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The Mike Brown era (error) is over
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5213917
CLEVELAND -- Mike Brown won everything in five years coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers. Everything, that is, except an NBA title.
Brown, the most successful coach in franchise history, was fired after failing to win a championship with superstar -- and soon-to-be free agent -- LeBron James.
The Cavaliers had a midnight deadline Sunday night to fire the head coach or pay him his full $4.5 million salary for next season.
Cleveland was ousted from the playoffs two weeks ago by the Boston Celtics, who upset the NBA's top regular-season team in six games in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Cavs owner Dan Gilbert made the decision to fire Brown after an organizational review that began following the Cavs' exit from the playoffs.
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My question is: Who's out there that's better? He's not a bad coach. To fire him, that's making a big statement. After him, you have to get a Hall of Fame coach.
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-- Cavaliers PG Mo Williams
Cleveland's next move will be an interesting one. Because of James' uncertain future, it's possible the Cavs would want his input into their next coaching hire, assuming the two-time MVP is still considering re-signing with Cleveland when free agency opens after midnight on July 1. The Cavs will have to search for a new coach not knowing if James will be back and would have to go into the draft and free agency without a coach.
James is eligible to opt out of his contract this summer, a move that would make the two-time MVP -- and zero-time NBA champion -- a free agent and set off a scramble for his services from New York to Miami to Los Angeles and, of course, back in Cleveland.
Cleveland, which had the best record in the NBA the past two seasons, had a 2-1 series lead over the Celtics before losing three straight, including the final two at home by a combined 50 points.
"After a long and deep analysis of all of the factors that led to the disappointing early ends to our playoff runs over the past two seasons, we concluded that it was time for the Cavaliers to move in a different direction," Gilbert said Monday in a statement released by the team. "The expectations of this organization are very high and, although change always carries an element of risk, there are times when that risk must be taken in an attempt to break through to new, higher levels of accomplishment.
"This is one of those times."
Brown was not immediately available for comment, according to The Associated Press. No one answered the door at his home in Westlake, Ohio.
The James' family publicist said the All-Star forward was out of town on vacation and not available to comment on Brown's dismissal.
Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas tried to deflect the blame off Brown.
Best Of The Bunch
Coach Mike Brown leaves the Cavaliers with the highest winning percentage in team history. And his five playoff appearances are matched only by Lenny Wilkens in franchise history.
Highest Win Pct., Cavaliers History
W-L
Mike Brown .663 272-138
Lenny Wilkens .551 316-258
Mike Fratello .539 248-212
"Obviously, we didn't achieve what we set out to achieve, which is to win a championship," Ilgauskas said, according to The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. "But if you're going to lay all the blame on coach Brown and think that's going to solve everything, you've got another thing coming.
"I think we're all at fault -- the players, everybody. You have to, at some point, accept some of the responsibility. We all have to do that. A coach only can take you so far. At some point you have to do it yourself and we didn't do it. I think coach Brown will be fine. He'll be coaching again, and I'm very sure he'll have success.''
Cavs guard Mo Williams agreed with Ilgauskas' stance, according to the Cleveland newspaper.
"Do I think he deserved it? No,'' Williams said. "My question is: Who's out there that's better? He's not a bad coach. To fire him, that's making a big statement. After him, you have to get a Hall of Fame coach.
"I thought we prematurely acted on our emotions, as an organization. I think he did a good job. If anything, bring in a veteran assistant. I think we just could have gotten better instead of blowing it all up. Now we're starting over.
"I'm hurt, because I like him a lot," Williams added. "He'll be missed. We know how the business of basketball goes. He knows the nature of the business, also. His presence will be missed.''
Brown, who had one year left on his contract, could be quickly scooped up by one of the five other teams looking for head coaches. Brown guided the team to the postseason in each of his five seasons but failed to win an NBA championship. Cleveland's assistants also have one year remaining on their deals.
General manager Danny Ferry's contract expires next month and there's no guarantee he wants to stay around.
"I have truly enjoyed working with Mike Brown," Ferry said on Monday. "Mike has played a huge role in turning around the Cavs organization. Over the past five years, Mike established a work ethic, defensive identity and culture of winning that was not here previously."
Duke promptly struck down rumors that Mike Krzyzewski could leave the Blue Devils to coach James and the Cavaliers.
"It has been addressed repeatedly since the Lakers thing a few years ago," a Duke spokesman told ESPN.com's Andy Katz. "If anything changes, we will let everyone know."
Brown was the league's coach of the year last season when the Cavs won 66 games. Cleveland lost to Orlando in the conference finals, however, and it was assumed Brown would have to get the team closer to a championship to keep his job.
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Instead, the Cavs regressed. They were badly outplayed by the Celtics in the conference semifinals.
