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Sources: Pelicans, Green working toward deal
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Tuesday, 13 July 2021 10:24
The New Orleans Pelicans are progressing on a deal to hire Phoenix Suns assistant Willie Green as head coach, sources tell ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.A 12-year NBA veteran, Green has been an assistant with the Suns for the past two seasons and spent the previous three seasons on the Golden State Warriors' coaching staff. Green also has previous experience in New…
Team USA falls to Australia for 2nd-straight loss
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Monday, 12 July 2021 21:59
Team USA might indeed win its fourth consecutive Olympic gold next month in Tokyo. But if the Americans do, it will be a story of overcoming adversity.They lost their second consecutive exhibition Monday, this time bested by Australia 91-83 in Las Vegas. Dating to the 2019 World Cup, where they finished seventh, Team USA has lost four of its past…
Mosley: Desire to get better key to Magic rebuild
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Monday, 12 July 2021 17:32
Jamahl Mosley first got noticed as someone with NBA coaching potential when he was hired by the Denver Nuggets as a development coach 16 years ago.Also in Denver at the time: an assistant general manager named Jeff Weltman, now the basketball operations president of the Orlando Magic. And Weltman never forgot the impact that Mosley had on players back then."Jamahl…
Sources: Suns' Green frontrunner for Pelicans job
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Monday, 12 July 2021 17:32
Phoenix Suns assistant Willie Green has emerged as the strong frontrunner and the New Orleans Pelicans' choice to be the franchise's next head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday evening.A 12-year NBA veteran, the 39-year-old Green has been an assistant with the Suns for the past two seasons and spent the previous three seasons on the Golden State…
'I'm fighting for every inch': How P.J. Tucker found his place in the NBA
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Monday, 12 July 2021 08:13
P.J. Tucker wasn't interested in eating the goulash.It was during the 2008-09 season, and Tucker was somewhere in the Ukraine, playing for BC Donetsk of the Ukrainian SuperLeague. Tucker, when presented with the central European staple, decided he'd rather have something else during the team meal."In Europe for team dinners, everybody eats the same," said Chris Owens, Tucker's teammate with…
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