Toronto's Sam Mitchell makes a bold promise to Doug Smith of the Toronto Star (via SbB):In a never-ending quest for self-improvement, Sam Mitchell swears that he will swear no more and points to two months of profanity-free living as proof. Those, however, were two summer months with spent mainly with his wife and four daughters; a much sterner test of his willpower comes with the onset of the NBA season and the Raptor coach knows it.This has to be a joke, either by Smitch or Smith. Mitchell hasn't been able to keep himself from cursing in front of the media the past few years. How will he control his quick tongue in practice, on the sidelines, or in the locker room? There's no chance this promise lasts the week, let alone eternally.
"Now, I haven't had Kris Humphries on the court yet, I haven't had Jamario (Moon) yet," Mitchell joked yesterday. "Those are going to be my tests."
But fret not, Smitch: no NBA coach can go a year without dropping some F-bombs. New Bulls chief Vinny Del Negro might be our best bet. But of course, that ignores the circumstance of 1) running out a rookie PG, 2) being subjected to the body hair of Drew Gooden in the showers, and 3) working for Jerry Reinsdorf.




