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Comcast-Spectacor is ready to fire 76ers coach Eddie Jordan, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
Several other sources also indicated that the organization will
"seriously evaluate" Sixers general manager Ed Stefanski, who hired
Jordan less than a year ago.
The first name that came to mind after the Clippers' rude and
unceremonious news release came out Tuesday night announcing Mike
Dunleavy's firing was none other than Jerry West. The Logo had been
long rumored to be a candidate to take over the Clippers' woebegone
basketball operations if -- and, as it turned out, when -- they finally
"severed ties" with Dunleavy.
From West himself Tuesday night: Not gonna happen.
Marreese Speights' season hasn't been much different than that of many
other players and coaches in the organization - that is to say it has
been frustrating, borderline maddening. But the second-year
forward/center out of Florida has been able to keep that devilish grin
present throughout the season. He is the team leader in fist-pounds and
high-fives and any other sort of congratulatory demonstration he can
think of.
Maybe Jim O'Brien is trying to get himself fired. Maybe he's gone in
the tank, just as his team has done for the past few months, and is
willing to take the cash for next season and move on back to Florida.
I've written it before, with a mild bit of hesitation.
Nets center Brook Lopez really likes the idea of someday playing alongside current Knick David Lee.
And unlike some impending free agents who view the Nets as less
desirable than waterboarding, Lee likes the Nets' potential more than
their 7-55 record.
When the Hornets made a fourth-quarter run at the Spurs in Friday's
game at the AT&T Center, slicing a double-digit lead to five
points, Manu Ginobili decided it was time to put away a team whose
collective resolve has been membrane-thin for weeks.
Some very interesting comments by former Charlotte Bobcat Raja Bell
about how he feels manipulated by his former team, in regard to the
left wrist injury he suffered in the preseason.
Andre Iguodala is an excellent defender, a solid passer and a very good all-around player.
But he's not the type to dominate games in the half-court offense, according to Sixers coach Eddie Jordan.
"We've always said that about Andre," said Jordan after Thursday's
practice. "It's not necessarily his MO. He just isn't a high-level,
volume guy that carries you. I think he would agree to that.
The Knicks' primary target this summer is LeBron James, but when it
comes to the supporting cast Donnie Walsh plans to assemble, the team
president has his eye on a free agent with New York ties.
With the talent-laden free agent class of 2010 just months from
availability, what are the chances a team may be willing to offer Spurs
guard Manu Ginobili a contract big enough to lure him away from San
Antonio?
If a report is accurate that Denver Nuggets power forward Kenyon Martin
has a partial tear of his left patella tendon, he said he hasn't been
given that information about his knee.
Regardless, the Nuggets, who had previously been looking for a big man,
will spend this weekend discussing what they might do. Agent Mark
Bartelstein told FanHouse the Nuggets have inquired about five of his
free-agent big men: Mark Blount, Mikki Moore, Brian Cook, Jake Voskuhl
and Rob Kurz.
Tracy McGrady took the first chance he got to leave Toronto and ended up playing for the Orlando Magic in his home state.
Chris Bosh will have a similar decision to make this summer, and
McGrady - who like Bosh began his career in Canada - can see the
All-Star forward skipping town.
