Has anyone else noticed that Jerome Kersey bears a striking resemblence to a 
bald Denzel Washington or that Gheorge Muresan looks like Jerry Lewis' 7-7 
twin brother? :-)
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Thank God, the Irabu Incident is over. What gets me about this is that when 
it all started, Irabu was so humble and said that he was just happy to be 
able to play in America but then when it became apparent that the Yankees 
were interested (and the extra money that went with that interest), Irabu 
*suddenly* had a long time dream of playing for the Yankees. I think that the 
Padres are better off without this guy.
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Well, they finally got around to firing Adelman and once again, Golden State 
misses the point. They're talking about *maybe* hiring Bob Hill. Wait a 
minute, folks, this guy couldn't understand were the REAL problems where at 
on the Spurs (No, NOT Rodman) and now he's suddenly going to find the problem 
on the Warriors (Something that management hasn't done YET) -- I don't think 
so. Mark Price KNOWS where the problem is and so do many of the players BUT 
ownership doesn't want to trade him away -- Latrell Sprewell. They chose to 
put the blame of the feud between him and Hardaway on Hardaway and look where 
Miami is with the *wrong* man and where Golden State is with the *right* man. 
Mark Price complained (Shouldn't that have been the first clue for 
management?) about Sprewell during the year and that *should* have carried a 
lot more weight since he NEVER did that in Cleveland. If the owners for 
Golden State don't rid themselves of Sprewell, they'll be losing some of 
their better talent when they decide to play with someone else who wants to 
win games, not scoring titles. Maybe Golden State DOES deserve Bob Hill.
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Speaking of coaching vacancies, it looks like *maybe* Larry Bird might fill 
one in Indiana while Larry Brown *could* fill one in Boston. Personally, I 
don't think that either is right for the job.
Bird, no offense, is really the best GM prospect available and really 
shouldn't be coaching because he'd be wasting his talents. He's got an eye 
for talent; even better than Kevin McHale.
Brown, well, like him or not, you HAVE to admit that he's not a long-term 
stay with any team. But then again, maybe that's what the Celtics need. Bill 
Fitch took the Celtics as far as he could until they outgrew him and then 
K.C. drove them to 2 more championships.
My choices....
Boston - Brian Hill. Whether Penny wants to admit it or not, Hill kept that 
team together over the last two years with some damn decent coaching. My 
second choice would be Dennis Johnson because if you're going to give a 
former Celtic the job then why not him. Hell, he was a lot smarter player 
than M.L..:-)
Golden State - Bob Hill. They deserve him.
Philadelphia - Bobby Knight because someone needs to go in there and kick 
some butt (Especially the one that's attached to Iverson). Ok, since that's 
not going to happen....Chuck Daly but only if he's ALLOWED to do whatever he 
wants. If not, why not Mo Cheeks?
Indiana - Dennis Johnson.
Denver - If they don't plan on spending any money then THEY deserve Bob Hill 
more than Golden State but if they do, Paul Westphal.
Orlando - *IF* they don't keep Richie around, I think that they need to hire 
a baby sitter to take care of Penny until he decides to either grow up or 
leave the franchise.
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I had to laugh at Mike Lupica giving Tiger Woods hell for letting Fuzzy hang 
for several days. Hell, the incident went unreported for nearly a week and 
then Lupica expects that Tiger should give out an immediate sound bite. The 
reputations for both parties could have been ruined far more if Tiger had 
given the press the kind of sound bite that sends Lupica's kind into a 
feeding frenzy but Tiger chose to give a more substantial response. Certainly 
Fuzzy didn't do himself much good by his actions a few days later. Maybe 
Fuzzy should think seriously about not being so flippant.
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