SCOTT BROOKS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Thunder Report Card: Scott Brooks
60 wins is big for any team. Especially for a team that was barely pushing 20 when they first came to town. However, even with a franchise record single-season win total, Scott Brooks does not boast the same affection he earned from Thunder fans a few years ago when he took home the NBA Coach [...]
Scott Brooks Curses At Refs During Timeout
Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks was upset with the referees in the second quarter of their Game 3 matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies and ESPN’s cameras caught the curse filled exchange.
After the Thunder called a timeout, Brooks started talking with referee Ed Mallory.
Brooks: “Why isn’t it? Why isn’t it?”
Mallory: “Its marginal”
Brooks: “It doesn’t...
Starting Five, 4.16.13
Sunday through Wednesday, Scott Brooks’ Tie brings you links to stories on your Oklahoma City Thunder, as well as his two cents on the matters at hand. As the season comes to a close, the Thunder have officially shored up the one seed in the Western Conference, and all is right in the basketball world. [...]
OKC comes up short on sad day for Brooks
DENVER -- The Thunder wanted to win this one for their coach.
But it wasn't to be.
On Saturday, Lee Brooks, the 79-year-old mother of Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks, had died in Northern California. Brooks decided to coach Sunday night against Denver at the Pepsi Center, but the Thunder fell short 121-118 in overtime.
We were trying to give him a win for his mom, said Thunder...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
January 21, 2013
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Thunder coach Brooks back day after mother's death
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks was on the bench leading his team in Sunday night's game against the Denver Nuggets one day after his 79-year-old mother's death.
Brooks said in a statement that he decided to coach the game because that's what he feels his mother, Lee Brooks, would have wanted.
''I appreciate the thoughts and prayers that are with my...
Via Fox Sports
January 20, 2013
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Oklahoma City Thunder resigns Scott Brooks to a $16 million dollar deal.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may not have won the NBA Championship but they still have a lot to celebrate.
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Scott Brooks: A classy way to end the NBA season
The Heat are the Champions. The Thunder lost. We’re not going to write about who scored what, who should have played better, who didn’t guard who or how good or bad the coaching was. We’re not going to ramble on about LeBron James and how this finally is his first championship or how some of [...]
Via Shatter The Backboard
June 24, 2012
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Father's Day basketball resonates with Brooks
MIAMI -- Bill Stricker has an idea for Father's Day.
"A win would be a great present," Stricker said of Scott Brooks coaching Oklahoma City against Miami in Sunday's Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
No, Stricker isn't actually Brooks' father. But Brooks looks at him that way.
When Brooks was less than 2 years old and growing up in Lathrop, Calif., his father...
Via Fox Sports Florida
June 17, 2012
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Brooks gets special moment as Thunder reach finals
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks knows he has really accomplished something by getting his team to the NBA finals.
His 79-year-old mother Lee, who hates flying, is going to get on a plane to come watch his Thunder play for the championship.
Brooks said Friday his mother refused to fly to see him play in the NBA until he was on the Houston Rockets team that played for and...
Via AP on Fox
June 08, 2012
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Time under Karl helped shape Brooks
Like every other current head coach in the NBA, Scott Brooks has definitely paid his dues. The Oklahoma City head coach had stints as an assistant coach with the Nuggets, Kings and Sonics before first being named Seattle's interim and eventually full-time head coach in 2008. Since then, all the former Cal-Irvine Anteater standout has done is helped build the Thunder into a true...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
January 03, 2012
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