Sources: Knicks could be in competition with Bulls for D'Antoni - NBA

Tremendous Upside Potential found this 5/8/2008 on sports.espn.go.com [flag]

Collins Staying In Booth Doug Collins says he has "no interest" in coaching again. So it appears you can scratch one more name from the list of potential successors to fill the expected void left in Phoenix by Mike D'Antoni. After calling the Lakers' victory over Utah for TNT on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, Collins told ESPN.com that he has not heard from the Suns and that he ... [link]

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Published 5/8/2008 by Rickhouse at Tremendous Upside Potential
... Bulls, don’t do this to me. Don’t blow getting the coolest coach in the league because you are too cheap to pay him. I know you still have to pay Skiles, but coaches don’t count against the salary cap. D’Antoni wants to come here, so make it happen. ...

Could Mike D’Antoni Really Come to New York?
Published 5/8/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni If the money is right, that could certainly be the case. Here’s the rumor, fresh from ESPN: NBA coaching sources told ESPN.com on Wednesday that the Knicks continue to regard D’Antoni as their No. 1 target to replace Isiah Thomas and are preparing a “staggering” financial offer they hope will prove too steep for Chicago to compete with, thus convincing D’Antoni to spurn the Bulls. Money has obviously never been an issue in Gotham, so this shouldn’t really ...

Thursday Bullets
Published 5/8/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Doug Collins says you can scratch his name off the list of potential candidates to coach the Suns or any other team. And talk of the Knicks putting Mike D'Antoni at the top of their list. ...

Doug Collins “Willing to Pay the Price”…for the Bulls
Published 5/29/2008 by Black Jesus Disciples at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
I always find it fascinating when public figures talk out of both sides of their mouth or go back on their word. The latest example is former Bulls, Pistons and Wizards coach, Doug Collins. It seems he'll be taking over the helm for the Chicago Bulls next neason. This news comes just three weeks after he explained to ESPN's Marc Stein in regards to the Suns job: "Steve has not talked to me, but I have no desire to do that. I consider it a compliment when people mention me, but I just love my life now. The work that has to be done ...

Doug Collins, Coaching Again?
Published 5/29/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
Doug Collins talked to ESPN.com's Marc Stein in early May. Stein wrote then: After calling the Lakers' victory over Utah for TNT on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, Collins told ESPN.com that he has not heard from the Suns ... and that he would rebuff their interest if they do call. "Steve has not talked to me, but I have no desire to do that," Collins said, referring to Suns president and former TNT colleague Steve Kerr. "I consider it a compliment when people mention me, but I just love my ...

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The Great Salt Lake Show: Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Preview

MrThell posted 5/3/2008 from www.emptythebench.com

Expect the Jazz to play extremely physical with the finesse Lakers and try to wear Kobe and friends down while Los Angeles presses their transition game and lets Bryant close out games as only he can. It will be a more even matchup than most anticipate and it’s going to be a hell of a show.

Behind the box score, where the Jazz need to watch their hands

Forum Blue And Gold found this 5/5/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Los Angeles Lakers 109, Utah 98 THIS is going to be a series. Utah always puts itself a step back because of the team's refusal to stop hacking opponents, and the Jazz have no answer for Kobe Bryant (who does?), but that won't stop this from ...

How do you have a job Amy Lawrence?

Awful Announcing found this 5/7/2008 on www.wcbias.com

Today’s East Coast media blunder (a regular segment we'll just call "How do you have a job?") comes from our girl Amy Lawrence, who spent the better part of the night on ESPN Radio’s “Game Night” talking about the Los Angeles Lakers’ big ...

Ballin’: Deron Needs Help, Billups Needs to Heal

Intentional Foul found this 5/8/2008 on thebiglead.com

Los Angeles Lakers 120, Utah 110 : Ok, so no more hunch posts. The Lakers led from start to finish and remain the only unbeaten team in the postseason. Kobe had 34, Odom had 19-16, the Lakers made 7-of-11 three’s and went to the line 43 times. ...

Can Home Court Help The 0-2 Jazz???

Posted 5/9/2008 on SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio

The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Utah Jazz 0-2 in the second round of the Western playoffs. The Utah Jazz are hoping that by playing at home they can come off and win Game 3. The Jazz host tonights game and they went 37-4 at home during the regular season. The Lakers were one of [...]