Boston's Doc Rivers and Orlando's Stan Van Gundy, the coaches who knocked Brown and the Cavs from the playoffs the past two years, expressed disappointment in Cleveland's decision.
"Obviously, I was not thrilled to see it," Rivers said before Game 4 in Boston. "I wonder what you have to do to keep your job -- back-to-back 60-win seasons. Our profession is tough."
Said Van Gundy: "Franchises have the right to make any decisions they want. You can't do a hell of a lot better. There's not a coach in the league that has done better than Mike Brown."
It wasn't all his fault, but the 40-year-old Brown, hired by Gilbert to change Cleveland's culture with a foundation based on defense, couldn't deliver a title this season despite having the game's most skilled player and a roster upgraded with the additions of All-Stars Shaquille O'Neal and Antawn Jamison.
The Cavs' defense, suffocating and relentless at times during the regular season, was atrocious in the series against Boston.
Cleveland allowed more than 100 points in six games and couldn't contain Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo. When Brown and his staff finally figured out a way to contain Rondo, the Cavs had no answer for Kevin Garnett, who dominated Jamison.
Brown was outcoached by Rivers, who had his team better prepared and got more from his players. The Cavs were constantly beaten to loose balls and long rebounds, something Brown couldn't help but see as perhaps a sign that he had already lost his team.
Brown's rotations were a mess in the series, leading to the team's inability to get into any type of offensive rhythm. With James unable to dominate as he so often does, the Cavs' offense was stagnant and players didn't seem to have any sense of their roles.
It was constant scrambling.
There were whispers Brown was in trouble after the Cavs were dumped by Orlando in last year's Eastern Conference finals. It was thought that Brown would have to take his team at least as far this season to save his job, but he couldn't and paid the price.
During his tenure, Brown rarely -- if ever -- criticized James. The opposite wasn't true.
In past seasons, James complained about the team's lack of offensive imagination, saying the Cavs should run more. He and Brown worked through most differences and seemed to have a solid relationship, but it began to fade as this brief postseason unfolded.
Because of an injury to O'Neal, Brown was forced to integrate the center back into the offense during the playoffs, and the Cavs never got into a flow. Also, James and some of the team's other veterans questioned Brown's game plans in both the series against Chicago and Boston.
James publicly questioned why O'Neal played only 49 seconds in the fourth quarter of the Game 4 loss in Boston. In the opening round against the Bulls, James campaigned to get J.J. Hickson more playing time, creating an awkward standoff between the coach and superstar.
Adding to the drama in Cleveland's final home game was the sight of Kentucky coach John Calipari, a friend of James, sitting in a courtside seat -- next to James' agent -- adjacent to Cleveland's bench.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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HHID
I think Nas said it best: "...all this fashion and fly jewelry,now makes my eyes teary...".
But i guess i can expect more shit like this as a nigga gets older. On the real, fuck hip-hop,its been dead for awhile. I dont even buy C.D.'s anymore. I download everything. I couldnt make myself go out and buy a C.D. even if I wanted to. Even if biggie and pac came back from the dead and did a track wit Max B. and Ghostface. On the real all yall who say hip-hop is alive,yall just dont know what it was like in tha 90's. That shit is gone forever. Even the few artists who you might think are still keepin' it real, aren't doin it on the level it was at during its golden era in tha 90's. People might make good music here and there,but shit aint tha same. Back in the day i could go into any record store and randomly pick any C.D. in the new release section and almost certainly come home wit a CLASSIC album. The shit that comes out now doesnt even compare. I'm done.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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You Hoes lay it down
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Vote Me for MVP
Tha God is leading the league in 6 major statistical categories.
1. Most bottles popped in one weekend.
2. Most consecutive days po'in up and showin up.
3. Most draank poured into a 1 liter big red.
4. Most drunk girls packed into the back of a dodge magnum.
5. Most drunk girls in the VIP.
6. Most Exclusive Nikes in one closet.
M.V.P. they envy Me
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
If you were stuck in a lifeboat with a skeleton and some drumsticks, would you try to play the skeleton's ribcage like a xylophone to keep yourself from going insane while you were waiting to be rescued??
yea probably,and i could use the skull for a drum and get my polo tha don on
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Chicken or Beef?
my homeboy was throwin up chicken and beef fajitas this weekend,nigga got too drunk. the chicken looked better on his polo though.
For every question you ask i will donate a dollar to my fuck you pay me fund.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
What size shoe you wear? =)
10.5 or 11 dont even think about it.
For every question you ask i will donate a dollar to my fuck you pay me fund.
Monday, March 8, 2010
What is your most embarrassing moment.....
i cant think of anything good right now,but i've gone dt witout my i.d. and had to go all the way home to get it lol.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
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If you could be any flavor, what flavor would you be? lol...I'd be the mystery flavor! lol
i would have to be the flavor of draank,which is minty peach. which tastes nothin like mint and nothin like peach. its the most unique flavor i've ever tasted.
