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Jerry Brown , Tribune In Orlando, he was half of the celebrated “Shaw-Shaq Redemption” alley-oop that helped the Magic get to the NBA Finals in 1995.
This is where things get interesting for Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers .
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After Mike D’Antoni formally submitted his resignation to man the Knicks’ bench las week, the Phoenix Suns began the search for finding their next head coach.
Here come the San Antonio Spurs. Right on cue. The Lakers expected nothing less from the defending NBA champions, the team they said they hoped to play in the Western Conference finals.
Turns out, Mark Jackson wasn’t the first interviewee on Suns general manager Steve Kerr’s list.
You probably didn’t expect this so soon after Team Duncan so convincingly dispatched the Phoenix Suns . via ESPN
“I really felt we could have won a championship that way. I don’t have a doubt”
Mike D’Antoni had it all in place with the Phoenix Suns . The core of his roster knew his system inside and out and the thing almost ran on automatic most of the time. via Newsday.com
I know what you’re thinking: Doesn’t Scott already have a job coaching the New Orleans Hornets? Yes, he does. via East Valley Tribune
“I’d like to talk to them about it. But I don’t need to be a head coach anymore. I’d love to be on a staff and help out one of those young guys ( Eddie Johnson , Dan Majerle , Vinny Del Negro ) they have in the organization.”
Former Suns forward Gar Heard , 60, has been a head coach twice in the NBA and an assistant for several teams, most recently the Atlanta Hawks. via Arizona Republic
“Mike had great success here and did a really good job”
PHOENIX : There is “no big rush” to hire a new coach for the Phoenix Suns, the team’s general manager said Monday. via International Herald Tribune
“The New York Knicks have agreed in principle with Mike D’Antoni to become the next head coach of the Knicks”
In his first full season as head coach of the Suns, Mike D’Antoni took a team that previously had only 29 victories and transformed it into a high-octane, 62-20 speedster with Steve Nash at the wheel. via NJ.com
“And what we have to do is talk and communicate and make sure we can get on the same page in terms of how this organization can get better, how this team can get better.”
The Mike D’Antoni Era has begun. The former coach of the run-and-gun Suns has accepted a four-year deal at around $6 million per year to coach the Knicks. via Fox Sports
There has to be a wee sense of satisfaction for Joe Johnson , a small measure of triumph, that his NBA season still was alive five days after the Suns had scattered for the summer. via SI.com
