The Atlanta Hawks stayed in-house and promoted assistant Larry Drew (former Clipper and Laker!) to the head coach position. I was having a nice debate with someone about this on Twitter. He thought it was a horrible hire and that the Hawks would regress next year. Well, I thought Mike Woodson wasn’t exactly a good [...]
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2010 Regular Season Awards (Coach Of The Year)
The NBA has already given out some of their end-of-season awards. Our 11-person staff of writers and contributors got together (not really but it sounds cooler this way) and voted for these same end-of-season awards as well. We’ll also put down our preseason picks (if applicable) and see if we were actually good at prognosticating [...]
2010 Playoff Preview (Charlotte Bobcats)
Let’s continue this 2010 Playoff Preview. TNLP (and friends… maybe enemies, I don’t know) helps break down each Playoff team one by one! The first time is always special. And this is special, indeed. The Charlotte Bobcats have made the postseason for the first time in franchise history. They are in as the 7th Seed [...]
2009 Offseason Whirlwind (Part 4)
In case you’re wondering, yeah, the Starbury show is still going on. And, no, I’m not going to talk about Lamar Odom until he actually signs. All right. So a couple of big moves happened over the past week or so. ***ANDRE MILLER TO PORTLAND*** Why do I NOT like this move? He seems like [...]
D’Antoni Is The Best Coach Today?
No, that’s not Ted Turner yelling CAPTAIN PLANET (which is what we loved to do whenever we saw Mike D’Antoni on the screen). But, yeah, I just had an NBA discussion with an old friend. He is convinced about one thing. Mike D’Antoni is the best coach in the NBA today. My friend felt he [...]
Phoenix Gets Rich
First off, I read from SLAM that Joe Maloof suffered a stroke. And also, Cat Mobley, who last played for the Clippers, chose to retire because of his heart condition. My hopes and prayers go out to those two and hope they stay healthy. Well, there was a huge trade between Charlotte and Phoenix. Jason [...]
