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Bill Laimbeer Climbs the Coaching Ladder

MINNEAPOLIS -- A look of disbelief crosses Bill Laimbeer's face. After all, he spent years perfecting such expressions for NBA referees. "I don't know what you're talking about,'' Laimbeer said when asked if he's teaching those on the young Minnesota Timberwolves to flop. When it comes to flopping, Laimbeer made Manu...

Kurt Rambis: The Minneapolis Laker

MINNEAPOLIS -- Al Jefferson wasn't even born when the incident happened in 1984. But he's seen the old footage. "The only thing I knew about Kurt (Rambis) from him playing is the highlight of Kevin McHale knocking him out,'' said the Minnesota forward. Jonny Flynn wasn't born when Rambis won the last his four titles...

McHale Out in Minnesota, Tweets Love

There's no official confirmation yet, but as you can see above, Kevin Love seems to have let the cat out of the bag on Twitter: Kevin McHale, who led the Timberwolves to a 20-43 record after Randy Wittman's dismissal, is apparently no longer a candidate to resume coaching in 2009-10 and beyond. (Update: GM David Kahn made...

Bill Laimbeer Would Be Banned for Life From Today's NBA

Via SkeetsTweet, PistonsNation has this great Bill Laimbeer retrospective, broadcast on occasion of the dude's midseason retirement in 1993. If nothing else, it should serve as shocking reminder of how much more physical the NBA was just 15 years ago. Players would be earning lifetime bans for this type of action today....

Detroit Bad Boys (and Girl) Take Shooting Stars Trophy

PHOENIX -- As the arena began to fill up, Dan Majerle was working on his half-court shooting, warming up for the Haier Shooting Stars event. FanHouse NBA writer and next-door neighbor on press row Brett Pollakoff said Majerle practices knocking down the shots from halfcourt before every Suns home game, but it didn't rub...

BillLaimbeer News From the Web

05/22/12 Daily list: Five other famous intrasquad fights in... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI They went at it at training camp in 1994, Keith Primeau's rookie year.
05/17/12 Ticker: Four Tigers players to be guest waiters in... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI The Tigers' Joaquin Benoit, Andy Dirks, Octavio Dotel and Jose Valverde will be guest waiters at the "Tip A Tiger" event, 6-11 tonight at CJ Mahoney's Sports Grille, 2511 Livernois, Troy. Tickets are $16 at tipatiger.com and $20 at the door, and benefit the Detroit Tigers Foundation and Orange Hearts.
05/15/12 Kareem: Laimbeer's phantom foul in 1988 was 'good... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was on WXYT-FM (97.1) this morning to promote his appearance at the Ford Freedom Awards at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History this week.