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Should Dumars consider Dave Cowens?
When Joe Dumars canned Michael Curry, he gave himself an unofficial deadline of a week to settle on a new coach. Well, today's the day, and as this post goes to press, there's still a vacancy at the end of the bench. Doug Collins backed out, Avery Johnson seems to want too much money and Tom...
Cowens on Detroit’s young bigs
This made me laugh: Pistons assistant coach Dave Cowens had the quote of the day. Talking to a group of sponsors at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, he described Amir Johnson this way: "Amir does a lot of things you can't coach and he can't do a lot of things you can coach." Cowens, who knows a...
Heinsohn, Don't You Ever Smile?: Book Review
As I read Heinsohn, Don’t You Ever Smile? I kept thinking, "This reminds me of something. What the hell is it?" Eventually it hit me – Instant Replay – The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer. I read the latter at least four years ago, but after some thought there are numerous...
Dave Cowens Biography Please
My dad always talks about Dave Cowens in reverential tones because of plays like this one (both are sweet but it's all about the dive). He was 6-9 and would battle anyone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar included, at the center position. He ran like the wind, played possessed and went after rebounds as if his...
Assorted Thoughts on the 2008 NBA Playoffs
The Guy I Underrated the Most Prior to the PlayoffsHonorable Mention - Rip Hamilton. Man he's an assassin. On top of that he cared throughout the Celtics series, which did not appear to be the case for some of his teammates. Now on to the winner. Even after he made the All Star team and dropped 37...















