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Report: Bickerstaff to interview for Bucks head coaching job

A day after Kelvin Sampson interviewed with the Milwaukee Bucks for their vacant head coaching position, another Rockets assistant coach is reportedly doing the same Friday. According to a report by Yahoo! Sports, Houston assistant J.B. Bickerstaff will meet with Bucks officials sometime Friday to interview for the team's head-coaching job. Bickerstaff, 34, interviewed Tuesday...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
8 days ago  |  Discuss

Report: Bickerstaff to interview for Bucks head coaching job

A day after Kelvin Sampson interviewed with the Milwaukee Bucks for their vacant head coaching position, another Rockets assistant coach is reportedly doing the same Friday. According to a report by Yahoo! Sports, Houston assistant J.B. Bickerstaff will meet with Bucks officials sometime Friday to interview for the team's head-coaching job. Bickerstaff, 34, interviewed Tuesday...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
8 days ago  |  Discuss

Detroit Pistons Rumors: Phil Jackson Arrives, J.B. Bickerstaff and Mike Budenholzer Interview

A week after major news of Phil Jackson’s inclusion in the Detroit Pistons’ coaching search surfaced, a few new names have entered the mix, so on Thursday afternoon, let’s reset this timeline a bit. A day after Jackson agreed to help Tom Gores, it was revealed Joe Dumars had already interviewed the San Antonio Spurs’ top assistant Mike Budenholzer. Perhaps considered the...
Via The Detroit Sports Site Verified_ybn
9 days ago  |  Discuss

Bickerstaff, Person not retained by Lakers

Assistant coaches Bernie Bickerstaff and Chuck Person were told Monday they would not be retained by the Lakers for next season. Bickerstaff was 4-1 in relief of Mike Brown last November, the longtime veteran serving as a brief bridge from Brown to Mike D'Antoni. Person was the last connection to Phil Jackson's staff. He stayed on when Brown was hired in May 2011 and also...
Via Fox Sports West
11 days ago  |  Discuss

Lakers won’t be bringing back Bickerstaff and Person

According to Mike Bresnahan of the LA Times, the Lakers have notified assistant coaches Bernie Bickerstaff and Chuck Person that they won’t be back with the team next season. Assistant coaches Bernie Bickerstaff and Chuck Person have been told they won’t be retained by the Lakers. — Mike Bresnahan (@Mike_Bresnahan) May 7, 2013 Bresnahan adds… Dan D’Antoni, Steve Clifford...
Via Laker Nation Verified_ybn
11 days ago  |  Discuss

The Top 10 Moments of the Lakers 2012-2013 Championship Season

What up TSHQ it’s YOUR BOY K.M. Venne back from a 5 month hiatus from the Q because, well, nobody makes me write anything here anymore, and I am a very lazy man by default. However, with the Lakers done with the NBA playoffs, I finally have a reason to type out some HOT SPROTS TAKES for all of you, as I can only assume given the fact the Lakers season has ended that Los Angeles...
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

Charlotte Bobcats fire Mike Dunlap after just one season

It’s fair to say the Charlotte Bobcats are a colossal mess, and that designation isn’t going to change any time soon. New broke on Tuesday that the franchise will part ways with head coach Mike Dunlap after just one season, throwing the team further into turmoil. Dunlap went 21-61 in his first year on the job, guiding the Bobcats to the second-worst record in the NBA, ahead...
Via Midwest Sports Fans Verified_ybn
25 days ago  |  Discuss

Charlotte Bobcats fire Mike Dunlap after just one season

It’s fair to say the Charlotte Bobcats are a colossal mess, and that designation isn’t going to change any time soon. New broke on Tuesday that the franchise will part ways with head coach Mike Dunlap after just one season, throwing the team further into turmoil. Dunlap went 21-61 in his first year on the job, guiding the Bobcats to the second-worst record in the NBA, ahead of...
Via Rumors and Rants Verified_ybn
25 days ago  |  Discuss

The Starting Lineup: Brandon Jennings Turns His Swag On

Brandon Jennings got all sorts of swaggy on the Bulls as the Bucks pulled out their second straight victory under Jim Boylan, who is currently neck and neck with Bernie Bickerstaff in the running for Coach of the Year.  Jennings, who led all scorers with 35 big ones, was already celebrating pull-up threes with gorilla impersonations in the middle of the third quarter, despite the...
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January 10, 2013  |  Discuss

Lakers Are Starting to Figure it Out

It's been a hectic 5 weeks for the Lakers after hiring Mike D'Antoni in place of Mike Brown and Bernie Bickerstaff as their head coach. D'Antoni was pretty much thrown into a blaze of fire expected to extinguish it with a bottle of water. But he's getting to it. While the team is still miles away from becoming a unit consistent with everything necessary to be...
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December 19, 2012  |  Discuss

Medley of the Forgotten, Part II: Gar Heard

This series follows management’s head coaching missteps that have inevitably cost the Wizards adequate franchise development. Next up...Gar HeardPrevious tune: Leonard Hamilton Following the firing of Bernie Bickerstaff and the interim coaching of Jim Brovelli, the Washington Wizards in June 1999 hired Gar Heard.  Heard spent 11 years in the NBA and served as an assistant...
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December 13, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni plans no changes to staff

