Articles Tagged “NBA”
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Larry Brown – Once a Teacher Always a Teacher
First and foremost Larry Brown is a teacher. The reason he’s still coaching in his 72nd year on the planet is because he loves to share his knowledge with others. For a guy who began in his profession when Nixon was in the White House, it didn’t take long after his return on the sidelines [...]
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And The Award Goes To…
In late June the NHL did something they should seriously rethink; they held their annual awards show in Vegas. Yes, a summertime, somewhat made for TV event, without a host, humor or seemingly a plan, concocted to honor the best of a winter ice sport played by men with difficult surnames, held at a casino [...]
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Mavericks Draft
With the idea of stocking up on as much young talent as possible, the Dallas Mavericks turned their first-round pick and back-up guard Kelenna Azubuike into three players in this year’s NBA Draft. The Mavericks used the 17th pick to draft North Carolina center Tyler Zeller. Then traded Zeller’s draft rights and Azubuike to the [...]
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Chuck Cooperstein Sounds Off – Remaking the Mavs
The NBA is back from the brink, and with it brings a host of intriguing stories, not the least of which (despite much national ignorance) surrounds the defending champion Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks would be intriguing simply because they are trying to repeat. That’s always the question asked the moment the first title is won, [...]
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ScoreBoard’s Steamroom – Holiday Thanks But No Thanks
November and December are months when we’re expected to give thanks and count our blessings. When we gather with relatives we can’t stand, over-eat then over-spend on gifts that we really can’t afford, putting us deeper in debt then we already are. And while many give multiple thanks during these two months to close out [...]
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An Office Conversation with Rick Carlisle
The hallway to Rick Carlisle’s office is not a worn path for reporters. So an invitation is valued and a chance to visit there with the world champion Dallas Mavericks coach about basketball and beyond is unique. I talk exclusive with Rick about his ‘sudden genius,’ his thoughts on “Moneyball’’ and the bittersweet circumstances of [...]
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Dallas Mavericks – A True Team
They were supposed to be 40 percent of the first-team lineup. So how did the Mavs win a title without their ‘Robin’ and their ‘Boy Wonder’? An examination of a championship run absent Caron Butler and Roddy Beaubois … Take a peek back at the 2011 NBA Playoff and Finals highlights and your eyes will [...]
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Brad Sham’s Take on Who Belongs on the Local Mount Sportsmore
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about who belongs on the DFW Mount Rushmore of sports. But I think the debate has been too narrowly framed. Let’s fix that. Seemingly since the Dallas Mavericks qualified for the NBA Finals for the second time, the barstool debates, talk show lines and blogs have buzzed with [...]
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Self-Accountable Coaches lead to Local Success
One resembles Jim Carrey’s humorless twin brother, while the other is so flamboyantly different that he actually provides us yucks similar to Jim Carrey himself. But Mavs coach Rick Carlisle and Rangers manager Ron Washington also share a couple of important attributes – their intensity and their well-timed self-accountable proclamations. Remember Coach Carlisle’s actions after [...]
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Stormy Night In Arlington and a Heat Wave in Miami
As 35,000 baseball fans endured a seemingly never-ending rain delay and tornado warnings in Arlington Tuesday night, perhaps the Ranger faithful had a chance to put their Mavs hats back on to scout the Heat/Bulls Game 4 overtime classic with Little Nellie, Coach Carlisle, Mavs players, and of course us couch potatoes (if they weren’t [...]
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