The Basketball Diaries

Posted 5/8/2008 on Foul Balls

Los Angeles Lakers 120 Utah Jazz 110 (Lakers lead series 2-0) On the night when Kobe was given his first ever MVP award, he went out and showed everybody why he got it. Kobe scored 34 points, had 8 rebounds, and handed out 6 assists as the Lakers maintained their perfect playoff record, and more importantly, went up 2-0 on the Jazz. Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol also had big nights, scoring 19

Behind the box score: where KB has earned everything he's gotten

Posted 5/8/2008 on Ball Don't Lie

Los Angeles Lakers 120, Utah 110 Utah outscored the Lakers by five over the final three quarters of this game, and I'll probably look like a fool once the Jazz take both games in Utah (though playing at home on Sunday might feel odd), but it almost feels as if the Jazz have some sort of mental block when it comes to playing Los Angeles. Actually, it felt as if they had a block. A block ...

Lakers NBA Playoffs Utah 37-4, Phil Jackson 39-0

Posted 5/8/2008 on FastBreakBlog

The Jazz have one hope in their series versus the Lakers. Hold serve at home, and try to steal game 5 or 7 in Los Angeles.

Lakers On Fire Torch Jazz 120-110 Lead Series 2-0

Posted 5/8/2008 on Slam Dunk Central

Kobe Bryant scored a game high 34 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers shot 57.4% (39-68) from the floor for the game, and 63.6% (7-11) from outside the arc as they defeated the Utah Jazz Wednesday night 120-110. The Lakers take a 2-0 lead in the series, and are the only team in the Post Season to be undefeated as they swept the Denver Nuggets in four games. Los Angeles had a machine like ...

May 7: Lakers 120, Jazz 110

Posted 5/8/2008 on InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog

The AP reports: The Los Angeles Lakers celebrated Kobe Bryant’s MVP award the best way possible. Bryant had 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists Wednesday night, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals and remain the NBA’s only unbeaten team in the postseason… [...]

Above The Rim: 6-0

Posted 5/8/2008 on Signal to Noise

The question is whether the Lakers will lose before reaching the conference finals (they will; Utah is too good a team at home not to take one game) and why the Jazz came out so flat looking early, after Kobe got his MVP statue. There were a lot of fouls called really early — most of them on Utah, as happens often — and when it puts Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur out for long ...

Jazz-Lakers Pointspread Pointers

Posted 5/7/2008 on Sports Handicapping

The Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a playoff win on Wednesday when they battle at STAPLES Center. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Lakers defeated Utah 109-98 as an 8.5-point favorite in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal ...

Lakers NBA Playoffs Lakers Need to Rebound versus Jazz

Posted 5/6/2008 on FastBreakBlog

The Lakers pulled out a game one win versus the Utah Jazz. The Lakers were killed in the rebounding department, beaten up but not beaten.

Lakers - Jazz Preview

Posted 5/6/2008 on SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio

The Los Angeles Lakers knocked out the Denver Nuggets in a 4 game sweep, now their focus swifts to the Utah Jazz. Game 1 was no contest as the Lakers, they won that game and now look to Game 2 which will be played Wednesday night. The Utah Jazz are suppose to be much tougher than [...]

Why Utah has a good chance

Posted 5/6/2008 on Triviality of Basketball

I read a lot of blogs and articles that Utah may have fare no better than the Nuggets and while they may not get swept, they would certainly get beaten by the LA Lakers. While this one is true, I...

Lakers NBA Playoffs Jazz Get Physical with Lakers

Posted 5/5/2008 on FastBreakBlog

The Utah Jazz showed their hand versus the Los Angeles Lakers, and that hand was rolled into a fist. The Jazz want to get physical with the Lakers, but will it be enough?

NBA Playoffs: Beating Your Opponent Down

Posted 5/5/2008 on Intentional Foul

So what did we learn this weekend? The Hornets have no plans of making it easy on the Spurs. Yesterday, the Lakers just kind of skated by Utah, who was coming off their series clincher against Houston; a game played on Friday night. Utah is probably really happy that Kobe shot a lot of free throws (21-23), which was only seven less than the entire Jazz team (22-30). To the MVP goes ...

