Starting Five, 5.15.13
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. Back home tonight, with hopefully a few more road trips left to go. Here’s your five: PG. This may be the sickest ad I’ve seen since Gatorade came [...]
Kendrick Perkins To Play More Minutes In Game 4, For Some Reason
It’s a shame the Los Angeles Clippers tanked their first round series with Memphis, because NBA fans were robbed of a potential inept coaching battle for the ages in the conference semifinals between Vinny Del Negro and Scott Brooks. Fortunately, Brooks is showing what could have been in the post-Russell Westbrook injury era, by sticking with the woeful historically awful Kendrick...
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...
Synchronized Flopping Makes Its NBA Debut
The only thing more shameful than Scott Brooks’ desperate Hack-Asik strategy during Houston’s 107-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday was this tandem flop by defensive black holes Derek Fisher and Kevin Martin.
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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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