Most NBA head coaches are hired to be fired. You think PJ Carlesimo bought a house in Oklahoma City? Did anyone outside Carlesimo’s immediate family think, “Oh yeah, I can totally see him coaching the Thunder into the second round of the playoffs.” How about Paul Westphal? Flip Saunders? Jim O’Brien? Scott Skiles? Do you [...]
Lawrence Frank Firing as Silly as It Was Inevitable
November 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Basketball Commentary
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Hoping Mark Jackson is the Next Timberwolves Coach
June 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Basketball Commentary
ESPN’s rumor mill linked to the story. The next day David Kahn said it was BS. I’m hoping it isn’t. Mark Jackson has been itching to coach for a long time and I’m sure he would be…great, yeah, just dandy, and how nice for a NYC guy…OK, I don’t care. But I’m hoping and praying [...]
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NY Times Freakonomics blog on offensive rebounds
June 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Basketball Commentary
This post by Ian Ayres on the NY Times Freakonomics blog, about offensive rebounds, seems ill-considered.
He notes that the Celtics had an extraordinary offensive rebounding edge over the Lakers in the Finals and wondered “whether Lakers’ low number of offensive rebounds was just a matter of bad luck.” This comment assumes that getting offensive [...]
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