When All Glare Fizzled

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When All Glare Fizzled
With Leather - Sports news and gossip to ... found this 5/1/2008 on freedarko.blogspot.com [flag]
If you watched last night's Suns/Spurs welt-farm, you felt the omen. The Suns have not only died as an idea; they've even ceased to matter, vestigially, as the nut-case whose sober child grew into a prince. That team was just plain trounced and flummoxed, by a Spurs powerhouse that, were Phoenix the powerhouse they'd supposedly become, wouldn't have had it so glibly. And now, D'Antoni's [link]

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SAINT ANDREW'S NET: HOME RUN!
Published 5/1/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... Free Darko bids farewell to Mike D'Antoni. For more on the Holy Trinity, consult the doxology of St. Polycarp. Or you could just drink a fifth of whiskey and contemplate a shamrock. ...

Sorry, Phoenix fans
Published 5/1/2008 by PostmanE at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... Since 2004/2005, the Suns have been a fringe fascination of mine. My interest stemmed not only from their style, which begat their early Free Darko love, which in turn begat my heightened understanding of their dynamic, but also from ...

End of an Era: Phoenix 2008
Published 5/6/2008 by Jeff V at JV Sports
... , the Seven Seconds Or Less era in Phoenix is officially over. In fact, its been over for some time. If I were as philosophical as Free Darko I might say that it never even existed at all. After all, the Suns were always a trendy team but save for a few sparse moments they never won anything meaningful (or even appeared in an NBA championship). ...

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kcudah posted 4/30/2008 from sports.espn.go.com

Despite averaging 58 regular-season wins the past four seasons, Mike D'Antoni might be out as Phoenix Suns coach. An SI.com report on Tuesday night said the coach will not return after his team was eliminated by the San Antonio Spurs in five games in their best-of-7 first-round playoff series. D'Antoni has two years and $8.5 million left on his contract.
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Mike D’Antoni Is Gone Too?

steelejones posted 5/1/2008 from ownmyteam.com

Although not official, Sports Illustrated reports that Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni may be on his way out after serving 5 years for the organization. It had been speculated that D’Antoni’s future would be determined by the team’s postseason success after the team made a huge, and widely criticized gamble, by bringing in aging center Shaquille O’Neal in exchange for one of the team’s best.....
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To John Paxson: A Memorandum

Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football found this 5/1/2008 on sportsyenta.blogspot.com

Johnny P- Please, please do not fuck this up. That's all I'm asking. Don't screw it up. You and I both know the Bulls as currently constituted aren't nearly as bad as they played this year. They gave up on Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan didn't stand a ...
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Mavericks and Suns Should Swap Coaches

yiBoo posted 5/1/2008 from www.andboo.com

Just think about the ratings if a Mike D'Antoni coached Dallas Mavericks were to meet against a Don Nelson coached Golden State Warriors in the western conference finals. ... A defensive minded Phoenix Suns coached by Avery Johnson matching up against the San Antonio Spurs could be the Suns only chance of getting to the NBA Finals.
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