bill-laimbeer Stories - Canis Hoopus
Swish Appeal's Completely Hypothetical & Generally Anti-Serious List Of Highly Qualified Candidates For WNBA President
First, we at Swish Appeal would like to publicly thank outgoing WNBA President Donna Orender for her service. As stated in the WNBA press release, she has been instrumental in the league's growth over the last few years. During her tenure, the WNBA signed an eight-year extension of the...
Updated: Sixers Coaching Search: Quick Recap
Updated May 8, 5:38 pm At least a dozen names have been mentioned in the Sixers search for a head coach, and I'm having a hard time keeping track of who's been contacted, interviewed, and given the wink and the gun. I know I wasn't the only one to see this article and think to myself "Only two...
Bill Laimbeer heads to Minnesota
From the Star-Tribune: New Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis will add former Detroit Pistons bad-boy center Bill Laimbeer and former Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus to his staff, according to a league source. Those two notable names will join Boston assistant general manager Dave Wohl, a...
Hot and cold
Michael Rosenberg of the Free Press alternated between fluff and poison this week, penning a tribute to Joe Dumars and a hit piece on Bill Laimbeer. They're both interesting, even if they each read like rough drafts as opposed to fully fleshed-out profiles. With all the access he apparently has,...
Laimbeer to Memphis?
Chris Herrington of the Memphis Flyer wants the Grizzlies to hire Bill Laimbeer as their coach this summer: "One idea among many potential targets: Bill Laimbeer, the former Pistons all-star whose three titles in the WNBA suggests translatable head-coaching experience and whose commanding...
Tuesday’s Layup Drill
First up, Amir Johnson apologists will appreciate my timeline of Flip's contradictions and double talk at Free Darko. Those on the other side of the fence may say I'm beating a dead horse. To those I say ... okay, you're probably right. But do me a favor and still check it out. Michael Curry on...
Ode to Laimbeer
Ballerblogger's ode to Bill Laimbeer.
How this blog got its name
Drew Sharp has a great article in the Detroit Free Press today on the birth of the "Detroit Bad Boys" nickname in 1988: "It just came up in discussion," said Don Sperling of NBA Entertainment, the league's marketing branch that produced a video of the Pistons' 1987-88 run to the brink of its first...
Bird vs. Laimbeer
Watching Bill Laimbeer and Larry Bird go at it never gets old. (via TBL)
Pistons renew Celtics rivalry
The Pistons had the bad rap, but the Celtics were no angels, either. Can anyone honestly justify that Robert Parish takedown on Laimbeer without using the words "he had it coming to him"? In any case, tonight's game tips at 7pm on ESPN -- leave your thoughts in the comments.
Showing 1 - 10 of 16 Next
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
