newsok.com - 11/22/2008
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Assistant Scott Brooks named interim coach The Oklahoma City Thunder has fired coached P.J. Carlesimo . > Assistant coach Scott Brooks has been named the interim coach and immediately took the helm with tonightâs game at New Orleans . Thunder lost 109-97. > The Thunder lost its 10th ...
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nogutsglory.blogspot.com - 11/24/2008
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The Oklahoma City Thunder fired head coach P.J.
Carlisemo after a dismal 1-12 start to the 2008-09...
season. The franchise formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics have a young and inexperienced team; which is, in today's society, a coach's nightmare
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Carlisemo is out: who's next?
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Hold The Mustard : OKC Fires Peege
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... OK, I plead guilty to using the above headline at least one time too many. But “Carlesimo Loses Stranglehold On Thunder Gig” would’ve been far, far worse. As alluded to above, Oklahoma City fired P.J. Carlesimo (above, right) after ...
The Thunder Rolls...Its Coach: Carlesimo Out, Brooks In by Kevin Pelton
Basketball Prospectus —
Friday, I wrote extensively about coaching trees, so in the wake of the NBA's first head-coaching change of the 2008-09 campaign, it seems only appropriate to delve into the background of the Oklahoma City Thunder's new interim head coach, Scott Brooks. Brooks replaces P.J. Carlesimo, who was fired 95 games into his tenure at the helm of the SuperSonics/Thunder after last night's 25-point home loss to the New Orleans Hornets dropped Oklahoma City to 1-12. During his ten-year playing career, Brooks was a backup point guard for six different NBA teams, playing an extended stint under Rudy Tomjanovich. Once he began his coaching career, Brooks found his way to Denver, where he worked under Jeff Bzdelik and ...
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OK-Who?
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And in consideration for me having to look at that generic H logo from OKC last season after the Hornets came back, ...
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West, Paul lift Hornets over Thunder (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/23/2008
David West scored a season-high 33 points and Chris Paul had a triple-double to help New Orleans beat Oklahoma City 109-97 on Saturday night, handing the Thunder their 11th straight loss and first under Scott Brooks. Oklahoma City, which fired ...
Hornets 109, Thunder 97 —
NYT > Pro Basketball 11/23/2008
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- David West scored a season-high 33 points and Chris Paul had a triple-double to help New Orleans beat Oklahoma City 109-97 on Saturday night, handing the Thunder their 11th straight loss and first under Scott Brooks. >
