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Five (Actually Eight) Good Minutes with Mike D’Antoni
Fanster.com — No huge surprises here in that D'Antoni tells Kornheiser and Wilbon his relationship with Kerr could have been better. However, he also talks a number of times about a trust being broken after Tim Duncan hit the most improbable of shots to beat the Suns in Game 1 of this year's playoffs. How the franchise and its coach go from possible extension to a rocky breakup we'll probably never know, but it very clearly has to do with the trust that was broken. I want to hear more about this breaking of trust, damnit. Did Steve Kerr light the coaches and team up after they blew Game 1? Did he ...

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