For every question you ask i will donate a dollar to my pork skins fund.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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WHAT'S GOOD JULES..HAVE U WROTE MY BROTHER YET???
damn i see you doin tha formspring thing lmaoo. yea i wrote'em but i aint sent it yet. i know i been bullshittin i need to quit it. :/
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Monday, March 1, 2010
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What about your hot fries fund??? ;)
the hot fries fund was left in a deficit by george bush and obama aint done shit wit it in his 1st year in office. so i'm prolly have to put up all the money my damn self. hot fries for everybody!
For every question you ask i will donate a dollar to my pork skins fund.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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what cd do u have in ur cd player now??
i got ma$e-crucified for tha hood in tha ipod right now
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who would win batman or ryu?
batman would own ryu,becuz he would have a whole strategy on how to defeat him. but silver surfer would vaporize batman with one shot of the power cosmic.
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Ok which is worse: a man who discriminates against one race or a man who discriminates against every race?
if he discriminates against the 400 meter medley i totally understand. but if he hates the 200 meter,space,and potato sack races he's an ass.
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Theres a rich woman who in public always farts loudly and a poor hole-in-her-shoes woman who always smells wonderful, which one would you marry?
how the hell can you smell wonderful wit holes in your shoes?!?!?
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do you think the world is gonna end in 2012?
i think so because my I.D. expires in 2012. you gotta look for little clues like that.
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if there was a beautiful woman with a bitch personality and an ugly woman with a great personality, which one would u marry? and u cannot divorce her!
the beautiful one everytime,because i have an ipod and these headphones that will block the bitch out.
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Why is one boob always bigger than the other boob?
because guys tend to grab one boob more than the other, so it swells up from gettin groped. leaving the other one a lil smaller.
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Whats the craziest shit youve ever seen in person?
i seen a dude get hit by a car,and it wasnt even that hard,but he died. :/
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If you could bring 1 deceased person youve never met back to life who would it be?
Wilt Chamberlain. so i can ask him about the 100 point game and the 20,000 women. and tell him that jordan woulda dunked on him.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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How many people would an individual have to knock out to be considered an official Bad ass?
the number of people really dont matter. what matters is whether or not you can last more than 30 seconds against me in street fighter 2,and since you can't, you're not a badass :/
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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whats all the hype with doin it anal?? i really wanna know the pros... bc all i can think of is the cons.
lol never have, never will. ever.
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What gets under your skin?
roaches give me goosebumps. but under my skin like annoying or aggravating, womens basketball.
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can we have beer pong tournament at your house with all those festive cups?
lol yea,but i aint gonna play, i just wanna hand out the trophy like david stern :hat
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how many partners should u have per year?? hmmmmmmmmm and im talkin bout sexually
if your a guy your minimum should be 12,which would be one new girl a month. anything more is good. if your a girl anything more than 2 a year is bad,because think about it in 5 years you would have more than 10 partners. can you say whore? and i know who wrote this question.
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If you died today, what would you tell the ones that look up to you?
to never settle for average and be original.
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do u think i should stop smokin cigs??
Yea,because your clothes will smell better and you'll save a lot of money. But if it makes you happy keep doin it.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
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Wow, somebody asked me if I thought that same girl is hot. Do you think that the anonymous questioner is actually that chick??
lol idk. that chick kinda scares me. shes stalkin #NT members and murdering 'em one by one.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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how old were u when u lost ur virginity? lmaooo
lmaoooo yea right a teenager. really i kinda forgot
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why do u always have a cup in ur hand? does this mean u pee alot?
no it means i sipp a lot dummy
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whats the outfit of the day?
the bttys sb ultramans ,medium blue denim, white tee. i never even left the house but to play my three poin throwdown! i made a shot all the way from the house next door.
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How r u the most brutal and ruthless champ theres ever been? Ex:
because i'm sonny liston, im jack dempsey,i'm from their cloth. i'm just ferocious.
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Worst Childhood Memory- Best Childhood Memory
lol @ you actually repeating the question -_-.
i would say worst would have to be smellin my laker gold crewneck sweater when it smelt like throw-up. and best would have to be when i ate that breakfast taco and ditched school.
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Worst Childhood Memory- Best Childhood Memory
oh shit the cops are beating up some guy on espn as im typing this. its a saints fan,they're goin buckwild in tha N.O.. mardi gras is gonna be crazy. can u repeat the question?
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How Have Video Games Affected Ur Life?
fucked up my eyes, wasted my money,and pissed off a lot of girls. so i would say in a very positive way.
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What do you want out of life?
i dont want out of life i want in! if you make a move on the southside i want in. if a nickel bag gets sold in tha park i want in!
Friday, February 5, 2010
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Do you know a good dro dealer? I need as many as I can get.
lol i cant answer this kinda question.