SPURS SPINOFFS

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
In the NBA, other franchises frequently have raided the San Antonio Spurs for executives and coaches to transplant the Spurs' culture, in the same way that TV raided Norman Lear's classic “All in the Family” to establish new comedies ... Cleveland reached the 2007 NBA Finals but didn't win a championship, and Ferry and the Cavs parted ways in June 2010, two months before LeBron's decision to leave for the Heat....

OKC Thunder: Spurs spinoffs

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
In the NBA, other franchises frequently have raided the San Antonio Spurs for executives and coaches to transplant the Spurs' culture, in the same way that TV raided Norman Lear's classic “All in the Family” to establish new comedies ... Cleveland reached the 2007 NBA Finals but didn't win a championship, and Ferry and the Cavs parted ways in June 2010, two months before LeBron's decision to leave for the Heat....

Season in Review 2015-16: Norris Cole (New Orleans Pelicans)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
Pelicans.com continues its look back at the 2015-16 season with player-by-player analysis of the team. ... 1 season debut. Health again interrupted Cole's season in March, causing him to miss each of the final 20 games due to a lower back injury ... Games played (out of a possible 312) by Cole over the first four seasons of his NBA career, or 96.8 percent ... http.//www.nba.com/pelicans/season-review-2015-16-norris-cole....

Daryl Morey blames other teams for 'negative light' around Rockets

Edit CBS Sports 30 Apr 2016
NBA conspiracy theorists, get ready for this one. According to Rockets GM Daryl Morey, other unnamed NBA teams are partly to blame for all of the negativity surrounding Houston this season ... But I think any free agent that looks at us, they're going to see the history of winning, third best winning percentage in the league over the last ten years, almost no losing seasons ... A lackadaisical finish to a vastly disappointing season....

Lakers tab Warriors assistant Luke Walton as head coach in dramatic hire

Edit The Guardian 30 Apr 2016
The Lakers grabbed Walton just five days after they fired Byron Scott, who led the 16-time NBA champions to the two worst seasons in franchise history ... Walton became a top candidate for coaching jobs earlier this season when he led Golden State to a 39-4 record as the interim head coach while Steve Kerr was sidelined by a back ......

THE MATCHUPS: Thunder beat writers Erik Horne and Anthony Slater break down the Western Conference semifinal series

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Billy Donovan has acclimated himself well in his first NBA season, gaining the trust of his stars, juicing up the Thunder's offense, grabbing a third seed in the West and disposing of the Mavericks in five games ... Popovich outnumbers Donovan 20-1 in NBA seasons. This season, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili passed Celtics legends Robert Parish, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale for the most wins by a threesome in NBA history....

Salaries top source of taxpayers, but 60% filers report nil salary

Edit Yahoo Daily News 30 Apr 2016
“Although in absolute terms, the direct tax collections progressively increased, as a percentage of GDP it fell after 2007-08. The direct tax-GDP ratio had at first surged from 3.25% in 2000-01 to 6.3% in 2007-08 ... During 2007-08 to 2015-16, the direct taxes to GDP ratio fell from 6.3% to 5.5% ... which had peaked around 2007-08 and has since fallen.”....

Rockets must find coach in wake of first-round ouster

Edit Austin American Statesman 30 Apr 2016
The Houston Rockets' season got off to a disappointing start ... The Rockets narrowly avoided missing the playoffs and barely put up a fight before their first-round elimination by Golden State in Game 5 wrapped up a tough season ... Their prize for eking into the playoffs was a date with Golden State, which won an NBA-record 73 games in the regular season led by reigning MVP Stephen Curry....

How David West improved as an NBA player and a person

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
That's not some sort of metaphor. The NBA veteran is a voracious reader, almost always carrying his latest book on a team plane or his electronic tablet into the locker room ... He could still be a Pacer; he had a player option to stay in Indianapolis and make $12 million this season ... Exactly 10 years ago, West finished second (incidentally to current teammate Boris Diaw) in the NBA's most-improved voting....

Durant-Leonard matchup highlights Thunder vs. Spurs

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
Durant is a four-time scoring champion who averaged 28.2 points and a career-high 8.2 rebounds per game this season. Leonard is the two-time reigning defensive player of the year who was a first-time All-Star this season and led the Spurs in scoring ... His scoring average has increased from 12.8 points per game in 2013-14, to 16.5 last season, to 21.2 this season....

Luke Walton to be next coach of the Lakers

Edit The Los Angeles Times 30 Apr 2016
... season, setting the mark for best regular-season record in NBA history....

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Thunder has been the most successful of the many Spurs spinoffs

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
The Thunder never has been exalted for the ferocious defense displayed by San Antonio in the early 2000s and again now in its 67-15 season, or for a beautiful passing game exhibited by the 2014 Spurs, who won the NBA championship ... 2 pick in 2007, when Portland chose Greg Oden, letting Durant slip to Presti in his first few weeks on the job....

Thunder journal: Tampering? Drake name-drops Kevin Durant, Thunder on new album 'Views'

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Will the NBA have anything to say about it? Drake acts as a global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors and has been seated courtside throughout the season, including their first-round playoff series against Indiana ... Earlier this season, Durant stood behind the comment, but praised the growth of Leonard ... Oklahoma City Blue center Dakari Johnson was named to the NBA D-League All-Rookie Team, as announced by the league on Friday....
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