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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 |
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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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| Sampson hired as Bucks assistant |
NBA Basketball |
05/19/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond announced that Kelvin Sampson and three others will join the team as assistant coaches under new head coach Scott Skiles. The others hired to round out the staff include Jim Boylan, Lionel Hollins and Joe Wolf. The announcement comes nearly three months after Sampson was forced to resign as the head coach of Indiana's men's basketball program amid five major NCAA rules violations. The NCAA released a list of allegations against the |
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| Sampson joins Bucks staff, mum on IU |
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05/19/2008 |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -Kelvin Sampson wants to restore his reputation and continue his career, and hopes he took a step in that direction by accepting a job as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. But Sampson will pass on the chance to explain his version of a messy divorce with Indiana University until after an NCAA hearing in mid-June. ``More will come out, and I'll be more than happy to talk after that,'' Sampson said. Sampson's new boss, Bucks coach Scott Skiles, cautioned people not to |
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| Bucks add Sampson to coaching staff |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2008 |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -Kelvin Sampson is getting another shot at coaching. The former Indiana University coach was one of four assistants hired Wednesday by Milwaukee Bucks head coach Scott Skiles. Skiles also hired former Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylan and former NBA players Lionel Hollins and Joe Wolf. ``I'm excited to be able to assemble this strong coaching staff in Milwaukee,'' Skiles said in a statement. ``Jim, Lionel, Kelvin and Joe all bring experience to the Bucks bench, as well as diverse coaching |
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| IU responds to allegations of NCAA recruiting violations |
College Basketball |
05/12/2008 |
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| ed he committed five major recruiting violations. Indiana is scheduled to appear before the infractions committee June 14 in Seattle, and a decision is expected within 30 days after that. Sampson, who is going to be an assistant coach with the NBA Milwaukee Bucks, and Crean are both expected to attend the hearing. In the response to the NCAA, Indiana said most of the calls made from the home phones of former assistants were permissible under NCAA rules. ``However, it was determined that a significant num |
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| Bucks' Williams has surgery |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Mo Williams had successful surgery to repair ligament damage in his right thumb, the club reported Thursday. The procedure was performed on Wednesday in New York by hand specialist Dr. Michelle Carlson in New York. Williams is scheduled to be sidelined at least six weeks, after which he will be allowed to resume basketball-related activities. He is expected to be fully recovered in time for training camp in October. The 25-year-old finished his fifth pro |
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