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LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog: ESPN Predictions....Not Much Celtics Love
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woo hoo ESPN says that #dallasmavs coach Rick Carlisle will be coach of the year! http://tinyurl.com/yk9ykod 10/26/2009 |
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Wait, nobody picked Doc? http://bit.ly/C685G #celtics 10/24/2009 |
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@notmikedunleavy RT @sirobino: 3 FYI: Two ESPN writers predicted Mike Dunleavy to be coach of the year 2010! http://tinyurl.com/yk9ykod 10/23/2009 |
ESPN Predictions....Not Much Celtics Love
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... I was most surprised to see that not one "expert" thinks that Doc Rivers will be Coach of the Year. 3 pick the Zen Mistress and we all know that he really isn't that great of a coach. Give him a team that isn't ready made with a superstar or two in place and he would be just another scrub coach. And when he did have 2 superstars on his team, he couldn't manage them. A good coach can manage his players, even if one player is a self centered jerk like Kobe. Flip Saunders and Rick Carlisle each got 3 votes. and Scott Brooks (who?) got 2 votes. ...
While We’re Waiting –
WaitingForNextYear —
... breezy mac and cheesy, and can be done by clicking the link up and to the right.– Eric Mangini photoshops never get old. Here he is, doing some wrasslin with that Miz character.– Michigan’s coaching situation is weighing heavy on some folks’ minds . Those minds are almost all in Ann Arbor.– Those ‘rivals’ are without Antawn Jamison for at least 3 weeks . The last time Butler, Arenas and Jamison played healthy together? April 1, 2007 .– Mike Brown gets no besos from the folks at ESPN in their pre-season COY votes.– Let’s Go Tribe ...
Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Two Man Game —
... The panel of ESPN experts have released their predictions for the NBA’s regular season awards. Rick Carlisle received 3 votes (which puts him in a tie with Flip Saunders and Phil Jackson for the most votes) for Coach of the Year, Shawn Marion netted a mention for Most Improved, and Jason Terry, somewhat inexplicably, only received a single vote for the Sixth Man Award. Look, I love Marquis Daniels. But I can’t even begin to explain how Daniels topped Terry in votes. ...
Mavs Monday Morning Donuts: An Impactful Injury
DallasBasketball.com —
... is among the few that suggests the author actually watches Mavs games. DONUT 10: ESPN predictors think Rick Carlisle has a good shot at Coach of the Year (makes some sense) and think Jason Terry has little chance at Sixth Man of the Year (makes little sense). DONUT 11: ...
2009-10 Coach of the Year: Mike Dunleavy
Basketbawful —
... Samahn from Italia wrote in to say: "I saw this and immediately thought of 'bawful. Special wag of the finger goes to Chris Sheridan and Royce Webb of ESPN.com for predicting that Mike Dunleavy will get Coach of the Year. Wow...I'm speachless. This is the same guy who, well, you know. Please but shame on these two ESPN writers and forever ingrave them in the 'bawful archives! ...
Monday Bolts – 10.26.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... your commute.
The top 10 plays from the preseason. KD checks in at No. 10.
Sports Illustrated has the most intruiging rookies and James Harden is No. 4: “Harden has been battling Thabo Sefolosha for the starting job at shooting guard. Whether he starts or comes off the bench, Harden will give the Thunder some much-needed scoring punch at that position.”
Scott Brooks got two votes for Coach of the Year by ESPN’s pool of ...
Monday Roundup
Mavs Moneyball —
... That's all I ask for. ... Coach Carlisle is in a league of his own. He doesn't do things like everybody else."
If there's a point of pride in Carlisle's way of doing things, that would be it.
"You can never be too good a communicator," he says. "I try to be very honest because I feel there's a definite correlation between how a team responds to communication and the value of the power of truth.
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Rick Carlisle gets a little bit of love in the annual ESPN predictions. And just about everyone has Dallas finishing ...
Full Court Press
Blazersedge —
... a tiny demon-sized bowie knife from the handle of his bowie knife. He gives the knife to the demon, and then the demon commits seppuku.
Not really a quote, but that's what needs to be done for Travis to play defense and learn how not to step on the three-point line. Who has the mushrooms?
Greg Oden and Rudy Fernandez make ESPN's Most Improved Players nominees. Rudy gets a nod for 6th man too. Nate gets one nomination for Coach of the Year.
Marc Spears looks at JR Rider. ...