The Lakers are still in upheaval and getting used to their new coach. The last thing Mike D'Antoni probably wants to do at this point is make things worse and bring more change. D'Antoni has no plans for any more changes to the Lakers coaching staff. He said last week that he plans to keep Mike Brown's former coaching staff in place through the end of the year. Eddie...
Via Bloguin Best
November 27, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni plans no changes to staff

The Lakers are still in upheaval and getting used to their new coach. The last thing Mike D'Antoni probably wants to do at this point is make things worse and bring more change. D'Antoni has no plans for any more changes to the Lakers coaching staff. He said last week that he plans to keep Mike Brown's former coaching staff in place through the end of the year. Eddie...
Via Crossover Chronicles Verified_ybn
November 27, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers Still Adjusting Under D'Antoni

After a full week with new head coach Mike D'Antoni, the Lakers have improved significantly on offense, defense and in their bench production. They're looking better as a unit in terms of their ball movement, spacing, and getting to know each other's tendencies on the offensive side. Defensively, their rotation, transition, and energy have gone up, as well. Thanks...
Via Purple and Gold Blog Verified_ybn
November 26, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers Unlikely To Make Changes To Coaching Staff

Eddie Jordan, Steve Clifford, Bernie Bickerstaff, Chuck Person and Darvin Ham were all part of Mike Brown's staff and remain with the Lakers.
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November 25, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni set for Lakers coaching debut

New Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni is indeed a go to be on the court Tuesday night as the Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets, team spokesman John Black has confirmed. After a false start Sunday that gave Bernie Bickerstaff a chance to pad his record as winningest coach in franchise history (by percentage), D'Antoni finally will take over, eight days after signing with the team. D...
Via Fox Sports West
November 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Nets-Lakers Preview

While Los Angeles Lakers fans might get their first chance to see new coach Mike D'Antoni on Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets will get their first look at a player who almost ended up on their team. Dwight Howard will try to lead the suddenly high-powered Lakers to a season-high third straight victory while denying the surging Nets their longest win streak in seven seasons....
Via AP on Fox
November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni's gone, but the offense is here

LOS ANGELES Ten games into the season, it's probably safe to say that the Lakers have arrived. Or they've returned, depending upon your point of view. Dwight Howard is back. So is his back. Pau Gasol is back. Enthusiasm is back. Entertaining and effective basketball has arrived at Staples Center, as the Lakers won their second in a row with Mike D'Antoni in the building...
Via Fox Sports West
November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

Kobe lifts Lakers past Rockets

Kobe Bryant had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his 18th career triple-double, and the revitalized Los Angeles Lakers ran past the Houston Rockets 119-108 Sunday night for their fourth victory in five games since firing coach Mike Brown. Dwight Howard had 28 points and 13 rebounds, and Pau Gasol scored his 15,000th career point among his 17 as the Lakers returned to .500...
Via AP on Fox
November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers Shoot Past the Rockets 119-108

Kobe throws in two points on his way to a triple-double. The By The Numbers recap for the Lakers’ 119-108 win over the Houston Rockets at Staples Center on Sunday night. The Lakers are now 5-5, and next play home to Brooklyn on Tuesday night. 15,005 The number of points Pau Gasol has scored in the NBA, as he passed the 15,000 point mark on Sunday, making him the 10th foreign...
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November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers rip Rockets for 4th win in 5 games

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his 18th career triple-double, and the revitalized Los Angeles Lakers ran past the Houston Rockets 119-108 Sunday night for their fourth victory in five games since firing coach Mike Brown. Dwight Howard had 28 points and 13 rebounds, and Pau Gasol scored his 15,000th career point among his 17 as the Lakers...
Via Fox Sports West
November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers 119, Rockets 108

LOS ANGELES -- Mike D'Antoni still hasn't coached a game for the Los Angeles Lakers, but it's obvious he began putting a stamp on his new team after taking over seven days ago. Still mending from recent knee-replacement surgery, D'Antoni was not on the sideline Sunday when the Lakers welcomed the Houston Rockets. It didn't matter. With D'Antoni watching...
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November 19, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni delays debut with Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni did not coach in Sunday night's game against Houston as originally plannned, deciding to delay for one game his debut with the team because he is not completely recovered by knee-replacement surgery. Lakers spokesman John Black told ESPNLosAngeles.com that a combination of pain, fatigue, lack of mobility and the medication D'...
Via Pro Sports Daily Verified_ybn
November 18, 2012  |  Discuss

Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni delays bench debut

Mike D'Antoni is postponing his debut on the Los Angeles Lakers' bench, giving the coach a few more days to recover from recent knee replacement surgery. D'Antoni was tentatively planning to take over Sunday night against Houston, a week after the Lakers hired him to replace Mike Brown. Instead, Lakers trainer Gary Vitti and D'Antoni's wife persuaded him to...
Via AP on Fox
November 18, 2012  |  Discuss

D'Antoni out, Bernie Bickerstaff to coach team again

Mike D'Antoni has postponed his Lakers coaching debut, still trying to recover from recent knee surgery. The duties will once again fall on Bernie Bickerstaff as interim head coach when the Lakers play the Houston Rockets on Sunday night at Staples Center. Bickerstaff previously coached the Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington BulletsWizards and Charlotte Hornets...
Via Fox Sports West
November 18, 2012  |  Discuss
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