Patrick Ewing is getting a job interview with the Charlotte Bobcats, who are owned by his good friend, Michael Jordan. That is the word from Steve Reed of the Associated Press in Charlotte, where the Bobcats just set an NBA record for worst winning percentage in league history (.106) after going 7-59, losing their final 23 games. The interview will be Ewing’s second for a head coaching position. He had a sitdown with the Detroit Pistons last year before they hired Lawrence
If the Charlotte Bobcats are going to break the record for consecutive losses — 26 by the Cleveland Cavaliers set last season — they won’t be doing it under the guidance of Paul Silas. Charlotte president of basketball operations Rod Higgins announced today that Silas will not return as head coach, and a search for his successor will begin immediately. “I would like to personally thank Paul for everything he has done for this team under some pretty unique circumstances,” Higgins said.
I know I should be writing about the playoffs. Derrick Rose tore his ACL. The Orlando Magic have a pulse. The New York Knicks might never win another playoff game. Yada, yada, yada. At some point, I’ll get around to it. Instead, I’m going to write about something I thought would not happen in my lifetime: The 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers are no longer the worst team in NBA history. I have been following the NBA for 40 years. I have always been fascinated by
Anyone have a problem with all five of Kentucky’s starters declaring for the draft? I don’t. And if you do, you need to join all of us in the 21st century. The decisions by UK freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague and sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb to leave school early and enter the NBA may seem somewhat striking. Among purists, fuddy-duddies and others trying to stand in front of the tidal wave of progress, there was some sense that the
CHARLOTTE — Michael Jordan ain’t selling. At least that’s what he is saying today. The majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats issues a declarative statement Sunday, denying he is contemplating selling the team he bought from Bob Johnson two years ago. The New York Daily News reported Sunday that Jordan has contemplated selling the NBA’s worst team if it doesn’t improve in performance and profitability. Jordan issued the following statement through the Bobcats today: “I was disturbed to hear the false report that I intend
Marc Stein: Lamar Odom latest: Sources tell ESPN that Odom likely to play one game (Saturday) for Mavs’ D-League affiliate to “get his legs back” Twitter Do you think Boston and New Jersey would be enticed with this package: Rondo & O’neal to New Jersey, Gasol & Morris to Boston and D-Will to the Lakers? Steve Kyler: Maybe… I am not sure how to read the Deron Williams situation… I can tell you Dwight;s circle was not at all happy with D-Will this weekend
ORLANDO — Tuesday can’t get here soon enough. This one was fun for the final 3 minutes. Too bad it took three days to get to those final 3 minutes. And the final 10 seconds? Well, that was quite a special pass LeBron James threw to Blake Griffin (wrong team) rather than attempt the game-winning shot. We gonna see that again in June, ‘Bron? Even Kobe Bryant got up in James’ face after that ill-advised pass, asking him what the hell he was thinking? “He was
Several of the dinosaur staffers here at SheridanHoops remember when Sunday mornings used to be spent reading NBA columns. Some of us are old enough to recall reading them in newspapers – Dan Shaughnessy in the Boston Globe, David Moore in the Dallas Morning News, Dave D’Alessandro in the Newark Star-Ledger and – of course – Mark Heisler in the Los Angeles Times. Nowadays, it’s hard to find a Sunday NBA column. Newspapers have gone hyperlocal, with more copy on high schools