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It may have just been the wonderful thing to say but he expressed interest in playing for the Lakers. Charley, one of my co-workers brought this proposed trade to me and I thought on it for a moment. Everyone’s a winner, the Lakers acquire a solid Big Man, and the Wolves receive a solid Big Man in return. I know what you are thinking AD’s been quite injury prone throughout his NBA career. Would the Wolves sign off on such a deal might be the question, there is no doubt for me the Lakers would be willing to make the trade. Imagine this, two former Kentucky centers traded for one another, how about that for an NBA picture.
While serving as the head man at Indiana in a game against Purdue. Knight became highly agitated with the officiating that occurred up to a point, to express his displeasure Knight picked up a chair after receiving a technical and tossed it across the court. One of the discussions I heard about Howard revolved around the “Coach being a leader of young men etc. etc.” We guess this person was unaware or had never witnessed the unruly behavior by Knight in tossing the chair. We can debate which is worst the Howard slap or the chair toss but consider this. Knight was later fired after this 1985 incident but not immediately, the coach would go on to exhibit this type of behavior until much later in his Indiana career. What Howard did was uncalled for, did it border on termination…I think not however that’s my opinion. Your view might be different on the matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukpekodCQ-U
As I was leaving church, I told Dwayne "I cannot support Cuonzo Martin any longer. I think he is a good person he's just not winning." This was not a part of our conversation however just like Patrick Ewing the Georgetown coach Cuonzo Martin is trapped too. I think Cuonzo believed the transfer portal would prove beneficial with 3 additions to the team. That has not been the case nor have any of the freshman stepped forward to take charge. The SEC Tourney is on the horizon however there is not much hope at my house for Mizzou's fortunes.
We missed this one badly, the discussion centers around Ja Morant of the Grizzlies. He “blew up” his sophomore year at Murray State with his slick passing and dunks, we became acquainted with this budding talent. Did we project a nearly 27 point 7 rebound a game average by his third year in the NBA? If someone told you, they foresaw his skill four years ago they have told other lies as well. All we can say again the Pelicans are probably kicking themselves in the rear end. They had the opportunity to draft the swift point guard but chose instead Zion Williamson. It is understandable Williamson’s and potential talent might have looked more fruitful at the time over Morant.
Who starts at power forward for your expansion team, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Karl Malone, Kevin McHale, Elvin Hayes or someone else? Anyone of the names mentioned and perhaps others could be the choice. For me, it’s got to be Tim Duncan of the Spurs, it’s not his 19-year career and 26,000 points nor the Naismith or College Basketball Hall of Fame. It’s not being a 5-time NBA Champion or twice NBA MVP or 3 times NBA Finals MVP. I’m not exactly sure if I can explain why Duncan is the top choice for me.
There are other coaches on the hot seat besides Mizzou’s Cuonzo Martin. We could include Patrick Ewing of Georgetown in the count however he’s got an advantage. Ewing was Georgetown basketball under the late John Thompson as Ewing the player led the Hoyas to victory. As a coach it’s been a different story for Ewing. Would he be fired, it’s certainly possible based on the record as this is written. The Hoyas have only 6 wins versus 22 losses, last season it was 13-13 the season prior 15-17. Truth is the school’s only finished one season above .500 and that was the 19-win 14 loss 2018-19 season.
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