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Isiah Thomas Freaks Us Out Sometimes
We're watching the Knicks press conference introducing Larry Brown as the team's new head coach. General manager/demolition expert Isiah Thomas introduced him by saying, "when I first met Larry Brown, Russia was invading Afghanistan." Uh ... Isiah ... what? More »
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Who Has Larry Brown Mania? Anyone? Anyone?
The time was 1:30 in the morning, and we had just finished a failed attempt to talk our girlfriend into having sex with us. In our frustration, we turned on ESPNews, and apparently the world had exploded. Graphics were flashing everywhere, anchors were jumping up and down on their desks and Linda Cohn had ripped off her shirt to show a tattoo of Jimmy V. The big news: Larry Brown had agreed to coach the New York Knicks, a lower-tier team that no one really — not really cares about. More »
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The Most Pointless Job On Earth (And You Can Still Get Fired From It!)
ESPN is reporting — and apparently they're actually reporting it this time — that the Minnesota Timberwolves have hired former Suns guard (and notorious dater of black chicks) Rex Chapman to be the new general manager of the team. He replaces current general manager Jim Stack, a former Northwestern basketball player most famous for attacking a guy at a Little League baseball game. Stack, who had been helping the team prepare for tomorrow's draft, will look for his fifth different job in five years when his contract runs out Thursday. More »
HOORAY!
The NBA and the Players' Union have agreed to a deal. So come on, fans, let's head on back to the stadium! What could possibly go wrong? NBA, Players Agree On Deal [USA Today]
The NBA and the Players' Union have agreed to a deal. So come on, fans, let's head on back to the stadium! What could possibly go wrong? NBA, Players Agree On Deal [USA Today]
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Isiah Finally Turns To The WNBA
You know it had to happen eventually. Isiah Thomas, whose plan seems to be to single-handedly rampage everything he comes across, Godzilla-like, is now looking for coach candidates from the WNBA. According to the Newark Star-Ledger (that's the paper with Jimmy Hoffa buried underneath), Bill Laimbeer, "title-winning coach of the WNBA's Detroit Shock," has talked to Thomas about potentially taking over the Knicks. We suppose this makes sense. No one on the roster is particularly tall, everyone's always complaining and we think Michael Sweetney has breasts. It's a genius fit, we think. If only they played as few games as the WNBA ... More »
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Breaking News From The Couch
ESPN resident lunatic Stephen A. Smith reports that 76ers coach Jim O'Brien has been fired by the 76ers. We had this news first, because we can type faster than the drones at ESPN.com. More »
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We Love The Fat Basketball Players
With ESPN's Chad Ford crying Chicken Little about the potential of an NBA lockout, we got to thinking about the last NBA lockout. Remember that one? Like hockey, nobody really missed the NBA when it was gone, but that didn't stop the players from putting together a Pay-Per-View game in Atlantic City for all those drooling fans. Anybody else remember this? No one showed up, no one bought the PPV and all the players showed up about 40 pounds overweight, particularly Shawn Kemp, who was never the same afterwards. More »
