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| Carlisle gets four-year deal to coach Mavs |
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05/10/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - Rick Carlisle has come to terms on a four-year contract to become head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks website posted a story late Friday night that confirmed the signing, which is expected to take place Saturday. The story said that Carlisle will be introduced as the ninth head coach in franchise history on Wednesday. Carlisle takes over for the recently fired Avery Johnson. "Incredibly excited that Rick has come on board," said Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in the stor |
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| Report: Carlisle gets four-year deal to coach Mavs |
NBA Basketball |
05/10/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - Rick Carlisle has reportedly come to terms on a four-year contract to become head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. The Dallas Morning News, citing an NBA source, reported Carlisle had agreed in principle to the deal to become the ninth head coach in franchise history. Carlisle would take over for the recently fired Avery Johnson. In six seasons as a coach, two with Detroit and four with Indiana, Carlisle has compiled a 281-211 record. He was the league's Coach of the Year in 2002 wh |
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| Done deal: Carlisle, Mavs have verbal agreement |
NBA Basketball |
05/09/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -Rick Carlisle will be the new coach of the Dallas Mavericks, a decision expected for nearly a week but slowed by contract negotiations. The papers aren't signed yet, but team owner Mark Cuban confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Friday night that a verbal deal is in place. The contract ``will be signed tomorrow (Saturday),'' with a news conference Wednesday because Cuban will be out of town until then. Reached late Friday, Carlisle said: ``Whatever Mark told you is what's goin |
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| Nets promote Vandeweghe to general manager |
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05/08/2008 |
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| weghe had previously served as GM for the Denver Nuggets from 2001-2006, reshaping the club which won only 17 games in 2002-2003 into a solid playoff club in the Western Conference. Perhaps his best move in that period was drafting Carmelo Anthony with the third-overall pick in the 2003 draft. Prior to his time in Denver, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks. The UCLA graduate was a two-time NBA All-Star over a 13-year career with the Nuggets, Trail Blazers, Knicks and Clippers. |
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| Nets promote Kiki Vandeweghe to general manager |
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05/08/2008 |
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| ts disclosed terms of his new contract. ``I hope that I have had some positive influence as to the roster and the direction,'' said Vandeweghe, whose initial five-plus months included the blockbuster trade of All-Star point guard Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. Vandeweghe said he and Thorn share a sense of what needs to be done to improve the team. ``I think both of us believe you have to pick a direction, and understand that, and do things that head in that direction,'' Vandeweghe said. ``Neither one |
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| Spurs host Hornets in Game 3 of best-of-seven series |
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05/08/2008 |
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| to the Western Conference for the 2004-05 campaign, and are competing in the West playoffs for the first time in franchise history. New Orleans won its first best-of-seven playoff series (1-6) in franchise history, as it defeated the seventh-seeded Dallas Mavericks in five games, 4-1, in the first round of the postseason. The Hornets are 0-4 in the second round of the playoffs. They lost to New York (4-1) in 1993, Chicago (4-1) in 1998, Milwaukee (4-3) in 2001 and New Jersey (4-1) in 2002. The Spurs, who swept |
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| Mavs, Carlisle close to a deal, but it's not done yet |
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05/07/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -Rick Carlisle is still on the verge of becoming the next coach of the Dallas Mavericks. Carlisle is the only candidate the team has interviewed since firing Avery Johnson last Wednesday. Negotiations turned serious over the weekend and have continued all week, but as of Wednesday night there were some points still not settled. However, the most important point - Dallas wanting Carlisle and Carlisle wanting Dallas - seems to be done. ``I think we're seeing this through. We're fairly locked |
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| Bryant named MVP |
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05/06/2008 |
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| guys (his teammates) make me look better than I am. I couldn't have done it without them." Paul finished in second with 889 points, while Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics finished in third with 670 points. Last year's winner, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, came in 11th place with five points. The 29-year-old Bryant spent the offseason in a multitude of trade rumors often brought on by his own comments, but emerged as a team player following a mid-season trade for the Memphis Grizzlies' Pau Gasol that |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - New Orleans vs. San Antonio |
NBA Basketball |
05/06/2008 |
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| to the Western Conference for the 2004-05 campaign, and are competing in the West playoffs for the first time in franchise history. New Orleans won its first best-of-seven playoff series (1-6) in franchise history, as it defeated the seventh-seeded Dallas Mavericks in five games, 4-1, in the first round of the postseason. The Hornets four wins over the Mavericks were by an average of 13.5 points. MVP candidate Chris Paul was dominant against the Mavericks. The Wake Forest product, who is playing in his first N |
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| Hornets host Spurs in Game 2 of West semis |
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05/05/2008 |
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| to the Western Conference for the 2004-05 campaign, and are competing in the West playoffs for the first time in franchise history. New Orleans won its first best-of-seven playoff series (1-6) in franchise history, as it defeated the seventh-seeded Dallas Mavericks in five games, 4-1, in the first round of the postseason. The Hornets are 0-4 in the second round of the playoffs. They lost to New York (4-1) in 1993, Chicago (4-1) in 1998, Milwaukee (4-3) in 2001 and New Jersey (4-1) in 2002. The Spurs, who swept |
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