Good memory No. 4: Pop passes Auerbach on NBA career list with one team
Gregg Popovich has never been one to celebrate personal achievements. So it was understandable he was more excited about his team’s 124-92 victory over Sacramento April 6 than he was passing Red...
View ArticleFive quick takes: The Spurs win again with more new contributors
The Spurs’ 11-game winning streak has been remarkable in its varied cast of players who have produced with key efforts throughout the run. With Manu Ginobili and Tiago Splitter out with injuries, the...
View ArticleSloan’s stamp evident on Jazz
It has been more than a year since Jerry Sloan retired to life on top of a tractor, flabbergasting those who believed he’d spend his last day on Earth on the Utah Jazz bench. Seemingly as ingrained in...
View ArticleFive quick takes: Why TP still remembers Jazz as models
When Tony Parker arrived with the Spurs in 2001, he remembered hearing one team emphasized for what Gregg Popovich hoped he would hoped to build his team in the future. The Utah Jazz were a ready...
View ArticleSloan interested in coaching again — even the Bobcats
Retirement apparently wasn’t as much fun as Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan might have considered when he walked away from the Utah Jazz last season. Sloan told Fox Sports Florida that he would be...
View ArticleBobcats pull a shocker by hiring little-known Dunlap
Michael Jordan has turned to a little-known college assistant coach to help turn around the fortunes of his moribund Charlotte Bobcats franchise. The Charlotte Observer reports that the Bobcats have...
View ArticleSpurs notebook: Blair still attempting to fit in
Though he expressed doubt in July that the Spurs valued his services and no doubt he was being shopped to other teams, forward-center DeJuan Blair insisted he was not surprised to be back in training...
View ArticleSpurs’ renewed defensive effort takes shape
By Mike Monroe There are some strange new markings guiding the Spurs’ renewed emphasis on defense, reminders to the team’s interior defenders about how to approach certain defensive matchups. At each...
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‘Gandhi’ in land of Goofy: Vaughn home in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — So far, his players are calling him Gandhi. But at some point over the course of his first season in Orlando, rookie coach Jacque Vaughn might have to lose his temper once or twice. He...
View ArticleMike Monroe: D-Will adjusting to A.J.’s offense
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — When Deron Williams feuded with Jerry Sloan two seasons ago, the then-68-year-old Hall of Fame coach of the Utah Jazz resigned after 22-plus seasons as the team’s coach. This ought to...
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