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| Sixers' Dalembert wins citizenship award |
NBA Basketball |
04/19/2010 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert was honored with the 2009-10 J. Walter Kennedy Award for outstanding service and dedication to the community on Monday. The award, which is named after the second commissioner of the league, is given annually to an NBA player or coach that exemplifies dedication to his community. "What Samuel has done should be a model for all professional athletes. He saw a crying need for help and worked tirelessly to give whatever aid he could while sp |
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| 70-loss nightmare finally over for the Nets |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2010 |
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| Jason Kidd and ended with New Jersey shipping high-priced Vince Carter to Orlando in June. Still, fans expected something better than 12-70. The positive was New Jersey did not break the NBA record for fewest wins in a season (9-73), set by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1972-73. The only other teams in NBA history to lose 70 games are Dallas (11-71, 1992-93), Denver (11-71, 1997-98) and the Los Angeles Clippers (12-70, 1986-87). The Nets did break the league record for the worst start to a season, opening wi |
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| Sixers fire Jordan after one season |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2010 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers have fired head coach Eddie Jordan after just one season with the club. Sixers president/general manager Ed Stefanski made the announcement at a Thursday news conference, saying he had made the decision earlier this week. "Decisions of this nature are never easy, but I am making this change because I didn't feel significant progress was being made on either end of the court," said Stefanski. "As the season progressed, it became increasingly clear to me t |
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| 76ers fire coach Jordan after 1 season |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2010 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Philadelphia 76ers fired coach Eddie Jordan after one season Thursday. Team president and general manager Ed Stefanski announced the move, saying the Sixers took an ``unacceptable'' step backward after two straight seasons in the playoffs. Jordan is finished after a woefully underachieving season that had the Sixers near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Jordan was hired last summer and sold his Princeton offense as the way to turn them into contenders. Instead, players were un |
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| 76ers fire coach Jordan |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2010 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Philadelphia 76ers have fired coach Eddie Jordan after one season. Team president Ed Stefanski announced the move Thursday. He says the Sixers took an ``unacceptable'' step backward after two straight seasons in the playoffs. Jordan is finished after a woefully underachieving season that had the Sixers near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Jordan was hired last summer and sold his Princeton offense as the way to turn them into contenders. Instead, players were unhappy with his |
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| Report: Jordan to be fired after one season as Sixers coach |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2010 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers will reportedly fire head coach Eddie Jordan after just one season with the club. Several media sources report the move could come as early as Thursday. The Sixers ended a disappointing campaign on Wednesday with a 125-111 loss to Orlando, dropping their record to a woeful 27-55 on the year, the worst mark for the franchise since the 1996-97 season. Jordan, 55, was hired by Sixers president/general manager Ed Stefanski last May to take over for Tony DiLe |
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| AP Source: 76ers will fire coach Jordan |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2010 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Philadelphia 76ers coach Eddie Jordan will be fired Thursday after one season on the job. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an announcement has not been made. Jordan is finished after a woefully underachieving season that had the Sixers mired near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Jordan was hired last summer and sold his Princeton offense as the way to turn them into contenders. Instead, players wer |
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| Orlando Magic set new single-season 3-point record |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2010 |
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -The Orlando Magic have set a record for most 3-pointers in a single season. Vince Carter made the Magic's 838th shot from beyond the arc Wednesday night just before halftime against the Philadelphia 76ers. That surpasses the mark of 837 set by the 2005-06 Phoenix Suns. Carter's shot from the corner just in front of the Magic's bench came with 20.9 seconds remaining in the second quarter. It was also Orlando's eighth 3-pointer of the game. Carter's shot make gave the Magic 2,231 attemp |
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| Brown insists Charlotte is last coaching stop |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2010 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -While Larry Brown isn't sure how much longer he'll be on the bench, the nomadic Hall of Famer insists Charlotte will be his last coaching job. Responding on Wednesday to continued speculation he could bolt for the Philadelphia 76ers or the Los Angeles Clippers at the end of the season, the 69-year-old Brown said ``I'm not going to coach for anybody else'' other than Bobcats owner Michael Jordan. It was Jordan who hired Brown in 2008 after he spent two years out of the NBA following on |
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| Magic gear up for playoffs against Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Orlando Magic are headed to the postseason on a hot note and tonight's showdown at home versus the Philadelphia 76ers will be another tuneup before the playoffs commence this weekend. Orlando is locked in at the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and has won five in a row. It just beat Indiana, 118-98, on Monday at Conseco Fieldhouse thanks to 21 points from Vince Carter and another double-double by All-Star Dwight Howard, who ended with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Howard owns an NBA- bes |
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