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Why not Tom Izzo?
Why not Tom Izzo?
In his press conference today, Joe Dumars said that the three guys on his list right now are Michael Curry, Terry Porter (assuming he doesn’t get the Phoenix job) and Avery Johnson. Stephen A. Smith swears that Curry will get the job, but when talking with Stoney and Wojo, Dumars scoffed at the notion that a decision was already made and seemed downright annoyed that someone was saying ...
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