Carlisle tells Dallas Mavericks training will be tough

Mavericks Say Carlisle was "Top Choice"

NBA-Blog found this 5/14/2008 on www.nba.com

The Dallas Mavericks made it official Saturday, announcing they had hired Rick Carlisle to replace Avery Johnson as their coach.

Ex-Pistons coach Carlisle introduced as Mavs coach

kcudah posted 5/14/2008 from www.mlive.com

Rick Carlisle is ready to let Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks run. And run. And run some more. "When you play with Jason Kidd, you have to open it up," Carlisle said Wednesday. "Our wing guys are going to have to get conditioned to really run. The thing Jason Kidd does better than probably any point guard in the league is push the ball ahead."

Carlisle wants to play up-tempo game with Mavs

kcudah posted 5/14/2008 from sports.espn.go.com

Rick Carlisle is ready to let Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks run. And run. And run some more. "When you play with Jason Kidd, you have to open it up," Carlisle said Wednesday. "Our wing guys are going to have to get conditioned to really run. The thing Jason Kidd does better than probably any point guard in the league is push the ball ahead." Carlisle was hired over the weekend ...

Thin-Skinned TV Pundit / Occasional Writer Leaves The Washington Post

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 5/15/2008 on www.cantstopthebleeding.com

Last month, whilst discussing Mark Cuban’s ill-advised blogger ban from the Mavs’ changing room, PTI’s Tony Kornheiser described print journalism as “a dying medium”. While a similar comment resulted in the firing of ...

Carlisle would want to coach Artest again

FanHouse found this 5/15/2008 on mavsblog.dallasnews.com

I mentioned the possibility of trading for Ron Artest while brainstorming ways the Mavs could revamp their roster this summer. The biggest question was whether Rick Carlisle would be willing to reunite with Artest and vice versa. Carlisle left...