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Grizzlies Get Lionel Hollins to Captain a Sunken Ship ... Again

Ronald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal reports that after sacking Marc Iavaroni on Thursday, the Grizzlies have decided to hire Milwaukee assistant Lionel Hollins to take over for the season. Most interesting to many will be the footnote: deposed 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks will join Hollins as an assistant.The...

Grizzlies Can Marc Iavaroni

After 1-1/2 seasons at the helm of the Grizzlies, Marc Iavaroni has been sacked according to Memphis Commercial-Appeal and NBA.com's David Aldridge.Iavaroni's head has been at risk since last April, when the team reportedly considered ending the coach's run after one bad season. Team owner Michael Heisley pardoned Iavaroni...

Mo Cheeks Says Goodbye With Class

The 76ers fired Mo Cheeks over the weekend, but he was as gracious and classy as ever while saying goodbye in today's press conference, even going as far as saying he'd be open to returning to the team in another role. And really, should we have expected any less? He may have coached for only three years and change, but he...

Is Andre Miller the Next 76er Sent Out of Philly?

When Mo Cheeks lost his job today, the Sixers reportedly named Tony DiLeo as the "permanent interim," or the head coach for the rest of the season. Similar distinctions were made in every other NBA sacking this season -- there will be no midseason hirings of Flip Saunders or Avery Johnson, apparently. DiLeo, as we...

Mo Cheeks Done in Philly

Like Sam Mitchell's dismissal from Toronto's helm, today's sacking of Maurice Cheeks in Philadelphia had been overdue from a logical perspective. Cheeks hasn't done much with the 76ers since coming over three years ago. Further, Cheeks is not new GM Ed Stefanski's so-called "guy." Last season's glorified run to the seventh...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Happy Maurice Cheeks Day!

This is the annual reprint of a column originally written in 2009.

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04/27/12 Happy Maurice Cheeks Day! Source: The Huffington Post This is the annual reprint of a column originally written in 2009.
04/01/12 Thunder notebook: OKC cutting down turnovers Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK "It's something we struggled with early in the year. But in order for us to win in the playoffs, we're going to definitely have to cut that down and we've been doing that."