NBA reg season thread (we don't care about the finals)
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Ginobli is from Argentina. He torched the US national team a few years back when the US finished like 6th. I think that was in 2001 or 2002.
Signing Smith will not change the Sixer's fate...a one man show, who is uncoachable, and playing with a group of average players...maybe if the Sixers can sign Malone or another scoring forward they might have a chance in the next two seasons...
I don't know much about college basketball but recently their top coaches haven't done too well coaching in the NBA. Calipari and Pitino spring to mind.
looks like smith wont budge off the 20m contract he signed last month
paul silas is next
i would have went
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2 Silas
3 JVG
4 Tubby
paul silas is next
i would have went
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3 JVG
4 Tubby
Reports say Sixers win approval to talk with Portland's Cheeks
not getting a bone yet though as the usually excellent philly inquirer have said alot of things this week
not getting a bone yet though as the usually excellent philly inquirer have said alot of things this week
looks like you could lose larry to detroit sid
what a turn of events
what a turn of events
Larry Brown, the Hall of Fame coach who resigned from the 76ers six days ago, will be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons, sources with the league and the Sixers said yesterday.
Sources confirmed that Brown, 62, agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract with Detroit, the same team he lost to in the playoffs two weeks ago.
An announcement by the Pistons was expected early tomorrow afternoon.
"As I've said before, the team that hires me will be the one to make the announcement," Brown said by telephone yesterday. "I won't do it. I'm not confirming nor denying anything. That's the way it has to be."
ESPN reported yesterday that Brown had not made a decision, and that he was expected to choose between Detroit and Houston within the next 72 hours.
Houston general manager Carroll Dawson said, "We have made no formal job offers for our head-coaching position at this time. We expect to soon enough, but we have not pinpointed a time."
The Pistons held a news conference yesterday to announce that they had fired coach Rick Carlisle. Team president Joe Dumars didn't return a phone call afterward to confirm that Brown had agreed to a deal.
Reached after the news conference, Carlisle said, "I heard that Brown would be the next coach [Friday] before I was fired."
Carlisle, the 2002 NBA coach of the year, was let go even though he had guided Detroit to two 50-win seasons, two Central Division titles, and a recent berth in the Eastern Conference finals.
Several players apparently weren't happy with their playing minutes, and few of them approved of Carlisle's coaching style. Players such as Mehmet Okur and Tayshaun Prince reportedly weren't being coached to Dumars' liking.
But the Pistons made history by coming back from a three-games-to-one deficit against the Orlando Magic in the first round. They beat the Sixers in six games in the semifinals. And in the midst of getting swept in the conference finals by the New Jersey Nets, they managed to acquire the No. 2 pick in this month's draft.
And yet, Brown, and not Carlisle, will be coaching the team next season.
Regardless of what Carlisle had accomplished in his two-year stint in Detroit, Brown is the one with more than 1,200 career wins, Hall of Fame credentials, and five consecutive playoff appearances in Philadelphia.
While with the Sixers, he had numerous rifts with star guard Allen Iverson, which many believed contributed to his saying last week, "I've taken this team as far as I can. It's time to move on."
Brown, who still had two years remaining on his contract with the Sixers when he resigned, said he has three criteria for his next coaching stop: He wants to coach for an owner he respects, in a place where he has a chance to win, and in a place where he will have input in personnel decisions.
Earlier in the week, Brown was rumored to be a candidate in Cleveland. By Wednesday, his agent, Joel Glass, had already been on the phone with the Wizards, and it was believed that Brown would be heading to Washington once the Wizards' brass finally elected to fire Doug Collins on Friday.
A day later, reports out of Detroit had him heading to Motown.
"We will talk to Larry Brown," Dumars said at the team's news conference yesterday.
It appears he already has.
so who you going after now sid?
Sources confirmed that Brown, 62, agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract with Detroit, the same team he lost to in the playoffs two weeks ago.
An announcement by the Pistons was expected early tomorrow afternoon.
"As I've said before, the team that hires me will be the one to make the announcement," Brown said by telephone yesterday. "I won't do it. I'm not confirming nor denying anything. That's the way it has to be."
ESPN reported yesterday that Brown had not made a decision, and that he was expected to choose between Detroit and Houston within the next 72 hours.
Houston general manager Carroll Dawson said, "We have made no formal job offers for our head-coaching position at this time. We expect to soon enough, but we have not pinpointed a time."
The Pistons held a news conference yesterday to announce that they had fired coach Rick Carlisle. Team president Joe Dumars didn't return a phone call afterward to confirm that Brown had agreed to a deal.
Reached after the news conference, Carlisle said, "I heard that Brown would be the next coach [Friday] before I was fired."
Carlisle, the 2002 NBA coach of the year, was let go even though he had guided Detroit to two 50-win seasons, two Central Division titles, and a recent berth in the Eastern Conference finals.
Several players apparently weren't happy with their playing minutes, and few of them approved of Carlisle's coaching style. Players such as Mehmet Okur and Tayshaun Prince reportedly weren't being coached to Dumars' liking.
But the Pistons made history by coming back from a three-games-to-one deficit against the Orlando Magic in the first round. They beat the Sixers in six games in the semifinals. And in the midst of getting swept in the conference finals by the New Jersey Nets, they managed to acquire the No. 2 pick in this month's draft.
And yet, Brown, and not Carlisle, will be coaching the team next season.
Regardless of what Carlisle had accomplished in his two-year stint in Detroit, Brown is the one with more than 1,200 career wins, Hall of Fame credentials, and five consecutive playoff appearances in Philadelphia.
While with the Sixers, he had numerous rifts with star guard Allen Iverson, which many believed contributed to his saying last week, "I've taken this team as far as I can. It's time to move on."
