Hooped Up

George Karl was named the winner of the Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award. This season Karl guided the Nuggets to a 57-25 (.695) record which was fourth-best in the league. Including a league-best 38-3 (.927) mark at home and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.

In earning his first NBA Coach of the Year, Karl totaled 404 points, including 62 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout North America.

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A seasons worth of Mike Woodson reactions in a few minutes cause you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and doggonit, people like you.

Losing to the terrible Orland Magic seems like a great way to piss Doug Collins off. Buckle up for 11 minutes of coach Collins throwing his team under the bus and or buses.

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The Spurs were blowing out the Clipper so TNT decided to give us some positively classic Gregg Popovich moments instead. It was fantastic.

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Dwane Casey congratulates DeMar DeRozan with a kiss on the cheek after his buzzer-beating game-winner against the Magic. If you think Toronto winning at the buzzer looks like a rare thing, that’s because it is. The last time previous to it happening yesterday was in 2006. I say let them kiss, go out to dinner and catch a movie together.

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Before Frank Vogel became the head coach of the Indiana Pacers. A 10-year old Vogel was a guest on Late Night With David Letterman performing his Stupid Human Trick.

Displaying his flare for the game, and his teeth. Vogel dazzled insomniacs everywhere by spinning a basketball on his toothbrush while brushing his teeth. A menial daily task has never seemed so fun.

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The Brooklyn Nets have fired coach Avery Johnson after a promising season went amiss, the team said on Thursday.

The firing came after the National Basketball Association team dropped to 14-14 for the season, losing the last two games and 10 of their past 13.

The Nets had opened their first season in Brooklyn with a sparking 11-4 start before the tailspin. They previously played in New Jersey.

Johnson was named head coach of the Nets in June 2010. In two-plus seasons, he compiled a record of 60-116.

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Rapper Talib Kweli and Brooklyn Nets coach Avery Johnson talk famous Brooklynites, Brook Lopez, and the need to succeed during a ‘welcome to the borough’ lunch at world famous Junior’s restaurant.

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