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| Phoenix Suns hire Terry Porter as coach |
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06/07/2008 |
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| week, Kerr said the list had been pared to four - Porter and assistants Elston Turner of Houston, Tyrone Corbin of Utah and Mike Budenholzer of San Antonio. Porter was the only one with head coaching experience, with two seasons at the helm of the Milwaukee Bucks. ``We interviewed some great candidates, and we wanted to take our time and make sure we made the right choice,'' Kerr said. ``He's the right guy, and I'm glad to have him on board.'' Porter will become the Suns' seventh coach since 1993, when t |
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| Perkins also injured in Game 1 |
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06/06/2008 |
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| main entrance,'' he said. ``Then, we were told to go to another place, where all the staff and players park. They finally let us in there. ``All's well that ends well.'' Abdul-Jabbar played against the Celtics in the finals four times - with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1974, and with the Lakers three times in four years starting in 1984. His teams lost the first two matchups before winning the last two. --- ONE-SIDED BET: Los Angeles mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa made an offer Boston mayor Thomas Menino cou |
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| Phil's bid for 10 could have been Coach K's for 1 |
NBA Basketball |
06/05/2008 |
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| main entrance,'' he said. ``Then, we were told to go to another place, where all the staff and players park. They finally let us in there. ``All's well that ends well.'' Abdul-Jabbar played against the Celtics in the finals four times - with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1974, and with the Lakers three times in four years starting in 1984. His teams lost the first two matchups before winning the last two. --- ONE-SIDED BET: Los Angeles mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa made an offer Boston mayor Thomas Menino cou |
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| Indiana supports most NCAA findings |
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06/05/2008 |
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| econdary. Athletic department officials declined comment Thursday through spokesman J.D. Campbell. Campbell has said nobody from the university will comment until after Indiana's hearing before the infractions committee next week in Seattle. The Milwaukee Bucks said Sampson, who is now an assistant to Scott Skiles, was not available for comment Thursday. In an introductory news conference in Milwaukee last month, Sampson said he wouldn't discuss the circumstances surrounding his exit from Indiana until aft |
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| Suns complete coaching interviews |
NBA Basketball |
06/04/2008 |
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| candidate to replace Saunders in Detroit, with Porter a potential alternative. Porter, who played in the NBA for 17 seasons, is the only one of the four known remaining candidates with head coaching experience, with two seasons at the helm of the Milwaukee Bucks. ``Terry was great. We brought him in a second time for a reason,'' Kerr said. ``I think very highly of Terry going back to when we were teammates together in San Antonio. He got a chance to come in and kind of share some more thoughts and views o |
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| Pistons fire Saunders in first of many big changes |
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06/04/2008 |
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| eam.'' Michael Curry is the leading candidate to be Detroit's fifth coach in nine seasons. He was on Saunders' staff and is a former Piston. Other candidates include Johnson and Terry Porter, another assistant last season in Detroit and a former Milwaukee Bucks coach. ``I'm going to talk to a few people this week,'' Dumars said. ``As we normally do, we'll act quickly. This will not be a long-drawn-out process.'' Dumars decided a year ago to bring back his key players as well as Saunders, while infusing |
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| Suns to interview Pistons assistant Porter again |
NBA Basketball |
05/31/2008 |
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| Antoni resigned to lead the New York Knicks. Candidates include Porter, Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner and former NBA player and TV analyst Mark Jackson. Porter was Flip Saunders' lead assistant in Detroit the past two seasons. He led the Milwaukee Bucks' from 2003-05, helping them win 41 games and earn a spot in the 2004 playoffs. His coaching career started as a Sacramento Kings assistant in 2002. Suns general manager Steve Kerr was one of Porter's teammates during his 17-year career with Portla |
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| NCAA downgrades one charge against Indiana |
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05/31/2008 |
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| nfair. On May 12, Sampson's written response to the charges said he had been judged before having a chance to make his case. Still, Sampson accepted a $750,000 buyout to leave the school Feb. 22 and was recently hired as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks. However, the fallout from the scandal has continued at Indiana. Interim coach Dan Dakich staved off a threatened player's boycott immediately after Sampson's departure, but never got them to play with the same passion for the final month of the |
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| Hawks tab Sund as new general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| the Eastern Conference. The club showed heart in taking the top-seeded Boston Celtics to a seventh game before being eliminated in their conference quarterfinal series. Sund inherits a Hawks team which has not recorded a winning season since the abbreviated 1999 campaign. That year, Atlanta finished second in the Central Division with a 31-19 mark but fell to the Knicks in the conference semifinal round. The former two-sport Northwestern standout began his professional career with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1974. |
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| NBA playoffs disappear from TV in China |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| llowing the Sichuan earthquake,'' Bass said. NBA basketball is popular in China, although interest has dropped off without the top two Chinese players - Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian - in the playoffs. The injured Yao plays for the Houston Rockets and Yi plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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