Byron Scott Fired
It is never a question if any coaches will get fired during each new NBA season, but it is always who will be the first one to get the boot? And the winner of the current season is Byron Scott of the New Orleans Hornets! According to sources, Scott was already ...
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November 13, 2009
Toronto Raptors season review – What’s next?
Toronto gladly finished their season full of turmoil, which meant the first time not making the Playoffs since 2007. The former Coach of the Year Sam Mitchell left after just 17 games and his successor Jay Triano was never able to shed the title of "interim coach". The result was ...
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May 8, 2009
Export hit: Marco Belinelli
Is Marco Belinelli just a summer star or another Euro find by Don Nelson? Good question .. The Italian shooting guard debuted in the domestic Serie A league at the tender age of 16 with Virtus Bologna. And with city rivals Fortitudo during the 2006-07 season he averaged 16.0 points. The ...
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March 19, 2009
Plenty of rookie struggles and little help
Copyright 2009 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) Flashback: As the second pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, Durant landed with the Seattle SuperSonics and his reputation quickly took a hit. Observers began referring to the former NCAA star as a "chucker" just a few games into his ...
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March 11, 2009
The suffering of young Kevin
Kevin Durant may have won the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year award. But his reputation as a coming superstar took a major beating. Then something strange happened along the way of becoming a star hyped too early. He developed from an unconscionable shooter to the next big franchise player. The ...
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March 10, 2009
Blazers’ Wonderful New World
Copyright 2009 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) Tobias Pox has been stationed in Portland, Oregon, for the past two years for FIVE. Starting now, our man in the Rose Garden will report monthly from the Northwest U.S. about the Blazers, the hippest team in the league. When I ...
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March 3, 2009
Dirk Nowitzki talked to us (Part I)
FiveMagazine.com sat down for a long chat with Dallas Mavericks and Germany star Dirk Nowitzki. Here is part one of a three-part interview where the former NBA MVP talks about his off-season, the differences of being a go-to and a role player and thoughts one day leaving the Big-D. Every summer ...
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February 25, 2009
The plays of a champ: Dribble-Drive-Motion
The Dribble-Drive-Motion (DDM) was invented by college coach Vance Wahlberg and is an offensive play used mostly at the high school and college levels. Even the Boston Celtics added this method to their playbook last season and run it about 30% of their offensive plays. Instead of passing the ball to ...
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February 19, 2009
The plays of a champ: Fast break and Early Offense
The Boston Celtics started the new season setting a record. I guess some people asked themselves, “Why are Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and this team so great?” After some DVD analysis we have the answers; our results will be expounded in a series of articles. The Boston Celtics: NBA Champions 2008. ...
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February 17, 2009
FAQ: Lakers best defensive team?
Phil Jackson’s team learned it the hard way in the 2008 Finals, when Boston basically dominated them: “We know that Boston played better defense than us.” And Pau Gasol is not the only one to notice that “If you want to win it all, you also have to play the ...
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February 11, 2009
