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The news is just too sad to even think about. How can Chuck Daly be gone? It seems like just yesterday when Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas were wearing those ever so short shorts and winning back to back titles with Chuck Daly keeping everyone happy as the coach.
This story hits home for me after just recovering from cancer myself.
And his hair was perfect…
And his hair was perfect. Every time I think about Chuck Daly, I think about that old song lyric. Chuck coming down the …read more

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Yesterday, we discussed how Isiah Thomas was still loved in Michigan no matter what kind of mockery he makes of himself out in the world of coaching. Today, we will look at the fact that he appears to be making a mockery of himself again.
Florida International deserves everything they get, so they better have an exit strategy. For myself, let us hope that Isiah surprises the nay sayers (that includes myself) and finds his coaching mojo.
The doubters are out there.
“He feels like he’s toxic in the …read more

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It is just that kind of day. The kind of Michigan day when you go outside and the cold rain beats down on your head and the sun is lost somewhere on the other side of the clouds. You know in the back of your mind that this is about as good as it gets and at least there is no snow. Yes, it is just that kind of day.
Someone at Florida International lost their minds and hired Isiah Thomas at the same time.
How will …read more

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How many times can one man screw up and still be considered for a job? Donald Sterling of the Clippers has met with Isiah Thomas of the Knicks to discuss employment.
The discussions between Thomas and the Clippers were described by one source as informal yet substantive. Thomas remains under contract to the Knicks for the remainder of this season and two more, but he has the franchise’s permission to seek employment elsewhere. He was fired as Knicks coach and general manager last spring and was replaced by …read more

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These are the type of comparisons we all love to make and your intrepid author is no exception.
Joe Johnson can’t carry Kobe Bryant’s jock strap you may say, but if you break down the stats it turns out he can carry Kobe’s jock strap and carry it rather well.
Entering Tuesday’s game, Bryant was averaging 27.7 points on 47.5 percent from the field, 35.0 percent from 3-point range and 86.9 from the line. Johnson was averaging 21.6 points on 43.3, 34.4 and 80.5 percent, respectively.
Break down Bryant’s points and …read more

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Call me crazy, but there is a part of me that watched Isiah Thomas play college ball for Indiana and NBA ball for the Detroit Pistons that just wants to see Isiah smile. Sorry Knick fans, even Isiah deserves to smile.
Isiah Thomas smiles

Yeah, yeah, it was Isiah passed out in his home and not his daughter. Geez, where does Isiah go now to reduce his legacy?
Authorities have not publicly identified Thomas as the victim, but a person familiar with the case has confirmed it was the …read more

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Isiah Thomas may not be happy

First they said it was his daughter. Even his son said that. Towing the company line.
Reached Friday evening, Harrison Police Chief David Hall confirmed that a 47-year-old male had been taken from Thomas’s home. He refuted claims that the incident involved Thomas’s daughter.
“I understand that this person claims it was his daughter; he is lying,” Hall said. “It was definitely not his daughter, it was a male. We know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female.” …read more

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Stephon Marbury may never find his potential
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For better or worse and most of the time worse, Stephon Marbury has been the face of the New York Knicks. He was like a plague to both Larry Brown and Isiah Thomas. Now the Knicks are prepared to face life without him.
The rumor is that the Miami Heat will go after Stephon. That may be a bad idea even though the Heat need a point guard.
Yes, yes, if Stephon Marbury would mind his ways …read more

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Zach Randolph only equals a Darko and a Marko?

How can this even be a real trade?
Memphis is looking to trade Darko and Marko? What? Come on.
No, as reported in Hoopsworld, …
The deal, which has been on the table for quite some time, had the Knicks sending Zach Randolph to the Grizzlies for Darko Milicic and Marko Jaric. As we’ve discussed at length in this space, the positive for the Knicks in what would otherwise seem like a lop-sided trade, would be the possibility that Mike D’Antoni’s …read more

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Adrian Dantley guarding Larry Bird

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Wow! That is all you can say about a Hall of Fame class including Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley.
But for me there is a double Wow for Adrian Dantley.
Pat Riley had this story about Adrian Dantley and it says it best.
Dantley was playing for the Los Angeles Lakes in the late ’70s, and Riley was the traveling secretary.
It was Riley’s job to assign seating on planes, and he always sat Dantley next to the reticent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Dantley always wanted …read more