LARRY DREW RUMORS & GOSSIP

Wittman's time running out?

These are the months coaches sweat the most. Rick Carlisle and Larry Drew got taken care of despite first round exits and questions (certainly about Drew) about their team's long-term futures. Stan Van Gundy is no longer twisting in the wind and he is looking forward to a short (or long) time off. There are still 27 other coaches and many of them are not going to know their...
Via Crossover Chronicles  |  6 days ago
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Atlanta Hawks bring back coach Larry Drew for pivotal 2012-2013 season

ATLANTA- The Hawks announced that Head Coach Larry Drew will return for at least one more season according to a statement issued by Executive Vice President/General Manager Rick Sund. To read this story please click the link below.
Via Players View  |  13 days ago
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Atlanta Hawks Exercise Option On Larry Drew

The Atlanta Hawks had a great year in the lockout-shortened season in 2011-12. The Hawks were able to muster a record of 40-26 for the season and were able to make the playoffs again but they lost to the Boston Celtics in six games. However, their season was good enough for GM Rick Sund to exercise head coach Larry Drew’s option for next year. Drew may have won even more games...
Via Rant Sports  |  13 days ago
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Hawks sticking with Drew as coach

Larry Drew is returning for his third season as the Atlanta Hawks' coach despite the team's first-round exit from the playoffs. The Hawks announced Friday the team is exercising its option on Drew's contract for next season. ''Larry did an outstanding job this season in guiding our team to the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference, despite a condensed...
Via Fox Sports  |  13 days ago
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Hawks' Drew will return next season

ATLANTA (AP) -- Larry Drew is returning for his third season as the Atlanta Hawks' coach despite the team's first-round exit from the playoffs. The Hawks announced Friday the team is exercising its option on Drew's contract for next season. General manager Rick Sund says Drew "did an outstanding job" dealing with injuries and the NBA's condensed schedule...
Via Fox Sports South  |  13 days ago
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Hawks facing decisions on 9 free agents, coach, GM

The Atlanta Hawks have entered a painfully early start to their offseason of uncertainty. After advancing to the second round of the playoffs three straight years, the Hawks were eliminated in the first round with Thursday night's Game 6 loss at Boston. Atlanta's players, bleary from lack of sleep, were told by coach Larry Drew in a final team meeting on Friday morning...
Via AP on Fox  |  20 days ago
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Drew's new-school approach steadies Hawks

Some coaches might have put their teams through a grueling practice. Or a humiliating video session, calling out players mistake by mistake. Or they might have done a little of both and screamed and yelled. Not Larry Drew. Drew might be 54, but he is new school. He's also been around the NBA forever as a player and a long-time assistant and now in his second season as a head...
Via Fox Sports South  |  22 days ago
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Larry Drew basically throws in the towel

ATL coach Larry Drew admitted Game 4 was deflating. Said he told his team they've had a great season... Motivation with a side of Valium. — Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) May 8, 2012 Told the team they've had a great season? I get that it must've been depressing to fall down by 37 in Game 4, but the series is still technically on. It seems like the Hawks are acting like...
Via Celtics Life  |  23 days ago
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Hawks limp into Boston, Drew concerned

There is a sign outside the Atlanta Hawks' locker room, large and bold and impossible to miss. It reads, "Talent wins games. Defense wins championships." Unfortunately, for Larry Drew's limping squad, they head to Boston for Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs short of both. The Celtics came back from an 11-point deficit to capture Game 2 in Atlanta and even the series...
Via Fox Sports South  |  29 days ago
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2012 NBA Playoffs schedule: Celtics-Hawks full schedule

Said Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew, “This Boston team is a veteran team. They are used to playing on the road. They are comfortable playing on the road. They have all the confidence in the world on the road. … Now that we have home-court advantage, it’s up to us to hold on to it. It won’t be easy. We worked our behinds off to get it and we have to keep it.”Said...
Via Celtics Town  |  April 27, 2012
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