Posts Tagged ‘mike bibby’




Kobe’s dad coaching in the WNBA

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Kobe Bryant’s father is returning to an elite role in the WNBA.

According to the Calgary Sun, Joe Bryant is taking over from Jennifer Gillom as the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks.

This will be Bryant’s second time at the helm of the Sparks. He coached the team from 2005-07 and had a regular season record of 29-11 over that time. In the NBA, Bryant played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers and Houston Rockets from 1975-83.

After leaving Houston in 1983, Bryant spent seven years playing professional basketball in Italy. Since 1992, Bryant has coached in the NCAA, Japan and Italy.

(more…)

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in NBA |

Lakers, Hawks, and Mavericks advance in the NBA Playoffs

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Kirk Hinrich (Bing Images)

It was an interesting night in the National Basketball Association last night with three game sixes won by the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks.

I saw the majority of the Hawks/Magic game six matchup in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, won by Atlanta 84-81. This was a very significant series victory for the Hawks and one I didn’t see coming because they were absolutely hammered by the Magic in last year’s Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.

I came away from watching this game with two key points:

A) Kirk Hinrich is a very underrated defensive player in the NBA. Traded at the February deadline from Washington for Mike Bibby, Jordan Crawford, Maurice Evans and a first round pick, Hinrich had three key steals Thursday night and led the Hawks’ defense collectively in shutting down Dwight Howard, who recorded a terrible six turnovers.

(more…)

  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in NBA |