Kobe walked the line for Lakers

Posted 5/5/2008 on NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

Twenty-three times Sunday, the Utah Jazz left Kobe Bryant wide open. Twenty-three times, the bumping, bruising Utah Jazz stood still and just let him shoot. Twenty-one times, Kobe Bryant scored.Twenty-one times, he jabbed a 10-foot sword into a puffed-out chest wrote Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke. And basketball folks still have the nerve to call it a free throw? Not here. Not ...

Sleep on the Utah Jazz

Posted 5/5/2008 on Upside and Motor

Photo from AP/ Kevork Djansezian . "They've been on a tear since the Korver deal." "This team could win it all." "Don't sleep on the Utah Jazz." We've all heard it for the last four months. A lot of people were selling, and I bought into it. But I think it's time to start sleeping on the Utah Jazz. I know, I know. I hate to be that guy. The lunatic who's shouting about how the series is ...

Ballin’: Celtics Advance, Lakers Kinda Cruise

Posted 5/5/2008 on The Big Lead

Los Angeles Lakers 109, Utah 98 : For a fleeting moment in the fourth quarter, the Jazz had the defcit down to four or five, but Boozer had fouled out, and inexplicably, Utah had Kyle Korver curl off a screen and take a 14-footer jumper that clanged. Not sure about that call; we’d rather go down with Deron Williams (5-for-18) chucking than Korver. Kobe had 38. An eternal Jazz optimist ...

The Basketball Diaries

Posted 5/5/2008 on Foul Balls

Los Angeles Lakers 109 Utah Jazz 98 (Lakers lead series 1-0) The Lakers continue to roll, as they improved to 5-0 in the postseason this year after finishing the season winners of eight of their last nine. Soon to be named MVP, Kobe Bryant, scored 38 points, grabbed 6 boards, and handed out 7 assists. He spent the majority of the afternoon at the free throw line, where he made 21 of 23

Utah couldn't buy a bucket in the clutch

Posted 5/5/2008 on NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

The basketball was stuck impossibly atop the rim like some kind of Hollywood visual effect, before finally falling off. Deron Williams just smiled and shook his head. What else could he do? His driving layup attempt Sunday afternoon came too late for the Jazz to catch the Los Angeles Lakers anyway, and just gave them one more miss to make up in this series, one more shot to fall their way at ...

Lakers - MVP Kobe Bryant takes game 1 from Utah

Posted 5/5/2008 on NBA Obsessed - NBA Basketball News

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Kobe about to be fouled Image details: Utah Jazz v Los Angeles Lakers, Game 1 served by picapp.com Kobe is expected to be presented with the NBA MVP award, but he got in a hurry and put on an MVP performance for the LA crowd in defeating the Utah Jazz. Los Angeles 109 Utah 98 Kobe set a foul shooting ...

NBA Yawps With Malice

Posted 5/5/2008 on With Malice...

Missed my daily playoff wrap-up yesterday - had stuff on… Anyway, bit surprised over the Darius Songaila suspension prior to game 6 of the Wiz/Cavs series - no where near as bad as the Jason Kidd throwdown on Jannero Pargo, or the fact that Kevin Garnett pushed a referee . Or that Kendrick Perkins did exactly what Amare Stoudemire did last year… yet escapes unscathed. Just all ...

Utah Jazz hope home court is the answer against the Lakers

Published 5/9/2008 on Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get. The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Jazz...

For Fisher, Cheers, Tears And Boos

Published 5/9/2008 on washingtonpost.com - NBA

It is hard to understand how the compassion extended so lovingly to Derek Fisher by the Utah Jazz fans could turn to such animosity because he used all of his resources to care for his daughter.

Lakers' Odom steps up vs. Jazz

Published 5/9/2008 on USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories

The Los Angeles Lakers, up 2-0 in their Western Conference semifinal series vs. the Utah Jazz, now head to Salt Lake City's ...

Jazz Owner Larry Miller to Skip Sunday's Game 4

Published 5/9/2008 on NBA.com: News

Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller will not attend Game 4 of the Western Conferece semifinals vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday for religious reasons.

Jazz return home in 0-2 hole to Lakers (AP)

Published 5/8/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - NBA News

The Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get. The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Jazz 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals and are coming to Utah with thoughts of a second straight sweep in ...

Kobe unanimous pick for All-NBA team

Published 5/8/2008 on FOXSports.com News for NBA

Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team. The Lakers star was voted to the first team for the third straight season and fifth time in his career. He led Los Angeles ...