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The Atlanta Hawks appear ready to go get their coach… after just one more meeting. Nearly a month after they fired Mike Woodson and less than a week before the NBA Draft, the Hawks owners and front office are going to sit down today and decide who they want as a head coach. That according…
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Quote of the day, where the Celtics are doing movie promos
Jun 11, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
“We’re like Shrek and Donkey.” –Nate Robinson on him and Glen “Big Baby” Davis.
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics Game 4: Bynum sits, game gets physical and it feels like 2008 again
Jun 11, 2010, 1:01 AM EDT
These Lakers were different. It’s what we heard, it’s what we saw. These Lakers were not soft, they would not roll over for the Celtics like two years ago. Right? And they didn’t. For three games. Then Andrew Bynum sat, his knee clearly worse for the wear. Then Game 4 got physical. Then for the…
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics Game 4, halftime: Lakers lead after ugly half of basketball
Jun 10, 2010, 10:24 PM EDT
There comes a point in a seven-game series when the games get ugly. Teams have watched the film, lived the other team for a few games and they now anticipate everything. They know where the next pass is headed, the next cut is going. They can stop things before they happen. We are there in…
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics Game 4: Andrew Bynum will play, now much remains to be seen
Jun 10, 2010, 7:44 PM EDT
UPDATE 7:44 pm: Andrew Bynum is out warming up with the team and is going to start Game 4 for the Lakers. However, there are questions within the Lakers staff and locker room about how long he can go and how effective he can be. The Celtics may want to expose him and attack, although…
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Phil Jackson says he will decide about next year within week of the finals ending
Jun 10, 2010, 6:25 PM EDT
The thing is, Phil Jackson doesn’t really know what Phil Jackson is going to do next year. He may have a leaning, but he’s not telling T.J. Simers no matter how many times he asks. His return to the Lakers has always been more about his health than salary or other opportunities, and he said…
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Wizards ready to embrace Gilbert Arenas, as if they have a real choice
Jun 10, 2010, 4:43 PM EDT
Ted Leonsis, the new owner of the Washington Wizards, wants to give Gilbert Arenas another chance. He’s said it before, and he said it again during his introductory press conference Thursday. The brilliant Dan Steinberg at the D.C. Sports Bog (part of the Washington Post) has the quote. “There will be a time when we…
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The newest Vitaminwater ad with Kobe Bryant is fairly amusing but notable for one thing — Kobe mocks his own fashion photo shoot in the middle of it. Good of him to join the club, everyone else already has.
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics Game 4: Can the Celtics keep Kobe Bryant from beating them?
Jun 10, 2010, 12:40 PM EDT
Kobe Bryant has not had a great NBA finals. Sure, he put up 30 points in Game 1 and 29 in Game 3, but he is shooting just 39.4 percent. He is not efficient. He got 29 points last game, but it took him 29 shots to get that. Boston’s defense is giving Kobe problems.…
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While the bright lights of the NBA shine on the Lakers and Celtics, the real work of the league right now is taking place in practice facilities, with college players going at each other under the watchful eyes of scouts and general managers. It is draft workout season. This is where teams bring in a…
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Andres Nocioni to Sacramento: "I said openly I would not stay."
Jun 10, 2010, 10:37 AM EDT
Don’t be surprised if the Sacramento Kings are involved in a draft day trade, and look for Andres Nocioni to be in the package. The Argentinean forward did an interview with Ole, an Argentinean sports publication. (We’re surprised an Argentinean sports publication has time for basketball on the eve of the World Cup, but whatever.…
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NBA Finals, Lakers Celtics: Celtics minority owner confronts David Stern after Game 3 over officiating
Jun 10, 2010, 9:53 AM EDT
Plenty of people watching the NBA Finals have wanted to yell at NBA Commissioner David Stern about it. Celtics minority owner Jim Pallotta did just that after Game 3. He confronted Stern and said the officiating was an embarrassment to the league. That likely means a fine is on the way, and maybe a healthy…
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Due to family situations or health emergencies, every season a couple top assistant coaches get the chance to slide down one seat and become the man for a game or three. They get to be the head coach. Usually little really changes save for a much worse use of time outs. It’s usually pretty boring…
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Byron Scott now the guy in line behind Tom Izzo for Cavaliers coaching job
Jun 10, 2010, 9:08 AM EDT
Cavaliers’ owner Dan Gilbert is a Michigan State graduate, and on that campus Tom Izzo walks on water. That’s how a college coach with plenty of questions about how he would succeed in the NBA has become the guy at the center of the Cleveland coaching discussion. But now Byron Scott is the other guy…
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Atlanta has been very deliberate in their coaching search, but they clearly liked Avery Johnson. The met with him three times, including last weekend. Little word was coming from the team, but Johnson seemed to be a frontrunner. Johnson’s with the Nets. So, now what? It’s down to Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey, Hawks assistant Larry…
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John Wall is determined to carve his own path. He did not follow the pied piper that is William Wesley to his preferred agents. He did not follow LeBron James to his marketing agency. And now he’s not going with Nike for his shoe deal. Or even Adidas. Wall has agreed to a deal with…
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Heat throw party to show Udonis Haslem they want him back, too
Jun 9, 2010, 7:25 PM EDT
Priority one for the Miami Heat this summer is to bring Dwyane Wade back. The Heat aren’t being subtle about that, either. But they have another free agent they want back, too — Udonis Haslem. To show him a little love, they threw a surprise 30th birthday party for him — bringing over 200 people…
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics: Doc Rivers complains about officiating, dabbles in irony
Jun 9, 2010, 5:46 PM EDT
Let’s be clear up front: The officiating during the NBA finals has not been good. Fans from Boston to Los Angeles have been complaining as games have been called tight and stars have been in foul trouble. Wednesday it was Doc Rivers turn to flirt with a fine from the league, as reported by ESPN’s…
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NBA finals, Lakers Celtics: Talking Derek Fisher, the day after
Jun 9, 2010, 4:25 PM EDT
After practices on the off day, everybody was still talking Derek Fisher. Even Derek Fisher.
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David Stern is just fine with the officials, what are you talking about?
Jun 9, 2010, 3:39 PM EDT
If there is one thing the NBA loves, it’s when the officials become the story. Fans are talking about it. Players have been fitted with the shock-collars of heavy fines, which were applied liberally in the first rounds so now guys hold their tongues. The coaches try to be subtle. Doc Rivers was ironically complaining…
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You knew the little general was going to get a job somewhere this summer. Looks like he got a prime one. ESPN’s Marc Stein is reporting via twitter that the Nets have reached a verbal agreement with Avery Johnson on a contract to become their next head coach. The talks didn’t last long, which is…
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NBA instant replay: Do we need more of it? A PBT roundtable discussion
Jun 9, 2010, 2:08 PM EDT
The star of the NBA finals Game 3 — just after Derek Fisher but ahead of Brian Scalabrine — was instant replay. The officials went to it constantly down the stretch of a close game. Good, because they got the calls right, sort of; or bad because it disrupted the flow of the game? We’ve…
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Tom Izzo is reaching out for advice on what to do — stay at Michigan State or make double his current salary and coach the Cleveland Cavaliers.? We and pretty much everyone else has suggested that Izzo’s decision has to hinge on LeBron James. Izzo talked to former Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote (the guy…
