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Byron Scott wished he played his veteran players more minutes

Edit LA Daily News 06 May 2016
The past week gave Byron Scott plenty of time to reflect over losing a dream job he will forever cherish. He believed he would bring the Lakers back to championship glory after experiencing that three times wearing a purple and gold uniform ... It was actually the opposite ... Scott finished with a combined 38-126 record, which pits him just above George Mikan for the franchise’s worst all-time winning percentage among its 20 coaches....

Thunder: How does Billy Donovan compare to other college-to-NBA head coaches?

Edit The Oklahoman 28 Apr 2016
Billy Donovan has been praised and criticized and everything in between this season. The NBA is tough like that. I wrote about the Thunder rookie coach's first season in the Thursday Oklahoman. You can read that column here. http.//newsok.com/article/5494558 ... Donovan, again, fares quite well.  ... Kundla moved with the franchise to the NBA, and with George Mikan as the cornerstone, Kundla helped build a dynasty ... Pau Gasol ... ....

Byron Scott out as Lakers coach after two seasons

Edit LA Daily News 25 Apr 2016
The Lakers lost out on potential coaching candidates after mulling Scott’s future for the week ... Scott will end his two-year stint with the Lakers with a combined 38-126 record, which pits up just above George Mikan for the franchise’s worst all-time winning percentage among their 20 coaches. Scott compiled a .232 winning percentage, while Mikan had a .231 winning percentage when the 1958 Minneapolis Lakers went 9-30....

12 important moments in Kobe Bryant's remarkable career

Edit Tampa Bay Online 12 Apr 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant has created a wealth of memories, overcome a host of setbacks and reached a multitude of milestones during his 20-year NBA career, which ends Wednesday night at Staples Center ... ___. July 1, 1996 ... ___ ... ___ ... The franchise has a glossy history of talent from George Mikan and Elgin Baylor to Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal, but nobody played more seasons or scored more points in purple and gold than Bryant ... ....

National Invitation Tournament

Edit The Oklahoman 01 Apr 2016
2013_Pierre Jackson, Baylor. 2012_Aaron Bright, Stanford. 2011_Graham Hatch, Wichita State. 2010_Chris Johnson, Dayton. 2009_Jamelle Cornley, Penn State. 2008_Kosta Koufos, Ohio State. 2007_Frank Young, West Virginia. 2006_Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina. 2005_Carlos Powell, South Carolina. 2004_Daniel Horton, Michigan. 2003_Marcus Hatten, St. John's. 2002_Dajuan Wagner, Memphis. 2001_Marcus Hill, Tulsa ... John's ... John's ... 1945_George Mikan, DePaul....

Alia Bhatt as Nazia?

Edit DNA India 23 Mar 2016
-->. The actress admits she would like to play the late Pakistani songstress in a biopic. Bollywood heroines first started shouldering their own films and soon, female-centric movies set a new trend in the industry. Now, actresses are veering towards strong female characters, in the form of biopics ... Ask her about who she wants to play on screen and there’s an immedate response ... HER BIGGEST HITS ... Aankein Mikane Waale - Young Tarang ... ....

Scot Pollard gets to stretch his hoops wings a bit in next Survivor episode

Edit CBS Sports 23 Mar 2016
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET, Scot Pollard will finally feel more at home in a challenge than anybody else on the island ... Some people may be jealous of his profession and the money that comes with it ... While it's not asking him to perform the Mikan Drill or block the shots of other contestants, part of the challenge involves shooting buoys into a receptacle that resembles the game of basketball quite a bit ... Scot Pollard ... Scot ... Scot ... Scot ... ....

Scot Pollard gets to stretch his hoops wings a bit in next 'Survivor' episode

Edit CBS Sports 23 Mar 2016
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET, Scot Pollard will finally feel more at home in a challenge than anybody else on the island ... Some people may be jealous of his profession and the money that comes with it ... While it's not asking him to perform the Mikan Drill or block the shots of other contestants, part of the challenge involves shooting buoys into a receptacle that resembles the game of basketball quite a bit ... Scot Pollard ... Scot ... Scot ... Scot ... ....

LMAS helps save lives through Paws Behind Bars Program (City of Louisville, KY)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Mar 2016
'The dogs have a remarkable effect on the inmates,' said Lisanne Mikan, director of Adopt Me! Bluegrass Pet Rescue who administers the selection and adoption portions of program ... Mikan, with the help of trainer David Benson, is also working to expand the training program to include the training of service dogs such as those that work with veterans with PTSD or autistic children ... 'We take any age or breed.' Mikan said.....

Givaudan marks 10th anniversary of TasteTrek® Citrus with the creation of Global Citrus Collection (Givaudan SA)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. Givaudan SA). Bringing adventure, inspiration and technical solutions to customers around the globe ... TasteTrek® Citrus has brought customers and flavourists together to experience citrus in its fullest and freshest form, straight off the tree ... Valentine Pummelo (California, US) Sakurajima Mikan Mandarin (Japan) Kumquat Meiwa (China) Sanguinelli Blood Orange (Spain) Perão Sweet Orange (Brazil). Download images ... Download video ... or....

Suns and T-Wolves offer interesting takes on the basketball card hobby

Edit The Examiner 22 Feb 2016
The earliest basketball cards can be traced back as early as 1933 to a multi-sport set produced by the Goudey Gum Company. The multi-sport Sport Kings series included only four basketball players. In 1948, Bowman produced a 72-card set that included one of the most valuable cards in existence, the George Mikan rookie card. The card recently sold for $403,664, the highest price for any basketball card ... Skeets) ... ....

Basketball Association of America (BAA)

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Number 99 George Mikan (1924 - 2005) star center for the Minneapolis Lakers, hauls down a rebound during a game against the Chicago Stags, 1950.  Photo by Robert Natkin/Getty Images ... The trophy given every year to the NBA MVP bears Podoloff's name ... The most significant arrival was the Lakers, a team built around 6-10 center George Mikan, the game's first real superstar big man....

Hundred Days Offensive (Parks Canada)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Feb 2016
(Source. Parks Canada). Between August 8 and November 11, 1918, the Canadian Corps spearheaded the Hundred Days Offensive, a series of successful Allied attacks in France and Belgium that forced the end to the First World War ... By 1918, the Allied armies and the German Empire had been at war for almost four years ... Now it was the Allies' turn to go on the offensive ... - 30 - ... Collections Canada, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN 3194820. From....
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