âFire Isiahâ? Not Everyone Is in Agreement
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Some fans have made Isiah Thomasâs ouster a crusade. But others say firing the Knicks coach wonât solve the teamâs problems.
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A deal is never a deal until it&#39;s a deal. That may sound like something from the lips of Yogi Berra, but it&#39;s true. While everyone was waiting over the last few days to hear that the three-team trade between
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Ron Artest, like so many poor souls in sports, is misunderstood. His coach doesn't understand him. His teammates don't understand him. Fans don't understand him. Half the time he doesn't understand himself.
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Allen Iverson has reportedly demanded a trade from the 76ers and Washington's Gilbert Arenas says he understands Iverson's frustration.
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Amazing, but even in this time of goodwill and cheer, some folks are always looking for a fight. A recent exchange with a regular reader got me thinking how divisive things can get.
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If you take Isiah Thomas at his word and believe he&#39;s not trading Allan Houston before the February deadline, then the Knicks have to hope that Houston-Jamal Crawford-Stephon Marbury isn&#39;t the second coming of Houston-Latrell Sprewell-Glen Rice.
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Though optimism abounds as the Knicks open training camp with new Coach Isiah Thomas, the problems inherent in their roster have not changed.
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Republic sports columnist Paola Boivin sounds like she is too close to the NBA players. It is not the fans, Paola. Of course, the behavior of the fans in Detroit was inexcusable, but Ron Artest is given one directive from the NBA: Do not enter the stands.
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There aren&#39;t many NBA coaches who would publicly side with a player, as opposed to management, in a contract dispute. But then, there aren&#39;t many coaches like San Antonio&#39;s Gregg Popovich, who has the luxury
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Friday night&#39;s basketbrawl in Detroit was a shameful chapter in sports history but also a conflagration of many of modern society&#39;s common ailments -- hair-trigger tempers, misplaced hostility, me-firstism, emotional immaturity, incivility, lack of self
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Amare Stoudemire was a reluctant center when the season began. Shaquille O'Neal is liable to remind him why.
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TORONTO -- Some of his former teammates said he didn&#39;t want to come. People close to the negotiations were doubtful he would come.
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com. For all of the words spilled on the now-fading Palace brawl between the Pacers and Pistons fans, why have so few understood that everyone involved got what they deserved.
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A hands-on general manager like Isiah Thomas would never be satisfied with simply assembling his team&#39;s roster, and then sitting back to watch the players perform.
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So now, the second wave of reaction has set in to last Friday night&#39;s Pistons-Pacers-Fans brawl at the Palace. At first, the reaction was shock, dismay, outrage.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.
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Folks back in the United States are searching for an explanation to their basketball team&#39;s misfortunes.