ballerblogger.com - 12/9/2008
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Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News found a very interesting similarity between the firings of Minnesota’s Randy Wittman, Washington’s Eddie Jordan, Toronto’s Sam Mitchell and Oklahoma City’s P.J. Carlesimo. And it involves field goal percentage defense.
Kawakami explains :
FG% ...
sports.espn.go.com - 12/8/2008
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The Minnesota Timberwolves fired Randy Wittman, who will
be replaced by vice president of basketball operations Kevin...
McHale on the bench. McHale will step down from his front-office duties to concentrate on coaching. The team has called an afternoon ...
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4-15 Minnesota Timberwolves fire Randy Wittman
totalprosports.com - 12/16/2008
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - 6 NBA coaches have
already been canned this early NBA season. It all...
started with Oklahoma City's P.J. Carlesimo , then came Washington's Eddie Jordan , Toronto's Sam Mitchell, Minnesota's Randy Wittman, Philadelphia's Maurice Cheeks, and now Reggie Theus of the Sacramento ...
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Another One Bites The Dust: Theus Fired!
laballtalk.com - 12/3/2008
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Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Dec. 9, 2008
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.
+ LeBron James goes buck wild for Stephon Curry. {The Dagger.}
+ Real Madrid basketball club tries to sign Stephon Marbury. Or not. {Slam Online.}
+ The Mets, oh so close to locking up K-Rod. {MLB Trade Rumors.}
+ Why are NBA coaches getting the axe? {Baller Blogger.}
+ Non-sports: “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo ...
Tuesday’s Layup Drill
Detroit Bad Boys —
... Why do NBA coaches get the axe? Apparently, for allowing opposing teams to post a gaudy field percentage. So far the Raptors, Timberwolves, Wizards and Thunder have changed coaches. Incidentally, ...
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