Brown, who still had two years remaining on his contract with the Sixers when he resigned, said he has three criteria for his next coaching stop: He wants to coach for an owner he respects, in a place where he has a chance to win, and in a place where he will have input in personnel decisions.
Earlier in the week, Brown was rumored to be a candidate in Cleveland. By Wednesday, his agent, Joel Glass, had already been on the phone with the Wizards, and it was believed that Brown would be heading to Washington once the Wizards' brass finally elected to fire Doug Collins on Friday.
A day later, reports out of Detroit had him heading to Motown.
"We will talk to Larry Brown," Dumars said at the team's news conference yesterday.
It appears he already has.
so who you going after now sid?
just read how brown ripped on AI
how ironic
cant wait for AI's reply
how ironic
cant wait for AI's reply
I would have liked Brown but now I've seen the way he operates then I'm actually glad we didn't get him. He was obviously talking to Detroit BEFORE Carlisle got fired. That is really shitty, basically cost Carlisle his job. I don't for one minute belive the spin that Carlisle was fired because he wasn't an easy guy to get on with. What the feck does that matter? He was coach of the year last year, #1 seed in the East this year and did that with not a lot of talent. Brown went down a lot in my estimations. If we had got him, what is to say he wouldn't have bailed out of Houston before his contract was up and left us in the mire?
I think we're both better off without him Ruddy.
I think we're both better off without him Ruddy.
What did Brown say about Iverson?
Van Gundy and Mike Dunleavy are the two main candidates left, Dunleavy favourite. Ex-Rocket and all that. Not too inspired by him. I wouldn't mind Carlisle. He's young and he's got a real point to prove now. And we've got a bit of talent for him to work with.
Van Gundy and Mike Dunleavy are the two main candidates left, Dunleavy favourite. Ex-Rocket and all that. Not too inspired by him. I wouldn't mind Carlisle. He's young and he's got a real point to prove now. And we've got a bit of talent for him to work with.
Finals start tomorrow. I'm going for a Nets upset. Barry is a cnut.
101 signatures to the Spurs
89 signatures to the Nets
89 signatures to the Nets
Clayton would be proud of this effort.
what was the longest thread on here before this one?
Amazing, when the season reached it's climax with the finals series - the thread dies.
2-1 Spurs is anyone cares.
2-1 Spurs is anyone cares.
Nets have tied it up at 2 apiece, despite only scoring 11 points in the 3rd Quarter.
nice that the east are competing but this series is dire
True. It's painful at times.
Go Spurs Gooooooooooo! 
Spurs won it.
crap final, but the spurs deserved to be champions in the end. they beat the all best sides...
Tim Duncan is the best player in the world by a mile.
Nobody wanted the Sixers job so they have to promote an assistant to head coach. 
nice
randy got the job,thats AI in check
randy got the job,thats AI in check
big day today
draft day
lots of trades going round
sixers are said to be busy
davis for snow is gonna happen latter this week according to espn
and the spree for KVH deal is back
draft day
lots of trades going round
sixers are said to be busy
davis for snow is gonna happen latter this week according to espn
and the spree for KVH deal is back
Antonio Davis? And Sprewell? That would make you a really old team, surely?
AI would go back to the point?
AI would go back to the point?
lets see sixers get rid of KVH
pick up a player with a year less on his contract and who can drop 20-30 a night
it gives teams some else to think about other than AI
dont like ricky davis to much really but snow is on the trading block as ayers wants to up the tempo
AI will play point about 20-25mins a night
pick up a player with a year less on his contract and who can drop 20-30 a night
it gives teams some else to think about other than AI
dont like ricky davis to much really but snow is on the trading block as ayers wants to up the tempo
AI will play point about 20-25mins a night
larry brown leaves and billy king manages to get Willie Green and Kyle Korver deep in the second round
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feck knows how he did it as he only offered cash
Last season, Green ranked 11th nationally in scoring, averaging 22.6 points. Green shot 49 percent from the field, 80.5 percent from the foul line, and 37.4 percent from three-point range.
Green was named the Horizon League player of the year as a senior. He was the fourth-leading scorer in Detroit Mercy history and sixth in career three-pointers with 120.
Korver, who could play shooting guard or small forward, averaged 17.8 points, shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 48 percent from three-point range, where he connected on 129 of 269 treys as a senior. For his career he shot 371 for 819 (45.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
thats right it does say 48 percent from three-point range
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feck knows how he did it as he only offered cash
Last season, Green ranked 11th nationally in scoring, averaging 22.6 points. Green shot 49 percent from the field, 80.5 percent from the foul line, and 37.4 percent from three-point range.
Green was named the Horizon League player of the year as a senior. He was the fourth-leading scorer in Detroit Mercy history and sixth in career three-pointers with 120.
Korver, who could play shooting guard or small forward, averaged 17.8 points, shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 48 percent from three-point range, where he connected on 129 of 269 treys as a senior. For his career he shot 371 for 819 (45.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
thats right it does say 48 percent from three-point range
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There must be a reason why they were not picked until the second round. I wouldn't get too excited just yet. How many 2nd rounders actually amount to anything?
im excited as i was expecting nothing from this draft and somehow pull a lights out shooter from the nets
finally a legit 3 point threat
great business on kings part
finally a legit 3 point threat
great business on kings part
are the college and pro three point lines the same?
not sure tbh
aswell as these 2 we have got sam clancy and Dalembert back
its looking good
aswell as these 2 we have got sam clancy and Dalembert back
its looking good
I thought the NCAA 3 points were smaller myself.
Might be wrong though.
Might be wrong though.
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