Hooped Up

with the team’s rebuilding phase stuck in a record-tying, 0-17 quagmire, Thorn figures the general manager who brought the younger players to New Jersey should be responsible for getting them to grow up a little faster.

Vandeweghe will be announced as the 16th coach in the franchise’s NBA history Tuesday, and then take over the hot seat Friday night against Charlotte at the Izod Center.

Del Harris, the distinguished head coach with the Rockets, Bucks and Lakers who retired last summer after a one-year stint on Vinny Del Negro’s staff in Chicago, will be brought in to be Vandeweghe’s top assistant.
The Star-Ledger

Five current players a panel of coaches and players say have the highest basketball IQs.
1. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles
2. Jason Kidd, Dallas
3. Steve Nash, Phoenix
4. Chris Paul, New Orleans
5. LeBron James, Cleveland
The Oklahoman

The Sixers apparently think free-agent guard Allen Iverson can help them get a little higher in the wins column because the rumor is that the team will sign A.I. by Monday. Is he still The Answer? Sixers fans will soon find out, it appears.

Sixers execs have met with Iverson’s reps (and apparently Iverson himself) and the talks supposedly went well. “[Iverson] is a charming individual,” head coach Eddie Jordan said about the meeting. “It was really good, really intriguing.”
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