington and first John Saley and then the Chief was particularly effective because none of them had to worry about rebounding because by that point in time Rodman was in town.</p>
<p>Bottom line? The triangle offense is just WAY over the top for young teams like the T-Wolves, many of whom have a tough enough time (like Michael Beasley), adjusting to the NBA where they suddenly aren&#8217;t the only guy on the floor who can do much (as most of them were in college).</p>
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		<title>By: mytthor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mytthor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do agree with a lot of this, but on the list of things that made Chicago&#039;s version of the triangle &quot;work,&quot; Luc Longley is about #6. The most important thing for the triangle is the shooting guard you refer to, specifically that he be good from midrange and preferable be able to post up as well as operate from the perimeter (both of which Kobe and Michael evolved into). With Shaq, the triangle was basically a way to make teams pay for double teaming him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do agree with a lot of this, but on the list of things that made Chicago&#8217;s version of the triangle &#8220;work,&#8221; Luc Longley is about #6. The most important thing for the triangle is the shooting guard you refer to, specifically that he be good from midrange and preferable be able to post up as well as operate from the perimeter (both of which Kobe and Michael evolved into). With Shaq, the triangle was basically a way to make teams pay for double teaming him.</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What many of us overlook is that throwback experienced coaches like Sloan, (Phil) Jackson, Brown and Riley are all pushing or over 70 years old. When I hit 50, even though I racked up millions of frequent flyer miles, I was done with heavy travel and wanted off the road.  I can&#039;t imagine living on the road at 65-70 years of age having to wet nurse mostly a bunch of boys from da hood; no thanks!

Rambis won&#039;t get the Laker job next year; he had his shot and blew it.  Shaw may seem to be the early favorite to replace Jackson, but my moneys on Byron Scott.  I can&#039;t imagine that Scott would have been so stupid to sign his current deal with Cleveland without having an out clause should the Laker job come open.

The Lakers are a heavily over 30 veteran team now; even though of course Shaw knows the personnel, a rookie coach just doesn&#039;t seem to make sense to me next season.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What many of us overlook is that throwback experienced coaches like Sloan, (Phil) Jackson, Brown and Riley are all pushing or over 70 years old. When I hit 50, even though I racked up millions of frequent flyer miles, I was done with heavy travel and wanted off the road.  I can&#8217;t imagine living on the road at 65-70 years of age having to wet nurse mostly a bunch of boys from da hood; no thanks!</p>
<p>Rambis won&#8217;t get the Laker job next year; he had his shot and blew it.  Shaw may seem to be the early favorite to replace Jackson, but my moneys on Byron Scott.  I can&#8217;t imagine that Scott would have been so stupid to sign his current deal with Cleveland without having an out clause should the Laker job come open.</p>
<p>The Lakers are a heavily over 30 veteran team now; even though of course Shaw knows the personnel, a rookie coach just doesn&#8217;t seem to make sense to me next season.</p>
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		<title>By: purdueman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[purdueman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Sampson? Are you kidding me? This guys history reads like a bad rap sheet.  I just laugh when young coaches think that they can make a name for themselves by implementing the vaulted triangle offense.  Dummy Tim Floyd was the first, Bill Cartwright the second and now Rambis completes &quot;The Three Stooges&quot;.  What makes the triangle work? A veteran dominant shooting guard and a veteran high post, soft handed center and/or power forward.  Jackson with the Bulls had that in Jordan and Longley; Jackson has it in LA with Kobe and Gasol.  

Because of the new &quot;one and done&quot; in collegiate basketball these days, kids come into the NBA basically knowing only how to play &quot;street or playground&quot; basketball... and you think that you can actually teach these kids the intricacies of the triangle offense?  LOL!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin Sampson? Are you kidding me? This guys history reads like a bad rap sheet.  I just laugh when young coaches think that they can make a name for themselves by implementing the vaulted triangle offense.  Dummy Tim Floyd was the first, Bill Cartwright the second and now Rambis completes &#8220;The Three Stooges&#8221;.  What makes the triangle work? A veteran dominant shooting guard and a veteran high post, soft handed center and/or power forward.  Jackson with the Bulls had that in Jordan and Longley; Jackson has it in LA with Kobe and Gasol.  </p>
<p>Because of the new &#8220;one and done&#8221; in collegiate basketball these days, kids come into the NBA basically knowing only how to play &#8220;street or playground&#8221; basketball&#8230; and you think that you can actually teach these kids the intricacies of the triangle offense?  LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: tubal22</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tubal22]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Sloan/Larry Brown are no longer stupid enough to coach in a diva league.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jerry Sloan/Larry Brown are no longer stupid enough to coach in a diva league.</p>
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		<title>By: dmo84</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dmo84]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally!  This team needs a Jerry Sloan/Larry Brown type of coach.  I&#039;ve seen better discipline in pickup games compared to this squad.  For the most part the team has been competitive, but they fall apart in the fourth quarter with silly(and I mean silly) mistakes.  I think that has been the most frustrating part as a Wolves fan.   The talent is there, but the leadership and discipline(plus killer instinct) is lacking.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally!  This team needs a Jerry Sloan/Larry Brown type of coach.  I&#8217;ve seen better discipline in pickup games compared to this squad.  For the most part the team has been competitive, but they fall apart in the fourth quarter with silly(and I mean silly) mistakes.  I think that has been the most frustrating part as a Wolves fan.   The talent is there, but the leadership and discipline(plus killer instinct) is lacking.</p>
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